The Early Educator Workforce Crisis: How Legislators Can Make a Difference for Kids, Families, and Educators

Chronic underinvestment in early child care and education drives out teachers, limits child care options, and forces parents out of the workforce. This fact sheet emphasizes the importance of early care, and offers support strategies such as creating insured retirement accounts for providers, salary scales for early childhood educators that achieve parity with public elementary teachers, and facilitating direct communication between policymakers and childcare stakeholders.