Over the past six years, early childhood development has been gradually moving to the center of the economic development agenda. Investments in early childhood make a lot of sense in a global economy that runs on brainpower. In Northeast Ohio, we could move to a national leadership position by placing early childhood development in the center of our Brainpower strategy. Here are some good links to learn more:
The National Institutes of Health has a good site on core concepts in child development [1].
The Minneapolis Fed has held an excellent conference on the connection between early childhood development and economic development [2].
Tha National Institute for Early Education Research maintains a good web site on the latest research [3].
Kansas City has completed a good report on the early child care industry in the KC metro area [4].
The Committee for Economic Development, a national business group, has launched an early childhood initiative [5].
Links:
[1] http://www4.nationalacademies.org/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/Concepts?opendocument
[2] http://minneapolisfed.org/research/studies/earlychild/
[3] http://nieer.org/
[4] http://www.marc.org/mccc/
[5] http://www.ced.org/projects/prek.shtml