Early Childhood Education & Development

 

 

Reflective of the growing importance attributed to early childhood education and development (ECD) in laying the health and cognitive development foundations required for children to grow and learn, the Center for Education Innovations (CEI) has identified close to 60 ECD programs spanning multiple regions and countries.  While expanding the access to and quality of early childhood education is an Education for All (EFA) goal,  significant progress remains to be made to make quality early childhood care and education accessible to all, including the poorest and most vulnerable.

Database At-A-Glance

The Database At-a-Glance is an original analysis of emerging trends and themes in ECED programs that have surfaced from programs profiled in our database.
The evidence base on the benefits of ECD is robust and growing. Less well known are practical examples of programs whose features have promise, both for ECD as a whole and also especially for ECD for disadvantaged children. This database at a glance begins to fill this gap and highlights both emerging themes and characteristics common across many of the ECD programs in the CEI database. It also points to unique and distinct models of ECD programs that are promising as innovative solutions to improve both access and quality of ECD for the poor and marginalized. This database at a glance (DAG) highlights the common programming themes as well as emerging models of practice in ECD programs profiled in the CEI Database.