At a time when the importance of children’s access to high-quality early childhood education has gained national attention – across the states and in presidential debates – the early childhood education field is wrestling with the entangled issues of preparation and education, compensation and status, and workforce diversity and inclusivity. Over the past several decades, these issues have become ever more intertwined and competitive, creating a thorny knot increasingly difficult to disentangle.
To tackle how the early childhood education’s thorny knot might be disentangled, New America engaged early childhood education leaders, researchers, educators, and policy advocates to assess the field’s dilemma and propose new possibilities. In 2018, we launched Moving Beyond False Choices for Early Childhood Educators, a blog series that delved into the complexities, frictions, and mistrust embedded in the interplay of those issues. The series catalyzed a fieldwide conversation, prompting the opportunity for an expanded conversation and the launch of Moving Beyond False Choices for Early Childhood Educators—A Compendium, which will be released at the event.
Speakers Include:
Maria Isabel Ballivian, Executive Director ACCA Child Development Center
Laura Bornfreund, New America
Linda Hassan Anderson, NIA & Associates, Inc. Center for Equity and Inclusion
Ariel Ford, City of Chattanooga
Amaya Garcia, New America
Stacie G. Goffin, Goffin Strategy Group
Safiyah Jackson, North Carolina Partnership for Children
Rebecca Kantor, University of Colorado Denver
Kristie Kauerz, University of Colorado Denver
Marjorie Kostelnik, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Esteban Morales, CentroNia
Albert Wat, Alliance for Early Success
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