Head Start’s National Research Conference is a biennial event, which provides practitioners, researchers, administrators, and policy makers involved in Head Start, early childhood, childcare, health care, and administration programs the opportunity to share research that promotes positive development in young children. Click HERE for more information about the Head Start’s National Research Conference.

Carol Brunson Day, NBCDI’s President and CEO, joined President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan this morning at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, VA, where the President expressed his administration’s support for education at the federal level, citing his position that there be no cuts to education funding even in these tight economic times.  “I want every child in this country to head back to school in the fall knowing that their education is America’s priority,” he said.  “Let’s

The National Black Child Development Institute has received initial funding from the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Division of Early Childhood Education to launch a comprehensive higher education scholarship system that will increase the opportunities for early childhood professionals to acquire higher education credentials. To learn more, please visit our new T.E.A.C.H website!

NBCDI, with support from the Foundation for Child Development, is leading a campaign to improve children’s chances for school success through a PreK-3rd policy initiative that includes a range of activities focused in the District of Columbia, with implications for our affiliate communities. PreK-3 strategies are dedicated to improving systems for children through age 8; easing transitions and ensuring continuity for children and families through child care, PreK and K-12; and seamlessly connecting high-quality early childhood and PreK programs with

PEP is a program that seeks to educate, motivate and inspire parents to excellence as their Child’s first teacher The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) introduces an exciting curriculum for parent education.  Parent Empowerment Project (PEP) is a unique program that seeks to educate, motivate and inspire parents to excellence as their child’s first teacher.  Under the auspices of NBCDI, PEP was designed by and for lower income African Americans, but hasdemonstrated effectiveness with a broad spectrum of parents.