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Stegenga, Sondra M.; Skubel, Anna; Corr, Catherine; Nagro, Sarah – Young Exceptional Children, 2022
In early care and education (ECE), including early intervention and early childhood special education (EI/ECSE), professionals regularly express a love for the individualized nature of the work with children and families as a large reason why they enter this workforce. This article aims to provide ECE professionals supporting young children with…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Disadvantaged Youth, Special Education
Sandstrom, Heather; Schilder, Diane – Urban Institute, 2021
In the years immediately preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers, researchers, and philanthropists recognized the pressing need to build and strengthen the early care and education (ECE) workforce. Evidence documenting the relationship between early childhood educator professional preparation and children's outcomes spurred a growing…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Faculty Development, Teacher Education, Educational Quality
Robbins, Katherine Gallagher; Schmit, Stephanie – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2020
Our country's existing and long-term child care crisis--inequitable access for communities of color, poverty-level wages for early educators, and unaffordable care for far too many families--has been exacerbated by the terrible, inequitable impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed the child care and early learning sector to the brink…
Descriptors: Child Care, Minority Groups, Poverty, Preschool Teachers