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1 - Statistics Norway: Kindergartens / Early Childhood

Norway
Statistics on early childhood education and care in Norway, provided by the National Statistical Institute of Norway.

Systems of Early Childhood Education and professionalisation in Europe - seepro3 (Early childhood workforce profiles across Europe. 33 country reports with key contextual data)

Europe
The project seepro-3 ("Systems of early childhood education and professionalisation in Europe") provides reviews and analyses of the professional education and training, occupational profiles and work settings of early childhood personnel in the context of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) systems in 33 European states. You will find two documents for each [...]

3 - International Leadership Research Forum in Early Childhood Education (ILRF – ECE)

international
ILRF – ECE is an international forum for exchange and communication between researchers in early childhood education. The website informs about the forum and its team, about the annual conference, partly including fulltext presentations, and it provides an e-book on "Researching Leadership in Early Childhood Education" (2013). [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

4 - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Faculty of Education / Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ): Παεδαγωγική Σχολή

Greece
The website provides information on internal organisation, history, contemporary research projects and study programs. Unfortunately, some categories have no content. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

5 - Associação Brasileira de Educação Infantil (ASBREI)

Brazil; international
The website of the Brazilian Association for Early Childhood Education (created in 1981) provides some information on its structure, aims and statutes. Otherwise, the website seems to be used mainly for announcing the three-annual "Congresso Internacional de Educação Infantil" (the 7th taking place in 2013). Other event announcements and small articles were last updated in [...]

6 - Pikler-Hengstenberg-Gesellschaft

Austria
Task and aim of the Pikler-Hengstenberg-Gesellschaft is to raise parent´s and experts´ awareness of an active partnership between parents and children in their upbringing and education, and of a careful and cooperative approach to children in order to establish human relations. Children should not be passive objects in the educational efforts of adults. It is therefore [...]

7 - School of Education - University College Cork

international; Ireland
The School of Education has a focus on the following topics: * Sports Studies and Physical Education (SSPE) Home * Early Years and Childhood Studies Section * Science Education Section * PDE (Post-Primary Teaching) * Postgraduate Diploma in Special Education Needs (SEN) There are currentlich three bigger research projects: * Multiple [...]

8 - Stanley Infant & Junior School

Falkland Islands; United Kingdom
The Stanley Infant & Junior School is one of two schools in Stanley, the capital and only substantial settlement of the Falkland Islands. It teaches children of ages 4 to 11.

Initial and Primary Education Council

Uruguay
The Initial and Primary Education Council (CEIP) is an organ of the National Administration of Public Education which is entrusted with the administration of initial and primary education of the country. The objective of initial education is the stimulation of social and intellectual development of children from 3-5 years. The CEIP designs an integral education which promotes [...]

Ministry of Education

Ecuador
The objectives of the Ministry of Education of Ecuador are to ensure both the access to and the quality of early education, basic education and secondary education for the population. This is persued by an integral, holistic and inclusive education of children, the youth and adults, whereas interculturality, plurinationality and plurilingualism are taken into account. [...]

National Statistics Office - Education

Cuba
This website of the National Statistics Office includes statistics of the education in Cuba. The data describe all educational levels, from early education to higher education, they give information about all institutions, on the teacher staff, proportions of women etc.

12 - Pikler International

international
The International Pikler Association was founded in 2012. Its objectives are to bring together associatons, groups and individuals worldwide who support the ideas of the Hungarian paediatrician Emmi Pikler, and to promote exchange and contacts. The association aims to spread further education on Pikler's ideas, to support research, to improve the quality of the qualification [...]

13 - Dirección General de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe y Intercultural (DIGEIBIR)

Peru
The task of the General Direction of Intercultural Bilingual and Rural Education (DIGEIBIR) is the contribution to the acquisition of educational quality and equality by using diversity as mean to make proposals and to gather knowledge in all levels and modalities of the system to respond to the necessities and demands of the multicultural and multilingual population of the [...]

General Direction of Regular Basic Education

Peru
The General Direction of Regular Basic Education is responsible for the formulation and the structured proposal of policies of education, of objectives, pedagogical strategies, norms and orientations in the national realm of early, primary and secondary education. It is dependent of the vice ministry of pedagogical management.

