Thank you for supporting the Marilyn M. Smith Applied Research Fund.
Marilyn was passionate about NAEYC’s mission to define early childhood education program quality. She believed in the power of bringing together diverse perspectives to set standards and to equip early childhood educators with the tools and resources to implement these standards in their practice.
NAEYC’s role in advancing the knowledge base and pedagogy in early childhood education practice, policy and research continues today. With funding generously donated through Marilyn’s estate and donors like you, NAEYC will accelerate this role as catalyst and consensus builder for complex and controversial issues to generate new knowledge and understanding.