Early Care & Education
Building strong foundations
for lifelong learning.
Supporting children during their earliest years lays a foundation for lifelong success. Early social and cognitive development are critical for school readiness and for thriving far beyond the classroom.
At Marzano Research, our early childhood experts and researchers partner with you to improve outcomes across your entire early childhood landscape, from strengthening systems and programs to supporting the educators and young learners at the center of your work.
We help programs, organizations, and states…
“I’ve seen what’s possible when systems and programs truly support children and families, and it all starts with using evidence to make decisions and inform practice.”
Carrie Germeroth, Early Care & Education Lead
Resources
Early Care and Education Blog Posts
December 30, 2025
Marzano Research Every year, a handful of our articles stand out because they strike a chord with leaders and educators. Here are the top 5 Marzano Research posts from 2025 that resonated with our readership, [...]
December 22, 2025
Marzano Research Education is in the midst of a rare kind of upheaval. Technology is accelerating, policy expectations are changing, and workforce pressures are no longer hypothetical. In short, no one is getting a breather. [...]
November 3, 2025
Two years ago, educators, councils, and nonprofits across Colorado joined a statewide effort to bolster early childhood systems. Funded by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and facilitated by Early Milestones Colorado to help providers overcome COVID-19 pandemic [...]
October 28, 2025
When a small preschool in Garfield County, Colorado, received a modest award through the state’s CIRCLE grant program, the director used it to launch a teacher apprenticeship pipeline. Two years later, that single idea had spread across four [...]