15 - UNICEF - Romania

Romania
UNICEF partners with government and non-governmental organisations (NGO) to ensure that the basic learning needs and potential of all child ren are met, and to build the capacity of schools and authorities to assist children, especially those from vulnerable communities. The website presents UNICEFs activities in Romania. Under the categories "The Children" > "Early [...]

16 - Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)

international
Early childhood care and education (ECCE) is more than a preparatory stage assisting the child’s transition to formal schooling. Today, early childhood policies are placed within a broader context of social development, gender equity and poverty reduction. UNESCO leads the international policy drive for an integrated early childhood care and education system that [...]

17 - National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education (ECI)

United States of America (USA)
The National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education (ECI) was created to carry out a comprehensive program of research, development, and dissemination to improve early childhood development and learning. The Institute helps its members through grants for national research and development centers, grants for field-initiated studies, and in-house research; [...]

18 - World Bank's Early Child Development (ECD)

international
World Bank's Early Child Development (ECD) is part of the Child and Youth Group in Human Development Network (HDN). Its primary mission is to improve World Bank's staff and clients' knowledge of ECD programming and to improve the quality of World Bank's lending for ECD. This mission is accomplished by maintaining a knowledge base on ECD to support World Bank's [...]

19 - Early Childhood Research Institute on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)

United States of America (USA)
The Early Childhood Research Institute on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) has been a federally-funded collaborative effort of several councils and universities of the United States.The CLAS Institute identifies, evaluates and promotes effective and appropriate early intervention practices and preschool practices that are sensitive and respectful to [...]

20 - Men in Early Childhood Care and Education Network New Zealand (EC-MENz)

New Zealand
The Men in Early Childhood Care and Education Network New Zealand (EC-MENz) was installed to promote Early Childhood Education as a great career for men, to network with other men involved in Early Childhood Education, to support men in the early childhood education sector and those in training, to promote the role of men as carers and educators of children, to collect and [...]

21 - Men in Childcare and Education Global Network

international
Other than a few notable exceptions, most countries` early childhood workforce amounts to about 2%. Therefore, the aim of the Men in Childcare and Education Global Network is to set up a global network of those interested in encouraging men to work in early childhood care and education and also to support those men working in the field.

22 - European Early Childhood Research Association (EECERA)

Europe
EECERA is an international organisation dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of research in Early Childhood Education throughout Europe and beyond.

23 - Kindergartenerziehung in der frühen Sowjetunion

Russian Federation; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Uzbekistan; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Ukraine; Belarus; Moldova, Republic of; Lithuania; Latvia; Estonia
Olga Klassen is pedagogue and specialst for early childhood musicial education. She worked in the Soviet Union as teacher and choir leader. In this interview she talks about her time in the soviet union before 1997 and about Kazakhstan.

24 - Länderprojekte - International Association for Steiner/Waldorf Early Childhood Education

China, People's Republic of; India; Kyrgyzstan; Vietnam; Armenia; Bulgaria; Estonia; Lithuania; Poland; Romania; Russian Federation; Ukraine; Hungary; Turkey; Czechia; Ethiopia; South Africa, Republic; South America; Central America
International Association for Steiner/Waldorf Early Childhood Education presents project worldwide.

25 - Tajikistan. Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes

Tajikistan
The report from 2006 before the background of the EFA (education for all) aims describes the situation of early childhood education in Tadjikistan. It provides statistical data, lists institutions and actors and describes the government policy and legal sitution.

26 - Association générale des enseignants des écoles et classes maternelles publiques (ageem)

France
The association of teachers and educators in pre-school education (until 2006 ´Association Générale des Institutrices et Instituteurs des Ecoles et classes Maternelles publiques´ AGIEM) deals with current developments in its vocational field, informs about the daily work in pre-schools and features a list of publications. The website shows the range of activities of its [...]

27 - Ministry of Education Education

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
This is the official site of the ministry of education, it provides information about the education system and educational institutions.

