NAEYC encourages investment in efforts that make a difference for young children by working with other organizations, including:
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Associate Degree Early Childhood Educators (ACCESS)
- American Federation of Teachers
- American Institutes for Research
- American Psychological Association
- American Society of Association Executives
- Association of Federal, State, County, and Municipal Employees
- Birth to Five Policy Alliance
- Center for the Child Care Workforce / AFT Educational Foundation
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence
- Center for the Study of Social Policy
- Children’s Defense Fund
- Corporate Voices for Working Families
- Council for Exceptional Children and its Division for Early Childhood
- Council for Professional Recognition
- Council of Chief State School Officers
- Early Care & Education Consortium
- Educators for Social Responsibility
- Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
- The First Five Years Fund
- Greater Washington Society of Association Executives
- International Reading Association
- National Association for Family Child Care
- National Association for Music Education (MENC)
- National Association for Sport and Physical Education
- National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
- National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education
- National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
- National Association of Elementary School Principals
- National Black Child Development Institute
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
- National Council of La Raza
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- National Education Association
- National Governors Association
- National Head Start Association
- National League of Cities
- National Professional Development Center on Inclusion
- National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
- National Urban League
- National Women’s Law Center
- Partnership for America’s Economic Success
- Pre-K Now
- Professionals for the Public Interest (PftPI)
- Service Employees International Union
- Society for Research in Child Development
- Stand for Children
- United Way of America
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