I have signed up again for NAEYC's newsletter.  We will see if the third time is a charm!  I did more exploring this week on their website.  I was specifically looking with poverty, research, economics, and policy making in mind.  I really didn't find any easy tabs for poverty related information.  There was an "issues" tab that had obesity and things like that listed, but not poverty.  However, when I typed the word poverty into the search bar, the site gave me several articles written in regards to poverty and early childhood education.  There was a lot of research and information available to me through the search bar.
     There is a public policy tab and I did find a lot of quick and easy links under this tab.  There were subheadings such as take action and advocacy resources.  There a person can find just about anything that they would like to know about current policies related to early childhood and how they can get involved.  Although there is information on research, economics, policy, etc. it all seems to be left completely separate and there isn't a lot of information that ties all of these areas together.
     I know that NAEYC is a wonderful organization and our school is even accredited by them.  I feel like it's blasphemy to even say this, but the more I explore their site, the more put off I am starting to feel towards it.  It seems like so many places on the site are wanting money from me.  I get excited about something I see and it turns out that it is something that is sold by NAECY that one must buy.  I get interested in information and once I get into it, I can't go any further without purchasing a book or a booking a conference or something.  I know that there is a lot of great stuff, especially under the parent tab, but I sometimes feel more like I am being sold to, rather than gathering free information that can help the early childhood field.