28 - Department of Education, Youth & Sports

Montserrat; Caribbean; United Kingdom
This is the official site of the department of education, it provides information about the educational system, and the curriculum.

29 - Resident services - Education

Guam; United States of America (USA)
This site provides information about the education system and education possibilities in Guam.

30 - Diversity in Early Childhood Education and Training (DECET)

Europe
DECET brings together a network of European organizations and projects with common goals about valuing diversity in early childhood education and training. The network aims at promoting and studying democratic child care, acknowledging the multiple (cultural and other) identities of children and families. General orientation for the activities of this network is the UN [...]

31 - Asia and Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL)

international
UNESCO's Asia and Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL) is a regional co-operative programme designed to promote basic education for all in the Asia and Pacific region. This website serves as a portal to the programme themes of APPEAL, e.g. eradication of illiteracy and early education care. Originally launched in 1987 to focus mainly on non-formal adult education, [...]

32 - Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE)

United States of America (USA)
CSCCE focuses on issues relating to teachers and providers working in center-based and home-based early care and education settings in the United States. Through research, policy analysis and policy development, the center promotes improvements in job conditions for the early care and education workforce, and in services for children and families. The center publishes a series [...]

33 - The Future of Children

United States of America (USA)
The Future of Children is a collaboration of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and the Brookings Institution. The mission of The Future of Children is to translate the best social science research about children and youth into information that is useful to policymakers, practitioners, grant-makers, advocates, the media, and [...]

34 - Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA Center)

United States of America (USA)
The ECTA Center supports the national implementation of the early childhood provisions (1-5 years) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This is done by transferring knowledge about early childhood research, practices that work, and policies to assist states and their stakeholders to accomplish goals and plans for systems change.

35 - Council for Professional Recognition

United States of America (USA)
Founded in 1985 the Council's mission is to emphasize the importance and increase the recognition of professionals who care for children from birth through five years in childcare centers, family child care homes, and as home visitors. Access to information on several programmes, workshops and seminars for educators and to a national directory of Early Childhood Teacher [...]

36 - Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)

United States of America (USA)
ACEI is an organization of teachers, parents, and other adults interested in promoting best educational practices for children from infancy through early adolescence. Members are dedicated to a flexible, child-centered approach to education. ACEI, is represented at the United Nations and has been granted consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council [...]

37 - Clearing House on Early Education and Parenting

United States of America (USA)
CEEP is the successor to the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE), which was part of the national information system in education, called ERIC, from 1967 through December 2003. CEEP is part of the Early Childhood and Parenting ( ECAP) Collaborative within the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They work [...]

38 - Child Trends DataBank

United States of America (USA)
The Child Trends DataBank examines and monitors more than 100 indicators that focus on risks and positive developments for children. For each indicator it summarizes what the research says about its importance to children’s development, tracks trends over time and by subgroup, and highlights strategies likely to improve well-being. It also provides links to state, local, and [...]

39 - Readiness for School - Information collection of the U.S. Department of Education for parents

United States of America (USA)
The information provided by the U.S. Department of Education features papers, speeches, presentations and booklets for parents on how to prepare children for school and on forms of preparing this transition in Early Childhood Education and Care.

40 - Association Montessori Internationale

United States of America (USA)
The Association Montessori Internationale was founded in 1929 by Dr. Maria Montessori to maintain the integrity of her life's work. AMI's activities include: training courses, training of trainers programs, organising congresses and conferences, offering a book list of Montessori publications in several languages (free for download). The website features apart of these [...]

41 - Childcare and Early Education

Malta
From this web site you can download a guide to the principles, standards and regulations of early childcare in Malta. This is a document of the Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity and the Ministry for Education, Youth and Employment. The national standards were developed in consideration of day care and educational services for children below three years of age. They [...]

42 - The State of Early Childhood Provision in Dominica

Dominica
Paper by Sian Williams held at the Dominica Conference 2001 ( University of the West Indies). "The paper reflects on the steps already taken by the Government of Dominica to legislate and promote early childhood service development, and on the implications for policy raised by the findings of a survey of the quality of learning environments in a sample of early childhood [...]

