Our goal is to help all early educators achieve their full potential as professionals to ensure that each child is prepared for success in school and life.
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Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
The 2026 panel, "Navigating the Rapids: Using Data, Policy Levers, and Collective Impact to Keep Your Program Afloat," will be moderated by Dr. Ola J. Friday, Executive Director of the @EarlyEdCollab.
Join us at Leadership Connections, May 27-29, 2026, in Schaumburg, IL!
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
A new video by @EarlyEdCollab spotlights RESPECT Across #Nebraska — an innovative, collaborative project to strengthen the state's #earlychildhood workforce. Watch PI Julia Torquati (@UNL_CYAF) & partners from @NeAEYC & @BuffettECI describe their vision: youtube.com/watch?v=Z62_qJrv…
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
To infuse #earlylearning landscapes with greater equity, @EarlyEdCollab funds innovations in long-term increases in compensation. @swartzmark took a look at 3 new grants as mini-case studies: earlylearningnation.com/2024… @olafriday @COEarlyChild @OSSEDC @PolicyInstLA @GeauxFarLA
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
Inadequate pay plagues the #ECE workforce; compared w/ K-8 colleagues, early educators face poverty rates an average of 7.7x higher. We're excited to see @EarlyEdCollab help to tackle this injustice with $9mill in grants to support ECE pay innovations. bit.ly/48eCS7w
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According to a new study from @EarlyEdCollab, national ECE teacher certification is appealing to many in the field, but respondents also highlighted entrenched issues in the field that need to be addressed first. bit.ly/3NsmqIS
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
$3.8 million in grant funding is on its way to #Colorado to enhance salaries and benefits for #ECE educators, courtesy of @EarlyEdCollab. Learn more about the grant-supported initiatives in Colorado and the coalition's efforts below.
hechingerreport.org/early-ed…
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
Returning back to DC with hearts and minds full from our sessions with @EarlyEdCollab at the @BUILDInitiative's 2023 Conference!
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
The District was one of only three states to receive a grant from @EarlyEdCollab to support innovative work to increase the professional credentials, wages, and benefits of the DC early childhood education workforce 🖍️📚👩🏫
Read more ➡️bit.ly/40J5hQH
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
@EarlyEdCollab explored a national certification for #ECE lead teachers. The research found that stakeholders are interested but want compensation and equity issues resolved first. Explore further details below.
earlyedcollaborative.org/fea…
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
“Let’s win infrastructure, let’s win investment, let’s win compensation, let’s address inequities..."
@EarlyEdCollab earlyedcollaborative.org/fea…
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
Evidence suggests that increasing early educator compensation may support nurturing & responsive child care in safe settings.
With women of color making up ~40% of the #childcare workforce, reducing the wage gap could address long-standing inequities & improve early education.
It is unacceptable that Black #earlyeducators are paid on average $0.78 less per hour than their White peers.
On #BlackWomensEqualPayDay, learn more from @ChildTrends about how the history of systemic racism and sexism continues to impact educator pay: bit.ly/3rJ64DN
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
Young children and families depend on the nurturing learning environments created by the early childhood workforce. Adequate compensation for their vital role is long overdue.
Read The Case for Better Compensation of Early Educators via @ZEROTOTHREE: zerotothree.org/resource/dis…
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
✊ What is the true cost of care? On Monday, thousands of childcare providers, parents, and allies are taking action across the country.
Learn more at daywithoutchildcare.org
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
“Pay the caregivers.” Is part of the answer to the child care crisis as shared by partner, @datkinsonMJ is on No One is Coming to Save Us on @LemonadaMedia.
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
Equal access to economic mobility requires a diverse and skilled early childhood workforce. We are excited to take a multi-pronged approach to improve early childhood career pathways in Washington by funding scholarships, advocacy, and elevating leaders of color in the field.
The @BallmerGroup has made early childhood education a priority, most recently in an effort to strengthen the struggling early educator workforce through a mix of strategies. Connie Matthiessen reports: bit.ly/3MmzKP6
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
The Foundation invites you to attend four featured sessions highlighting our work at the #AERA23 Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 13 – 16. Join us! The 2023 theme is “Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth.”
Learn more: fcd-us.org/aera-2023-annual-…
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
A strong workforce is critical to providing high-quality #EarlyChildhoodEducation. We're pleased to announce a new $43M investment in bolstering the pipeline of talent & strong EC workforce policies here in #WA.
Learn more: bit.ly/3yG7cZ0
@UWCollegeOfEd @childcarewa
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
Tackling implicit bias in early education helps build a more equitable society. Join @BPC_Bipartisan next Monday to hear from @WalterGilliam on the implications bias has on children and the #childcare workforce. sprou.tt/1dMpanfMrl9
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
We need an equitable #childcare system that values providers and affirms the preferences of Black and brown parents and providers.
Supporting home-based child care promotes equity for children, families and providers. #BlackHistoryMonth
Early Educator Investment Collaborative retweeted
"Ultimately, women, and disproportionately women of color, are kept in poverty wages and families experience a lack of continuity of care for their children. As a society, we have to do something." - @olafriday, @EarlyEdCollab bit.ly/3Eu1ug9