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The following organizations are either active participants or major stakeholders in the development of universal prekindergarten in the United States. NPC provides this list as a public service. You should not assume that NPC endorses the opinions or products of any organization whose name appears below.
To inquire about adding your organization to this list or to report an outdated link, please contact NPC at preK@unc.edu.
Primary Organization Function:
- Advocacy
- Association
- Community Initiative
- Education Institution
- Foundation
- Government Agency
- Policy Analysis
- Research and Policy Analysis
- Technical Assistance
Advocacy
| Organization Name | Email Address | Web Address |
|---|---|---|
| Child Care Action Campaign | info@childcareaction.org | www.childcareaction.org |
| Child Care Services Association | www.childcareservices.org | |
| Children's Defense Fund | cdfinfo@childrensdefense.org | www.childrensdefense.org |
| Connect for Kids | www.connectforkids.org | |
| Council for Professional Recognition | www.cdacouncil.org | |
| Education Trust | www.edtrust.org | |
| Institute for Responsive Education | www.responsiveeducation.org | |
| Learning First Alliance | www.learningfirst.org | |
| National Association for Bilingual Education | www.nabe.org | |
| National Black Child Development Institute | moreinfo@nbcdi.org | www.nbcdi.org |
| National Board for Professional Teaching Standards | www.nbpts.org | |
| National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education | ncate@ncate.org | www.ncate.org |
| Southern Institute on Children and Families | info@kidsouth.org | www.kidsouth.org |
| Southern Regional Education Board | info@sreb.org | www.sreb.org |
| The Trust for Early Education | www.trustforearlyeducation.org | |
| Wheelock College Institute for Leadership and Career Initiatives | institute@wheelock.edu |
institute.wheelock.edu |
Association
| Organization Name | Email Address | Web Address |
|---|---|---|
| American Associate Degree Early Childhood Educators | www.accessece.org | |
| American Association for Employment in Education | aaee@osu.edu | www.ub-careers.buffalo.edu/aaee |
| American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education | www.aacte.org | |
| American Association of School Administrators | Info@aasa.org | www.aasa.org |
| American Federation of Teachers | online@aft.org | www.aft.org |
| Association for Childhood Education International | aceihq@aol.com | www.acei.org |
| Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development | www.ascd.org | |
| Association of American Educators | info@aaeteachers.org | www.aaeteachers.org |
| Association of Educational Service Agencies | www.aaesa.org | |
| Association of Teacher Educators | ATE1@aol.com | www.siu.edu/departments/coe/ate |
| Council for Exceptional Children, Division of Early Childhood | dec@ceo.cudenver.edu | www.dec-sped.org |
| Council of Chief State School Officers | www.ccsso.org | |
| Council of the Great City Schools | www.cgcs.org | |
| International Reading Association | www.reading.org | |
| National Alliance of Black School Educators | nabse@nabse.org | www.nabse.org |
| National Association for the Education of Young Children | www.naeyc.org | |
| National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies | info@naccrra.org | www.naccrra.org |
| National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education |
ericps.crc.uiuc.edu/naecs | |
| National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators | www.naecte.org | |
| National Association of Elementary School Principals | www.naesp.org | |
| National Association of State Boards of Education | www.nasbe.org | |
| National Child Care Association | www.nccanet.org | |
| National Education Association | www.nea.org | |
| National Governors Association | www.nga.org | |
| National Head Start Association | www.nhsa.org | |
| National Parent Teacher Association | info@pta.org | www.pta.org |
| National School Boards Association | info@nsba.org | www.nsba.org |
| Society for Research in Child Development | srcd@umich.edu | www.srcd.org |
| Southern Early Childhood Association | www.SouthernEarlyChildhood.org | |
| World Organization for Early Childhood Education | www.omep-international.org |
Community Initiative
