Research: Defining a topic

Defining research has truly been a task for me. I must say it is quite interesting to find out out how important it is and to define quality research. The topic that I have chosen to research is to define what a it takes to construct a quality early childhood education program that promotes excellence and that will establish a secure place for early childhood education. I choose this topic because upon entering my first year of teaching there has been treats of diminishing pre-k in the public schools. I believe the early years are the most important and should be established everywhere. Early education makes so much of a difference in the later years. There has been so many negative images painted regarding early childhood education. I would like to define what it takes in all aspects to develop a quality program that promotes excellence. Conducting research on this topic should be a strenuous task because it is so broad. I am willing and ready to accomplish this task. If there is any additional information that any of my colleagues would like to offer to make this task smoother , I am open to any suggestions. Thanks for reading!