The following materials were provided as background information in preparation for the 2007 Alaska Governor’s Summit on Early Learning, which brought together more than 150 Alaskans from a wide variety of sectors across the state to develop recommendations for Governor Sarah Palin’s early learning policy agenda.
General Documents
Issue Briefs
- What is Early Learning?
- A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood
- Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return
- Illinois’ Early Learning Commitment
Resource Handouts
- Early Learning Overview
- Early Learning System Diagram 1
- Early Learning System Diagram 2
- Alaska’s Early Learning Guidelines
- A System of Data
- In the Home: Parents are Children’s First and Best Teachers
- Out of the Home: Early Care and Education Programs
- Supporting Parents in Out of the Home Settings
- A System of Standards-Based Early Care and Education
- Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators
- Alaska’s Early Care and Education Work Force
- Early Literacy Programs in Alaska
PowerPoints
- The Developmental Science of Early Childhood Investments
Dr. Ross A. Thompson, University of California, Davis - Making Young Children a Priority: The Illinois Story
State Representative Elizabeth Coulson, Illinois
