A Better Start: Why Classroom Diversity Matters in Early Education, “a report authored by Jeanne Reid, NCCF post-doctoral research scientist, and NCCF Co-director Sharon Lynn Kagan, with Michael Hilton and Halley Potter, was published April 29, 2015 by the Policy and Race Research Action Council and The Century Foundation, and released at a briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The report presents the results of a review and analysis of demographic data, current research, and position statements of national early childhood organizations, and calls for concerted attention to the value of classroom diversity in early education. The authors make specific recommendations regarding research, policy, and practice.”