Early Childhood | MDRC

We examine strategies that strengthen the effectiveness and accessibility of child care, early education, and home visiting services to produce long-lasting positive outcomes for children in families with low incomes. We also study ways to support a qualified early childhood workforce.

Issue Focus

Investing in the Early Care and Education Workforce

Brief

Supporting the Implementation of High-Quality Early Childhood Curricula in Preschool Programs

Brief

Investing in Equitable Access to High-Quality Early Care and Education

Video

Webinar Introducing SIRF (Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs)

Brief

Rethinking Classroom Quality

What We Know and What We Are Learning

Project

Variations in Implementation of Quality Interventions (VIQI): Examining the Quality-Child Outcomes Relationship in Child Care and Early Education

Methodological Publication

Using Semistructured Interviews to Understand the Experiences of Families and Children Living in Poverty

Issue Focus

Behavioral Science Strategies to Increase Access to Child Care

Issue Focus

MDRC’s Research Agenda for Families & Children

Home Visiting and Coordinated and Integrated Early Childhood Systems

Report

Evaluation of the Jumpstart Foster Grandparent Program

Project

Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs (SIRF)

Project

Applied Behavioral Coalition (ABC)

Report

Selecting an Instrument for Measuring Infant and Toddler Language and Preliteracy

Working Paper

Quantifying and Predicting Variation in the Medium-Term Effects of Oversubscribed Prekindergarten Programs

Project

Jumpstart’s Foster Grandparent Program Evaluation