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- Essential Equity Statements and Resources for Racial, Economic, and Social Justice
September 15, 2020 The early care and education (ECE) workforce plays a critical role in promoting children’s learning — especially through their interactions with children and through the enriching and nurturing learning environments they shape.
- We Demand Justice for Early Childhood Educators
June 2, 2020 COVID-19, health disparities, and the ongoing killings of black people have highlighted decades of pain and injustice against people of color in general and African Americans in particular.
- Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education: A Multimedia Guidebook
April 9, 2020 Foundation for Child Development Grants in Action The early care and education (ECE) field is paying special attention to elevating the educational requirements of early educators and simultaneously increasing compensation.
- Power to the Profession Task Force’s Decision Cycles 3-5
April 9, 2018 Unifying and strengthening the early childhood workforce may be the single most important step towards closing the opportunity/achievement gap.
- The NYC Early Childhood Research Network: A Model for Integrating Research, Policy, and Practice
February 26, 2018 We can close the gap between research, policy, and practice.
- A Shared Vision for Transforming the Workforce
October 21, 2016 In April 2015, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council released the report Transforming the Workforce for the Children Birth Through Age Eight: A Unifying Foundation (IOM/NRC Report). We view this report as the blueprint for the Foundation for Child Development’s work to support the preparation, competency, well-being, and on-going professional learning of the ECE workforce.
- New York City Early Childhood Research Network Summary
October 18, 2016 This two-page brief explains the formation of the New York City Early Childhood Research Network Summary and current studies examining the early care and education workforce within New York City’s Universal Prekindergarten Program.
- Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age Eight: A Unifying Foundation
October 18, 2016 This full report discusses the implications of child developmental science for early care and education professionals in terms of necessary competencies and practices, as well as the systems change needed to better support the preparation, competency, professional development, and compensation for the early care and education workforce.