| Organization Name | Email Address | Web Address |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Partnership for Children | www.smartstart-nc.org | |
| School of the 21st Century | www.yale.edu/21c | |
| Success by Six | national.unitedway.org/successby6 | |
| Voices for Illinois Children | info@voices4kids.org | www.voices4kids.org |
Education Institution
| Organization Name | Email Address | Web Address |
|---|---|---|
| Bank Street College of Education | www.bnkst.edu/html/universal | |
| Cornell University | cecp@cornell.edu |
www.human.cornell.edu/units/hd/cecp |
Foundation
| Organization Name | Email Address | Web Address |
|---|---|---|
| A.L. Mailman Family Foundation | almf@mailman.org | www.mailman.org |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | carnegie.org | |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation | www.packfound.org | |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | info@emkf.org | www.emkf.org |
| Ford Foundation | www.fordfound.org | |
| Foundation for Child Development | www.ffcd.org | |
| Hasbro Children's Foundation | www.hasbro.org | |
| Howard Heinz Endowment | info@heinz.org | www.heinz.org |
| Pew Charitable Trusts | info@pewtrusts.com | www.pewtrusts.com |
| Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation | rrmtf@tribune.org | www.rrmtf.org |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund | rock@rbf.org | www.rbf.org |
| Schumann Fund for New Jersey | fdncenter.org/grantmaker/schumann | |
| Spencer Foundation | information@spencer.org | www.spencer.org |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation | www.wkkf.org | |
| William Penn Foundation | moreinfo@wpennfdn.org | www.wpennfdn.org |
Government Agency
| Organization Name | Email Address | Web Address |
|---|---|---|
| Administration for Children and Families | www.acf.dhhs.gov | |
| Child Care Bureau | www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ccb | |
| Department of Education | customerservice@inet.ed.gov | www.ed.gov |
| Department of Health and Human Services | hhs.mail@hhs.gov | www.dhhs.gov |
| Head Start Bureau | www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb | |
| Office of Educational Research and Improvement | customerservice@inet.ed.gov | www.ed.gov/offices/OERI |
Policy Analysis
| Organization Name | Email Address | Web Address |
|---|---|---|
| Education Commission of the States | ecs@ecs.org | www.ecs.org |
| National Commission on Teaching and America's Future | www.tc.edu/nctaf |
Research and Policy Analysis
| Organization Name | Email Address | Web Address |
|---|---|---|
| Center for Children and Families | www2.edc.org/CCF | |
| Center for the Child Care Workforce | ccw@ccw.org | www.ccw.org |
| Child Trends | www.childtrends.org | |
| Education Policy Reform Research Institute | www.eprri.org | |
| Families and Work Institute | www.familiesandwork.org | |
| Institute for Women's Policy Research | iwpr@iwpr.org | www.iwpr.org |
| National Center for Children in Poverty | nccp@columbia.edu | www.nccp.org |
| National Center for Early Development and Learning | www.ncedl.org | |
| National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education | eci@inet.ed.gov | www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI |
| National Partnership for Excellence and Accountability in Teaching | www.npeat.org | |
| National Prekindergarten Center | preK@unc.edu | www.fpg.unc.edu/~NPC |
| Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy | www.scaany.org | |
| Urban Institute | paffairs@ui.urban.org | www.urban.org |
Technical Assistance
| Organization Name | Email Address | Web Address |
|---|---|---|
| Center for Early Care and Education | info@ceceny.org | www.ceceny.org |
| Center for Early Childhood Leadership | www2.nl.edu/twal | |
| Center for Early Childhood Professional Development | www.cecpd.org | |
| Colorado Parent Information and Resource Center | www.cpirc.org | |
| Early Childhood Higher Education Faculty Initiative | www.bnkst.edu/graduate/echefi/index.html | |
| Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center | nectas@unc.edu | www.nectas.unc.edu |
| National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development | institute@naeyc.org | www.naeyc.org/profdev/institute |
| Teachers Network Policy Institute | www.teachnet.org |
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Last updated: November 27, 2006 |