CT359 Resources

Recognizing the need to look back in order to move forward, a small guide team of CT 359 members sought to identify where we have achieved or fallen short the goal articulated by the first Early Childhood Cabinet in 2006 that all children are on target in their first five years, enter kindergarten ready and be reading well in the third grade. We discovered that, while many of the state’s young children are doing well, many more – as many as one in two – are not. This picture of children’s development was true in 2006 and remains true in 2024. Read the report.

Research on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the early care and education experiences and the development of young children in Hartford, and the supports that child care providers and families need. Read it here.