Partners
FrameWorks Institute
The Center has formed an innovative collaboration with the FrameWorks Institute to pursue communications research on the science and policy of child development. A partner of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child
for five years, FrameWorks and the Center are expanding their collaboration to include the full breadth of the Center’s work. FrameWorks is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank devoted to framing public issues. Since 1999, FrameWorks has been investigating how Americans think about complex social issues—from child and adolescent development to global warming and race—and how scientists, policy experts, and NGOs can do a better job of engaging the public in effective solutions. Its work is based on Strategic Frame Analysis™, an empirical, multi-method, multi-disciplinary approach to communications research. FrameWorks designs, conducts, publishes, explains, and applies communications research to prepare nonprofit organizations to expand their constituency base, build public will, and further public understanding.
National Conference of State Legislatures
The Center has established a collaborative effort with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices to bring the science of early childhood development to key leaders in the legislative and executive branches in all 50 states.
The NCSL is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, commonwealths and territories. Founded in 1975 with the conviction that legislative service is one of democracy's worthiest pursuits, NCSL provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues. NCSL is an effective and respected advocate for the interests of state governments before Congress and federal agencies.
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
As part of the collaborative effort with the Center and the National Conference of State Legislatures, the NGA Center for Best Practices is helping to bring the science of early childhood development to key leaders in the legislative and executive branches in all 50 states.
Founded in 1908, the National Governors Association (NGA) is the collective voice of the nation’s governors and one of Washington, D.C’s most respected public policy organizations. Its members are the governors of the 50 states, three territories and two commonwealths. NGA provides governors and their senior staff members with services that range from representing states on Capitol Hill and before the Administration on key federal issues to developing and implementing innovative solutions to public policy challenges through the NGA Center for Best Practices.
AÇEV: Mother Child Education Foundation
The Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV) is the Center’s Founding International Partner, contributing to the early planning of the Center’s global agenda. AÇEV was founded in Turkey in 1993 through the initiative of founding president Ayşen Özyeğin with a mission to make a lasting contribution to society and improve the quality of individual's lives through education.
AÇEV works in the fields of early childhood, female literacy and parent training; conducting research, developing and implementing educational programs and policies for disadvantaged families. It has provided education services for over 410,000 individuals and trained over 5,000 teachers and volunteers. AÇEV’s programs are implemented across Turkey as well as in several European and Middle Eastern countries.
For more information, go to www.acev.org/english/index.asp.