Expanding Access, Affordability, & Quality of Early Childhood Education
October 05, 2022 by EdTrust 
October 05, 2022 by EdTrust
Parents are a baby’s first teacher, but every child needs support along the way — that includes early intervention services for babies and toddlers and high-quality child care, preschool, and pre-K. Unfortunately, the disparities between children of color and children from low-income backgrounds and their White, more affluent counterparts start even at this young age, leaving many families without access to affordable high-quality child care and early childhood education. Equity in child care and early childhood education takes a federal, state, and community commitment.
Ed Trust advocates for better access to high-quality early childhood education and promotes diverse and inclusive early care and learning settings. We believe that expanding child care is crucial to the US economy, and that child care workers — who are disproportionately women of color — deserve equitable pay and support. The American Families Plan, introduced in 2021, promises investments in early childhood education, and allows our country to stand on the precipice of offering universal pre-K. Ed Trust will continue to fight for our nation’s children to receive the strong, healthy start they deserve.
Better Access to High-Quality Early Childhood Education
- Young Learners Missed Opportunities
- Increasing Equity in Early Intervention
- For Student Parents, The Biggest Hurdles to A Higher Education are Costs and Finding Child Care
- Video: What Are Early Intervention Services?
- Video: How a Delaware Grandma Helped Expand Access to Early Intervention Services for Babies & Toddlers
- Babies and Toddlers Need Early Intervention Services too
- Equity in Child Care is Everyone’s Business
- Early Childhood Issue – Brief Strong Foundations: Promoting Diverse and Inclusive Preschool Settings
- Expanding Child Care is Crucial to the U.S. Economy
- Building Back for Equity: Guidance to Inform 2021 Early Childhood Grantmaking
- High-Quality Early Learning – Alliance for Resource Equity
Federal Policies To Support Our Youngest Learners
- How the Build Back Better Act Will Dramatically Improve the Lives of our Youngest Learners
- How the Build Back Better Act Will Help Children With Disabilities and Delays
- With the American Families Plan the U.S. Stands on the Precipice of Universal Pre-K
- The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Declares Supports for Kids and Families Essential
- Advancing Early Learning Equity for Young Children of Color Through the Biden Administration
- Many Determined College Students Are Also Dedicated Parents: A Preview of the Student Parent Affordability Report
Better Data for Equity in Early Childhood Education
- Better Data for Better Early Learning Equity
- Profiles in Education Equity: Cynthia Osborne, Child and Family Research Partnership