Partners and Staff

Center for Early Education and Development

The Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) at the University of Minnesota has spent over 30 years helping children from infancy through age 8 to learn and develop to the best of their abilities. Through research and community outreach, we strive to effect positive change in early education, child care, and public policy. CEED's mission is to improve developmental outcomes for children through:

• Applied Research. Identify pressing community needs and conduct focused on high-impact studies to solve the problems.
• Training. Provide current and future early childhood professionals with research-based training.
• Outreach. Share knowledge widely to support program and policy development, strategic partnerships, and early childhood advocacy.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

As one of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks, the Minneapolis Fed carries out a variety of Federal Reserve System functions, including operating a nationwide payments system, distributing the nation's currency and coin, supervising and regulating member banks and bank holding companies, and serving as a banker for the U.S. Treasury. Each Federal Reserve Bank conducts research on a variety of finance and economic issues, including research on economic growth. Research on early childhood development led Rolnick and Grunewald, to question returns to more conventional notions of economic development, such as “brick and mortar” investments, including sports stadiums and office towers.

In January 2003, Art Rolnick, director of research, and Rob Grunewald, associate economist, of the Minneapolis Fed published “Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return” on the Minneapolis Fed’s Web site. The analysis frames early childhood development as an economic issue and has been cited in Minnesota and several other states and countries. Rolnick and Grunewald published “A Proposal for Achieving High Returns on Early Childhood Development,” in May 2005, which describes a market-oriented approach to early education by providing mentors and scholarships for quality early education programs to families with at-risk children.

Co-Directors

Research Associate

Michelle Englund, Early Childhood Research Collaborative

National Advisory Committee

Steering Committee

Karen Cadigan, Center for Early Education and Development, University of Minnesota
Rob Grunewald, Public Affairs, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Scott McConnell, Center for Early Education and Development and Department of Educational       Psychology, University of Minnesota
Judy Temple, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and Department of Applied Economics,
   University of Minnesota
Rich Weinberg, Executive Director, Center for Early Education and Development and Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota

Web Site

Karen Anderson, Center for Early Education and Development, University of Minnesota
Diane Wells, Public Affairs, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Copy Editors

Collaborative Affiliates

Dante Cicchetti, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota
Nicki Crick, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota
Elizabeth Davis, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota
Marcie Jefferys, Director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, School of Social Work,   University of Minnesota
Ann Masten, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota
Suh-Ruu Ou, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota
Anthony Pellegrini, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota
Amy Susman-Stillman, Center for Early Education and Development, University of Minnesota