Systems Building

• Ready by Five, Fine by Nine: Connecticut’s Early Childhood System Framework 
  CT Early Childhood Education Cabinet, July 2006
• Leveraging Grantmaking: Understanding the Dynamics of Complex Social Systems 
  David Peter Stroh, Foundation Review, 2009 Vol. 1:3
• Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work 
  Fay Hanleybrown, John Kania, & Mark Kramer, Stanford Social Innvoation Review, January 2012
• Collective Impact 
  John Kania, Mark Kramer, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter 2011
• American Early Childhood Education: Preventing or Perpetuating Inequity? 
  Sharon L. Kagan, Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University, November 2008   
• A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy
  Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University, 2007
• Formative Assessment: Getting All Connecticut Children “Ready by Five and Fine by Nine” 
  Charles Bruner, Child and Family Policy Center, December 2008
• Learning to Read: Developing 0-8 Information Systems to Improve Third Grade Reading Proficiency
  Charles Bruner, Child and Family Policy Center, August 2010

Networks

• Honey Bee Network 
  Anil Gupta: India's hidden hotbeds of invention, TedIndia 2009
• Unstill Waters: The Fluid Role of Networks in Social Movements 
  Robin Katcher, Management Assistance Group, Summer 2010
• Using Social Media to Save Lives 
  The Story of Sameer and Vinay, slideshow

Equity

• Opportunity in Connecticut: The Impact of Race, Poverty and Education on Family Economic Success  
  Judith Carroll, Connecticut Association for Human Services,  2012
• Equity in Education: A Transformational Approach  
  SERC, 2011
• Systems Thinking and Race 
  Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, The Ohio State University, December 2008
• Structural Racism and Community Building 
  The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change, 2004
• Frameworks Issues: Race
  FrameWorks Institute project devoted to understanding how Americans think and talk about the issue of race.
• Multiplication is for White People
  Harvard Educational Review, Lisa Delpit, New York, New York Press, 2012
• Constructing A Racial Equity Theory of Change 
  Keith Lawrence, et al., September 2009
• Structural Racism and Youth Development: Issues, Challenges, and Implications 
  The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change, 2005
• Leadership & Race 
  Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, The Ohio State University, July 2010
• The Education of a White Parent: Wrestling with Race and Opportunity in the Boston Public Schools
  Susan Naimark, Levellers Press, 2012
• Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and Others to Build an Inclusive Society
  John A. powell, Indiana University Press, 2012

Local Infrastructure (Community Planning)

• Local Early Childhood Councils: A Structure for Improving Outcomes & Systems for Young Children, Birth to Age Eight
  The Discovery Initiative Communities and the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, October 2012
• Families and Communities Raise Our Children: The Role and Cost of Effective Local Early Childhood Councils 
  Holt, Wexler & Farnam, LLP, September 2009
• Discovery community plans
  Access to all plans produced by Local Early Childhood Councils in Connecticut
• Building Capacity for Community Decision-Making: A Series of Learning Guides for Communities
  A series of 6 Learning Guides produced by the Center for the Study of Social Policy, 2001
• Elements of a Community Plan
  Discovery webpage highlighting the core elements of a comprehensive community plan

Health

• A Framework Toolkit
  Child Health and Development Institute, July 2011
• A Framework for Child Health Services
  Child Health and Development Institute, March 2009
• Putting Children First
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation video featuring Child First
• The Hard Facts Behind Soft Skills
  Heckman The Economics of Human Potential, Dr. James Heckman, video

Prenatal to Three

• First Words, First Steps: The Importance of the Early Years
  Commission and the State Department of Social Services, October 2008
• Brain Builders
  First Five Years Fund video based on work of Jack P. Schonkoff
• Baby Brain Map
  Zero to Three's interactive web exclusive shows what brain develop is occurring during various stages as well as information about how to support optimal development, from prenatal to 3 years old.
• Creating Health Connections: Nurturing Brain Development
  Zero to Three podcast featuring Dr. Alison Gopnik who describes how very young children’s brains develop and how parents can use that information to nurture healthy development.

State Governance

• A Look at Governance Structures for Early Childhood in Six States 
  The BUILD Initiative, 2010
• Vision to Practice: Setting a New Course for Early Childhood Governance 
  Stacie G. Goffin, Jana Martella and Julia Coffman, January 2011

Data

• Connecticut Early Care and Education Progress Report, 2011
  Sarah Esty & Cyd Oppenheimer, JD, Connecticut Voices for Children, February 2011 
• Early Childhood Portal
  Connecticut Data Collaborative, working to provide accessible, user-friendly data
• Improving Early Education Programs Through Data-based Decision Making
  National Institute for Early Education Research

Finance

• Connecticut Early Childhood Investment Plan, Part I 
  CT Early Childhood Research and Policy Council, November 2006

K-12 Alignment

• Every child should have a chance to be exceptional.  Without exception. 
  CT Commission on Educational Achievement, 2010
• Making the Most of Our Investments: How PK-3 Can Close the Achievement Gap from the Start 
  Grantmakers for Education, 2007

Quality & Access

• Quality Improvement: CT Quality Rating and Improvement System Plan 
  Governor’s Council, November 2008

Workforce

• ECE Workforce Plan (Final) 
  Early Childhood Education Cabinet, February 2009