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The School
The Center for Early Education began as a play group for children in a single-family home in the Hancock Park
section of Los Angeles in 1939, then named The School for Nursery Years. The original founders of this group,
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most of whom were professional psychoanalysts, sought to develop an early childhood education based on each
child’s natural developmental pace as well as the recognized developmental stages through which each individual
passes to maturity. At a time when preschool education was in its infancy, CEE’s founders pioneered a school
dedicated to the needs of young children. The Center opened a teacher training program for nursery school
teachers and administrators, eventually called The College for Developmental Studies, and the country’s first
Head Start also found its home at The Center.
Today, The Center for Early Education is made up of a community of extremely dedicated faculty, staff,
administration, trustees, parents, grandparents, volunteers and friends who work together to make CEE the
vibrant, caring and inclusive place for learning that it has been for over 75 years. CEE has more than 60 educators
providing instruction to their 540 students.
The Center strongly believes in helping to nurture professional growth in its faculty and staff. Each year, CEE
funds school-wide and individually selected professional development programs for faculty and staff so that
they can continue to learn and grow as educators. In addition, world-class experts regularly visit campus to give
workshops and lectures to members of the campus community. |