43 - Le Syndicat des Enseignants (SE-UNSA)

France
The teacher union has been established in 1992. It represents teacher with the following French occupational titles: instituteurs, professeurs des écoles (inclusive école maternelle), des collèges, des lycées et lycées professionnels, technologiques, des enseignants d'éducation physique et sportive, des conseillers principaux d' éducation, enseignants spécialisés, [...]

44 - Institute of Education University of London: Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU)

United Kingdom
TCRU is a multidisciplinary research unit within the Institute of Education at the University of London. The Unit was founded in 1973 by Professor Jack Tizard and focusses on four streams of research: 1) Health and well-being of children, young people, and families; 2) Research on parenting and family support; 3.) Studies of children's services and environments; 4.) Studies [...]

45 - Charlotte Bühler-Institut für praxisorientierte Kleinkindforschung

Austria
With the support of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research, the Charlotte Bühler association ( registered association) was founded in 1992. Its aim is to conduct an institute for early childhood research combining theory as well as practice. The institute was given the name "Charlotte Bühler Institute for Practice-Oriented Early Childhood Research" [...]

46 - Caribbean Early Childhood Development (CaribECD)

Caribbean
The objective of this website is "to increase the sharing of information, strategies, resources and overall communication on early childhood, parenting and the family within the Caribbean". The website offers access to various early childhood associations in the Caribbean, information on conferences and research, a newsletter and links.

47 - Integrating Early Childhood Into Education: The Case of Sweden

Sweden
This UNESCO POLICY BRIEF ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, May 2002, informs on reforms undertaken in early childhood education and care in Sweden since this area of responsibility has been handed over in 1996 from the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs to the Ministry of Education and Science.

48 - Training and Certification

Jamaica; Grenada; Anguilla; Caribbean; United Kingdom
The paper presented at the 4th Caribbean Early Childhood Conference, Georgetown, Guyana, July 2002 compares models of qualification in the childcare and pre-school sector in Jamaica, Grendada and Anguilla. The link offered here leads you to the webarchive and is a copy of the website as of 2005.

49 - Japan with Kids. Ressources for Parents of Children with Special Needs.

Japan
This website is provided by English speaking parents residing in Japan. It aims at collecting all information about raising and educating children in Japan parents who are new to the country may need. Numerous links lead to babysitting, nursery institutions and schools. There is a focus on the education of children with special needs. This particular section of the site lists [...]

Early Childhood Education

Chile
This web site provides vast information about all issues of policy, reforms and programmes concerning pre-school education in Chile, about curriculum development and publications

51 - Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

international
The ECCD is a diverse consortium of agencies, donors, NGOs, and foundations that links with regional-based Early Childhood Care and Development networks comprising individuals and organisations involved in programming, research, policy-advocacy, monitoring and evaluation for young children (0-8) at risk in the Majority World, i.e. especially in the Third World countries. The [...]

52 - Asociación Mundial de Educadores Infantiles. World Association of Early Childhood Educators

international
The organization is a NGO for pedagogical renovation of early childhood education; the basic aim is to make it possible for every child under 6 years of age to exercise his right to an early educational service to fully develop his capacities. The website has links to information about games and toys, prevention of child abuse, the work projects of the association and a [...]

53 - Ready To Learn - White Paper on Early Childhood Education (2020)

Ireland
The White Paper is published by the Irish Department of Education. It "focuses on children from birth to six years. It covers the whole spectrum of educational needs: the development of very young children in the home, supports to parents concerning how best to help their children to learn, a wide range of supports for private providers and voluntary/community groups and a [...]

54 - The Education Review Office (ERO)

New Zealand
ERO is the government department which reports publicly on the quality of education in all New Zealand schools and early childhood services, including private schools, kura kaupapa Mäori (Mäori language immersion schools), special schools and ngä köhanga reo (Mäori language early childhood groups). A broad range of online ressources free of charge (handbooks with legal [...]

55 - Helping Your Child become a Reader

United States of America (USA)
This booklet published by the U.S. Department of Education includes activities for families with children from infancy through age 6 fostering reading. Articles with links and learning materials and bibliographies.

