The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has been fortunate to have a number of early learning partners:

• Alliance for Childhood Education
• Association for the Education of Young Children of Missouri
• Center for Family Policy & Research
• Child Care Aware^® of Missouri
• First Chance for Children
• Head Start – State Collaboration Office
• Jumpstart
• LUME Institute
• Metropolitan Council on Early Learning
• Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Missouri Coalition for School Readiness
• Missouri Coordinating Board for Early Childhood
• Missouri Department of Corrections
• Missouri Head Start Association
• Missouri School Boards’ Association
• MU ParentLink
• Parents as Teachers National Office
• Partnership for Children
• St. Louis Regional Early Childhood Council
• T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Missouri Scholarship
• University City Children’s Center
• Vision for Children at Risk