SRC conducted a national landscape to illuminate gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities for which philanthropic investment could catalyze equitable improvements in K-2 practices at scale and aligned to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s existing strategy. In partnership with the foundation’s Early Learning Team, SRC identified and workshopped the highest opportunity approaches to shape a proposed equity-centered investment strategy.

This toolkit was primarily designed to support the regional teams participating in the PDG B-5 Sustainability Community of Practice facilitated by SRC. This toolkit may also be a useful tool for a wide range of stakeholders in Michigan’s early childhood system who are interested in sustainability.

This validation study evaluates the Hope Starts Here (HSH) imperative metrics for success and examines the early implementation of the HSH initiative (2020 and beyond) to inform future evaluation efforts. The research questions that guided the validation study were designed to help explore the face validity and the content validity of HSH metrics and were determined based on HSH's priorities.

This equity-focused rubric was developed for reviewing Minnesota's Preschool Development Grant (PDG)–related documents. The equity rubric, designed under the Minnesota PDG Guiding Principles, assesses indicators of best practices for advancing equity within each document that focus on the experiences of children, families, and communities facing racial, geographic, and economic inequities.

The guidebook draws on the lessons learned during the Early Learning Division's first year of experience implementing coordinated enrollment strategies through Preschool Promise. Each section of the guidebook details a part of Oregon’s coordinated enrollment vision and includes examples and resources that Early Learning Hubs can use to inform their work as they move forward in implementing coordinated enrollment.

This report presents reflections of grantees from Virginia's Mixed Delivery Program, an effective, strategic program to support academic, social, and lifelong success for all of Virginia’s children.

This facilitation guidebook was developed to provide guidance and resources for the facilitation of Oregon's Early Learning Division workgroups.

This report provides an overview and highlights from Michigan’s Office of Great Start's Listen & Learn Symposium. This symposium brought together early childhood practitioners and families from around the state, creating an opportunity for communities to learn from each other about best practices in helping children to be well.

This community-facing report provides an overview of the Family Voices Project. This report was created to share findings with families and community partners.

This community-facing brief complements the strategic refresh report, translating it the refresh process and report overview to the larger community across Baltimore City.

This P-3 Needs Assessment and Action Planning Toolkit was developed to support partners in strengthening their P-3 systems and provide support for school and district leadership.

This storytelling toolkit was developed to support the Office of Child Development and Early Learning in effectively communicating stories of innovation and progress of the Community Innovation Zones (CIZ) grant program to a wide range of stakeholders, including policymakers, federal and state leaders, and early childhood practitioners.