56 - Improving Educational Quality: Honduras

Honduras
Within the framework of the "Improving Education Quality Project", the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) renders assistance for so called host countries to implement their educational reform efforts in primary and early childhood education as well as community development. In this context, this website was developed to provide basic information on [...]

57 - Improving Educational Quality: El Salvador

El Salvador
In the framework of the "Improving Education Quality Project", the United States Agency for International Development ( USAID) renders assistance for so called host countries to implement their educational reform efforts in primary and early childhood education, as well as community development. In this context this website was developed to provide basic information on [...]

58 - Early Childhood Development University (ECDVU)

international; North Africa; Africa South of the Sahara; Middle East
The ECDVU grew out of a series of ECD training seminars (Summer Institutes) initiated by UNICEF in 1994/95. ECDVU is an innovative approach to addressing ECD capacity building and leadership development in the Middle East and North Africa. It is a unique training that uses face-to-face and distributed learning methods including: residential seminars, web-based instruction, [...]

59 - National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)

Ireland
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment was established as a statutory body in July 2001. It has to advise the Minister of Education and Science in matters relating to the curriculum for early childhood education, primary and post-primary schools, and the assessment procedures employed in schools and examinations on subjects that are part of the curriculum. [...]

60 - Early childhood education and care in Sweden

Sweden
The Childcare Resource and Research Unit is a Canadian early childhood education and child care (ECEC) policy research institute. In its ISSUE File collection of online resources it highlights useful online resources detailing and discussing Sweden´s highly developed ECEC system. Material is divided into four sections: Documents from the Swedish government, reports from the [...]

61 - OECD Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and Care Policy - Background Report Denmark 2000

Denmark
Background report (63 pages) from the Danish Ministry of Social Affairs and Education for the OECD, in conjunction with their participation in the project 'Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and Care' 1998-2000.

62 - Early Childhood Education and Care Policy in Sweden. Background report prepared for the OECD Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and Care Policy. (1999)

Sweden
Background report (84 pages) from the Swedisch Ministry of Education and Science for the OECD, in conjunction with their participation in the project ´Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and Care´ 1998-2000.

63 - Early Childhood Education in Norway: Time as an indication for Pedagogical Space

Norway
Paper presented on the 10th European Conference on Quality in Early Childhood Education (EECERA), London 29th of August- 1st of September 2000, by Sidsel Germeten Oslo College of Teacher Education.

64 - OECD - Early Childhood Education and Care Home Page - Country information: Norway

Norway
Different reports on Early Childhood Education and Care in Norway since 1998.

65 - Regulations on a framework plan for the content and tasks of kindergartens

Norway
Current Norwegian framework plan for the content and tasks of kindergartens. Summary of the framework contents and access to the corresponding Norwegian laws (HTML format).

66 - Norwegian Center for Child Research (NOSEB)

Norway
NOSEB is an interdisciplinary research institute of the NTNU Trondheim, and the research foundation Allforsk. It is supported by the research council of Norway through a strategic university programme. It is NOSEB's purpose to initiate and carry out research on the life worlds of children and childhood, also in an international context. Information on NOSEB, useful links, and [...]

67 - Børnekulturportalen

Denmark
The site was established in 2002 by the danish Children's Culture Council and presents extensive information on all aspects of children and culture. In danish only.

68 - Ministry of Children and Families

Norway
Information on the ministry's activities, publications (reports-HTML- format, brochures) and legislations. The Ministry has the overall responsibility for children welfare services, family affairs, childhood development, religious and life stance affairs and consumer affairs.

69 - Iceland on the Web

Iceland
Webportal. Under the keyword 'education' broad range of commented links ( in English) to the different sectors of the Icelandic education system.

70 - Zero to three - The Nation's Leading Resource for the First Years of Life

United States of America (USA)
ZERO TO THREE is a national, nonprofit organization located in Washington, D.C., dedicated solely to advancing the healthy development of babies and young children. Founded in 1977, ZERO TO THREE disseminates key developmental information, trains providers, promotes model approaches and standards of practice and works to increase public awareness about the significance of the [...]

