Resources

NCECF's 2019 AttendaNCe Counts report outlines results from a survey through EducationNC’s Reach NC Voices platform of 1,500 NC parents, preschool staff, elementary school staff and community providers. Respondents shared their impressions of their local attendance policies and practices, including around school environment, family engagement, communication, working with community partners, staff capacity, accuracy of attendance data and more.

Use these detailed internal meeting agendas to bring together your local early learning partners in order to align your strategic planning efforts and collaborate on your shared community action plan.

Guidance for NC school districts, Head Starts and other early learning partners about coordination required under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the Head Start Act.

This issue brief translates two national papers for North Carolina, examining the prevalence of infant and toddler child care deserts in the state and estimating the cost of infant and toddler child care as a portion of median income. The brief also provides some policies to consider to address these issues.

This issue brief shares the results of a self-assessment of state-level policies around supporting babies' and toddlers' early learning and development. Research demonstrates that when these policies are in place, babies and toddlers are more likely to thrive.

An overview of birth-through-eight provisions in Governor Cooper's 2019-21 budget proposal.

Audio file of NCECF presenting the Pathways process and Action Framework to the NC State Board of Education in February 2019.

NCECF presented to the State Board of Education on the importance of focusing on the birth-through-age-eight period as a time of rapid brain development, the Pathways to Grade-Level Reading process, the importance of using a racial equity lens, and the recommendations in the Action Framework.