Center for Early Literacy and Learning Success
Through a proven combination of effective policies, high-quality products, and impactful professional learning, The Center for Early Literacy and Learning Success (CELLS) improves literacy and learning outcomes for children from birth to eight.
Policies
Driven to develop and improve policies that support early literacy and learning.
CELLS advised Stand for Children in the development of Oregon’s Early Literacy Success Act. The Center now leads a growing Oregon Early Literacy Demonstration Project to fully implement the Act’s provisions.
Products
Leading the charge to develop, improve, and scale tools that support early literacy and learning.
CELLS led the development of the groundbreaking Great First Eight Curriculum — an OER, full-day, birth through age eight curriculum — and now works to continuously improve and scale its use.
CELLS Executive Director, Dr. Nell Duke, is a senior advisor to Amira Learning, a program with demonstrated positive impact that serves more than 3 million children.
Professional Learning
Committed to informative and impactful professional learning in the educator space.
CELLS partners with organizations such as TNTP to develop professional learning resources and continues to support the organization in their work to promote research-aligned practices.
