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Our resources section is a place where advocates, researchers, early care and education professionals and parents and families can come to find the latest research and resources to support children and families as we work together to build a movement to create a better early care and education system for all children and families. We will update this section frequently as new resources become available. Check back often for the latest!
North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten (NC Pre-K) Program Requirements and Guidance
NC Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education
Facing a Broken System: Addressing Suspensions and Expulsions of Young Black Children in South Carolina
The Beloved Early Education and Care (BEE) Collective
Centering Black Families: Equitable Discipline through Improved Data Policies in Child Care
Tiffany Ferrette, Alycia Hardy and Alyssa Fortner, The Center for Law and Social Policy
Katie Dukes, EdNC
A Holistic Approach to Ending Exclusionary Discipline for Young Learners
The Children’s Equity Project at Arizona State University
From Equity to Issue Campaigns: The Next Stop on the Road Map to Childhood Mental Health in North Carolina
NC Child
Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA) and National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI)
Critical Language Style Guide
K. Noelle Broughton, Amy Sekhar, Seena M. Skelton and Tiffany S. Kyser, Great Lakes Equity Center
States’ Growing Commitment to Preventing Young Children’s Expulsion from Early Care and Education Programs: RESULTS OF A 50-STATE POLICY SURVEY
Sheila Smith, Uyen (Sophie) Nguyen, Maribel R. Granja and Carey McCann, National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
Addressing Inappropriate Discipline Practices: State Policies on Suspension and Expulsion
Lise Fox, Megan Vinh, Toni Miguel, and Leigh Ashley, National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI)
Working Toward Justice: Reducing Suspension and Expulsion by Practicing Inclusion
Megan Vinh and Betsy Ayankoya, Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA)
One State’s Systems Change Efforts to Reduce Child Care Expulsion: Taking the Pyramid Model to Scale
Megan Vinh, Phil Strain, Sarah Davidon and Barbara J. Smith