71 - The NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD)

United States of America (USA)
'The most comprehensive child care study conducted to date to determine how variations in child care are related to children's development'. This study is supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ( NICHD). Free access to the study summary, data from phase I and II. Information on the investigators and the team.

72 - Australien Center for Educational Studies - Macquarie University Sydney (ACES)

Australia
ACES incorporates the following institutes and centres: the Macquarie University Special Education Centre (MUSEC), the Institute of Early Childhood (IEC) , the School of Education, the Macquarie ICT ( information and communication technologies) Innovations Centre and the Institute for Higher Education Research and Development. The website offers links to the divisions, their [...]

73 - Early Childhood Council New Zealand (ECC)

New Zealand
The ECC supports the independent centres of the Early Childhood Sector in New Zealand by providing services and benefits, fostering a high quality early childhood service. Through this web site the ECC provides up to date information on issues relevant to its members, including matters related to legislation and regulation, industrial relations, training, events, funding and [...]

74 - Dialog mit den Bürgern - Irland - Informationen über das nationale Bildungssystem

Ireland
Information on the Irish education system, provided by the European Union. Useful list of addresses.

75 - The Belfast Education and Library Board (BELB)

Northern Ireland; United Kingdom
BELB is charged under the Northern Ireland Education and Libraries Order to secure the provision of facilities for youth services. On the website there are a database of schools, a course database for schools and databases with information on primary, secondary, special education, nursery, curriculum, youth clubs and events available. Search for libraries in Northern Ireland [...]

76 - Child & Youth Health

Australia
Child and Youth Health is an independent state government health unit. On the website, information and services for parents, educators, children, teenagers and young adults are presented.

77 - Journal of Statistics Education (JSE)

United States of America (USA)
JSE disseminates knowledge for the improvement of statistics education at all levels, including elementary, secondary, post- secondary, post-graduate, continuing, and workplace education. It is published by editors of various American universities. Free access to articles and abstracts, archived since 1993. Index to articles available. Links to related organisations and web [...]

78 - The Gateway to Educational Materials SM (GEM)

United States of America (USA)
GEM is sponsored by the US Department of Education and acts as a key one-stop access to thousands of high quality educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. The GEM Consortium consists of 438 members. The website presents the comrehensive collection lists, offers a search database and links to new resources and [...]

79 - CYFERnet (Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network)

United States of America (USA)
CYFERnet offers practical research-based information on early childhood, school age, teens, parents/family, and community. Funded as joint project of the U.S. Department of Agriculture it is a national network of excellence maintained several universities of the USA. The website provides information on programs, evaluation and technology assistance for children, youth and [...]

80 - Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF)

Canada
CCCF wants to improve the quality of child care services for Canadian families. Aims are to provide information to and facilitating "networking" among a broad range of target groups( e.g. child care organizations, educational institutions, government policy makers...). Furthermore CCCF wants to support initiatives and research to improve the quality of child care services. On [...]

81 - The Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU)

Canada
The Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) is a policy and research oriented facility that focuses on early childhood education and child care (ECEC) and family policy in Canada and internationally. It has been developed and staffed by individuals with diverse backgrounds including early childhood education, psychology, library sciences, political science, women´s [...]

82 - Improving Education Quality: Romania

Romania
In the framework of the "Improving Education Quality Project", the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) renders assistance for socalled host countries to implement their educational reform efforts in primary and early childhood education, as well as community development. In this context this website was developed to provide basic information on [...]

83 - Improving Education Quality: Ukraine

Ukraine
In the framework of the "Improving Education Quality Project", the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) renders assistance for socalled host countries to implement their educational reform efforts in primary and early childhood education, as well as community development. In this context this website was developed to provide basic information on [...]

84 - Improving Education Quality: Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan
In the framework of the "Improving Education Quality Project", the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) renders assistance for socalled host countries to implement their educational reform efforts in primary and early childhood education, as well as community development. In this context this website was developed to provide basic information on [...]

85 - Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

United States of America (USA)
SRCD is a multidisciplinary, not-for-profit association with an international membership of approximately 5,000 researchers, practitioners, and human development professionals from over 50 countries. 'Child Development', the journal of the Society, is devoted to original interdisciplinary contributions on topics in child development from the fetal period through adolescence. [...]

