Center for Early Education and Development
The Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) works with parents, teachers, child care providers and others to help children from infancy through age eight learn and develop to the best of their abilities. Through research and community outreach, CEED strives to produce positive change in early education, child care, and public policy.
CEED is interested in locating faculty, staff and graduate students in North Minneapolis in order to build upon both new and existing relationships between the community and the University, initially through work on several federally and locally-funded demonstration projects (including Early Reading First and Early Learning Opportunities Act grants) related to early childhood development, early literacy development and children’s mental health. (For more information, visit http://education.umn.edu/ceed/projects/default.html.)
CEED faculty and staff are specifically interested in focusing
research, training, and outreach on the Northside in ways
that contribute directly to families', professionals', and
agencies' goals of better outcomes for children.
The University is also working with the Minneapolis Public
Schools, HeadStart, private donors and early childhood education
stakeholders to help low-income children prepare for school.
Center for Early Education and Development
University of Minnesota
215 Pattee Hall, 150 Pillsbury Drive S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-3085
Fax: 612-625-2093
For more information about CEED, please contact Scott McConnell, Ph. D. Director of Community Engagement at smcconne@umn.edu.
Learn more about the Center for Early Education and Development’s proposed programs for the University Northside Partnership.