Insights

Real-world insights from the experts shaping early childhood education workforce. From research and experiments to stories from the field, we share lessons that help strengthen early learning systems and support the educators who make them possible.

Three Investment Lessons I Took Away from the $WorthMore Summit

By Dr. Ola J. Friday   The Early Educator Investment Collaborative (The Collaborative) directs our resources to the undervalued early educator workforce, supporting the stability of families and communities and expanding opportunity for our youngest children. We partner with a range of organizations in order to transform the ways in which we support the development,… Continued

Make a Smart, Big Bet on Workforce

By Michael Burke   Looking for the biggest “return” on your philanthropic investment? Invest in early childhood. Want to make a game-changing investment within early childhood? Invest in the early childhood workforce.   It’s for these reasons that I’ve been proud to be a part of the Early Educator Investment Collaborative (The Collaborative), a group… Continued

The Future of the Early Education Workforce: Looking Back to Look Forward

In 2015, a landmark report by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council opened a new lane on the road towards providing all of our children with high-quality early learning experiences. The report, Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation, tied together the science showing that the early… Continued