The National Center for Children & Families (NCCF) advances the policy, education, and development of children and their families. Housed at Teachers College, Columbia University, the Center produces and applies interdisciplinary research to improve practice and to raise public awareness of social issues that affect the well-being of children and families in the United States and around the world.

NCCF Co-Director Sharon Lynn Kagan Interviewed by NPR About Washington State's Plans to Utilize $60 million in Federal Early Learning Funding

KUOW Radio (NPR, Washington State): http://bit.ly/tHglJ7

NCCF Co-Director Sharon Lynn Kagan Assists US Department of Education in Announcing Recipients of $500 million in Federal Pre-School Funding

In a conference call with education reporters, Kagan said, "everybody is waking up to the importance of very high-quality programs for all young children.”

• Wall Street Journal story: http://on.wsj.com/uqEW0
  
  
• Washington Post story: http://wapo.st/tjJgZj
  
  
• CNN.com story: http://bit.ly/sMsHHU
  

TC Today Features NCCF Co-Director Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, "The Eclectic Developmentalist"

Through a wide range of studies, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn has led the way in showing how environments influence the well-being of young people. Click here to read the article.

Study Co-Led by Kagan Affirms
Georgia's Early Learning Standards

A study co-led by NCCF Co-Director Sharon Lynn Kagan has found that Georgia’s early learning standards are well developed and clear, embracing critical elements of early learning. Georgia’s Early Learning Standards Alignment Study was commissioned by Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning to gather empirical data that can be used to further improve the state’s early learning standards.

A downloadable copy of the Executive Summary as well as the full report is available by visiting Bright from the Start's Web Site (August 2011).

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