Read more about Starting Smart and Strong, a community-driven commitment to ensure that every young child living in Fresno, Oakland, and East San Jose grows up healthy and ready for kindergarten.
Community Toolkits
- Resilient Oakland Communities and Kids (ROCK) Toolkit: Lessons in Healing Centered, Trauma-Responsive Early Education | Oakland Starting Smart and Strong
- Toolkit for Implementing the Language Learning Project | Language Learning Project, Fresno Unified School District. More at pollstrategies.org
- 10 Promising Practices in Early Learning for Black Boys: Action Toolkit: Materials and tips for improving early learning outcomes for Black boys | Oakland Starting Smart and Strong
- Promising Practices Portfolio: Strategies for Supporting Boys of Color and their Families for Improved Early Years Outcomes | Oakland Starting Smart and Strong
Policy Reports
- Stronger Teaching and Caregiving for California’s Youngest | New America
- Lessons from Three California Communities on Strengthening Early Childhood Education | New America
- A Three-Year Retrospective. What We’ve Learned and How We’re Driving Change | Early Learning Lab
- Incorporating Anti-Racist Principles into Preschool Classrooms | New America
- The Impact of Strong District Leadership in Early Childhood: Lessons from California | New America
- Extracting Success in Pre-K Teaching: Approaches to Effective Professional Learning Across Five States | New America
- Leveraging Data, Catalyzing Action. Case Study Report on Starting Smart and Strong Communities’ Use of Data on Children’s Well-being | UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities
- Three Golden Rules for Improving Early Childhood Systems | New America
Foundation Reports
- Lead, Advise, Witness: Shifting Mindsets to Achieving Impact at Scale | The Foundation Review
- An End to Business as Usual: Nurturing Authentic Partnerships to Create Lasting Community Change | The Foundation Review
- Assessing Change and Deepening Impact in Early Learning Systems: The Formal-System Self-Assessment Tool | The Foundation Review
- Embedded Technical Assistance | The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Supporting Community-Led Systems Change | Engage R+D, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Evolving for Equity | Engage R+D
- Co-Creation – Approaches to Sharing Power in a Place-Based Initiative | The David and Lucile Packard Foundation