86 - The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

United States of America (USA)
NAEYC, founded in 1926, is an organization of early childhood educators dedicated to improve the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade. The website offers information on their accreditation programs, which set professional standards for early childhood education programs. The section "Early Childhood Issues" provides information and research reports [...]

87 - Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP) - Internet journal

United States of America (USA)
ECRP, an Internet journal, features articles related to the development, care and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. Published electronically twice annually (since 1999), the focus is on applied research, or on research with practical implications. No subscription is necessary. The articles are accessible in HTML-format.

88 - Early Childhood Australia (ECA)

Australia
ECA is a non-government organisation acting in the interests of young children aged 0-8 years of age. It develops and advocates policies on early childhood education and care. ECA also acts as the national umbrella organisation for children's services. The homepage provides information on ECA, its activities and policies, on its publications and Early Childhood Conferences. [...]

89 - Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)

Australia
The Institute is a research and information agency established in 1980 to promote the understanding of factors affecting family stability in Australia. The website offers several databases (e.g. "Family - Australian Family and Society Abstracts Database), journal abstracts about family and education, information on research projects, full text ressources, a page with courses [...]

90 - Scholastic's Early Childhood Today (ECT)

United States of America (USA)
ECT is an online magazine for child care center owners, directors and early childhood educators providing research, teaching tips, activities, management strategies, and technology updates (publishing house is Scholastic's). It offers online material for classroom activities, articles and surveys of experts for download. Special attention is turned on fostering early literacy [...]

91 - Wisconsin Center for Education Research

United States of America (USA)
This is the website of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research which is one of the oldest, largest, and most efficient education research centers in the world. As a part of the University of Wisconsin- Madison's School of Education, WCER provides a productive environment where some of the country's leading scholars conduct basic and applied education research. The WCER [...]

92 - Department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE), Northwest Territories

Canada
Them ministry is divided into many divisions and then further divided into program areas. The divisions are: Advanced Education, Culture and Heritage, Education Operations and Development, Early Childhood and School Services, Income Security, ECE Service Centres (career development and library services), Official Languages.

93 - Vision 2020: Education

Trinidad and Tobago
Vision 2020 is the strategic plan of the government to improve people's living conditions in various areas. These include pre-primary education, primary and secondary education, tertiary education, skills, development and training, youth and sport. The central aim is the creation of equal opportunities.

94 - Ministry of Education, Employment and the Family

Malta
The ministry is responsible for the following sectors: Education, childcare and early education, compulsory education, higher education, university, vocational education and training institutions, life-long learning, examinations, employment and training, public broadcasting services, libraries, national archives, social policy, family policy, child policy, social security, [...]

Education in New Zealand

New Zealand
The New Zealand Ministry website on education and care.

96 - Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Canada
The Department of Education is comprised of several operational units, including: Acadian and French Language Services, Early Years, Public Schools, Corporate Policy, Corporate Services.

97 - British Columbia Ministry of Education

Canada
The ministry is responsible for early learning, kindergarten to grade 12, post- secondary education, adult learning and offers information on education programmes, the curriculum, reports and funding.

98 - Deutscher Bildungsserver

Germany
The German Education Server (eduserver) is an information portal maintained by the federal authorities and the sixteen federal states in the Federal Republic of Germany. The eduserver provides access to information on the education system of the Federal Republic of Germany. The eduserver makes the high-quality information available through a system of databases. The range of [...]

99 - National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)

United States of America (USA)
NIEER supports early childhood education initiatives by providing information based on research. NIEER was established at Rutgers University's Graduate School of Education (The State University of New Jersey). Access to the 'state databank' with useful links on early childhood and statistical information. A broad range of information is freely accessibly in the resource [...]

100 - Early Childhood Educators' & Family Web Corner

United States of America (USA)
This website is announced that it is an "Index to all things Early Childhood!" It provides practical information for parents and pre-school teachers on special teacher and family pages, texts of articles, magazines and newspapers and online-courses.