Early Childhood Education Research Alliance

The Early Childhood Education Research Alliance agenda focuses on understanding and improving the quality of early childhood education programs. Work proposed for the first year emphasizes research projects related to Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) that are moving to align quality standards in publicly and state-funded preschool, child care, Head Start, and family child care programs.

Members

• Lindy Buch, Ph.D., Director, Early Childhood Services, Michigan Department of Education
• Karen Cadigan, Ph.D., Director, Office of Early Learning, Minnesota Department of Education
• Jill Haglund, Early Childhood Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
• Reyna Hernandez, J.D., Assistant Superintendent, Center for Language and Early Childhood Development, Illinois State Board of Education
• Penny Milburn, Early Childhood Consultant, Iowa Department of Education
• Stephanie K. Siddens, Ph.D., Director, Office of Early Learning and School Readiness, Ohio Department of Education

REL Midwest Contact
Eboni Howard, Ph.D., Principal Early Childhood Specialist