Workforce Recruitment & Retention Archives - Early Educator Investment Collaborative

From Learning to Action

August 18, 2026

At The Collaborative, we believe lasting change is built through partnership, shared learning, and collective action. In this edition, we’re sharing highlights from the work underway across our network, including new insights on strengthening early educator compensation and working conditions, continued efforts to build public support through narrative change, and investments that support early childhood… Continued

In the News

RAND Report Highlights Unique Challenges Facing Hawaii’s Early Child Care Workforce

January 3, 2023

“The early child care education workforce was strained even before the pandemic. Poor pay and benefits not only hurt recruitment and retention, but demoralized providers. While early childhood educators across the country are feeling the burden…” Continued

Newsletters

NEW Research on the History of Racial Inequities in ECE Workforce Compensation, Preparation, and Stability

February 28, 2022

A new report from Child Trends commissioned by The Collaborative, Mary Pauper: A Historical Exploration of Early Care and Education Compensation, Policy, and Solutions, maps the history of systemic racism in the U.S. and how it has influenced early childhood education (ECE) policy and practice, with a particular focus on educator pay and benefits, preparation,… Continued

Op-Eds

Op-Ed: America’s approach to early childhood education is completely unsustainable

February 12, 2022

“Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, alarming attrition and turnover in the early education workforce has gotten even worse. Prior to the pandemic, turnover in the field was already as high as…” Continued

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