Our collaborative keeps up with the latest research and policy shifts related to preschool quality, access and impact. We also do our own local research and develop reports and resources to inform our systems-change and advocacy work. Below are some of the resources we are using to inform our work:

Locally developed resources and data:​

• Most current State of Early Childhood presentation (a PowerPoint, updated quarterly, with a variety of early childhood utilization data)

• 2021 Presentation to Board of Commissioners about pre-k expansion

• 2019 ECE workforce report: Early Care and Education Workforce in Buncombe County

• 2018 ECE workforce report: Working in Early Care and Education in Buncombe County

• 2017 ABPPC full report: The Key to Our Futures: Expanding Access to High-Quality Preschool in Asheville and Buncombe County

• 2017 ABPPC report-executive summary

Local & state resources

• 2020 Committee report on challenges to offering NC Pre-K

• 2019 NC Pre-K Impact report: Effects of the North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten Program

• 2017 Legislative study on NC Pre-K cost of care

National resources

• NIEER State of Preschool Yearbook (annual publication)

• Power to the Profession (national advocacy for investments and more uniform standards for Early Childhood Educators)

General resources everyone should know about

• Center for the Developing Child at Harvard (great info on child development, but quite academic)

• Talking about Early Childhood Development (a Frameworks Tookit for communications)