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CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Developmental Psychology Links

Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers (2001)

Early Childhood Development and Learning: New Knowledge for Policy (2001)

From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development (2000)

National Black Child Development Institute
   

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Caldecott Medal Homepage
Annual children's picture book award presented by the American Library Association

Children's Picture Book Database (Miami University)
Abstracts of over 4000 picture books; searchable by theme or curriculum

Database of Award-winning Children's Literature
Searchable by keyword, reading level, genre, language, historical period, gender and ethnicity of main character

Newberry Medal Homepage
Annual children's book award presented by the American Library Association
    

HEALTH & WELFARE

America's Child Care Crisis: A Crime Prevention Tragedy
[requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]

Child Welfare Information Gateway

Child Welfare League of America

Child Welfare Research Center  (University of California, Berkeley)

Children's Defense Fund

Children's Environmental Health Network

Children's Safety Network (National Injury & Violence Prevention Resource Center)

Childstats.Gov  (statistics on children and the family)

Department of Health & Human Services

EPA Children's Health Protection

Maternal and Child Health Bureau

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
    

ORGANIZATIONS

Action Alliance for Children

Administration for Children and Families

Child Trends, Inc.

Children Now

Children's Bureau

CYFERnet (Children, Youth and Families Education & Research Network

Kids Count

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

National Center for Children in Poverty  (Columbia University)

National Child Care Information Center
    

RESOURCE DIRECTORIES

Children, Youth and Family Consortium Electronic Clearinghouse

Educator's Reference Desk (formerly Ask ERIC)

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) (National Library of Education)
Has citations 1966 - present; some full-text 1993 - present; can limit search to free full-text.  

Families USA
    

STATISTICS

ED-DATA: Fiscal, Demographic & Performance Data on California's K-12 Schools

National Center for Education Statistics

    

 Last updated 14 July 2008

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