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Explore this OPRE-funded brief which describes the motivations Head Start grant recipients cite in applications to covert enrollment slots from Head Start to Early Head to supply infant-and-toddler care.

Explore this OPRE funded brief that describes the characteristics of data sources and data points referenced in Head Start grant recipient enrollment conversion applications.

Explore this OPRE-funded brief which describes the staff qualifications of Head Start grant recipients that converted enrollment slots and presents a summary of strategies grant recipients planned to employ to ensure staff had the appropriate qualifications and competencies needed to serve Early Head Start children and families.

Read a summary of research about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected child care and early education programs and the families they serve in the first year of the pandemic.

This White paper from the Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High-Quality Early Care and Education project presents results from an experiment of tokens of appreciation to support survey response among staff in child care and early education centers

This practitioner-focused brief provides strategies learned from the Understanding Children’s Transitions from Head Start to Kindergarten (HS2K) project’s collective work and real-life examples of how Head Start programs and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) work together to support kindergarten transitions.

Explore this brief about staff turnover and retention among Head Start grant recipients that converted enrollment slots.

This chartbook uses data from the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education Center-based Survey and 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education Workforce to describe classrooms with young children.

This chartbook uses data from the 2012 NSECE and 2019 NSECE to describe the center-based ECE workforce that served children five and under not yet in kindergarten

Explore this brief from the OPRE-funded Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS) to understand what is known about what leadership looks like in center-based early care and education settings and how it functions to improve center quality and, in turn, children’s experiences and outcomes.