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For Educators

View and share these resources to build the case for public investment and reform that supports early educators, and learn about the history of teacher activism.

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Why do parents pay so much for child care when early educators earn so little?

This infographic answers how it is that parents pay so much when educators earn so little.

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infographic, Why do parents pay so much for child care when early educators earn so little?

Resources for Teacher Activism

Learn more about the history of teacher activism and tips for influencing today’s debates and policy.

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Advocacy Toolkit

As an advocate who works with children or an advocate who understands the importance of this crucial and complex work, you can use the messages and findings from the Early Childhood Workforce Index to drive change and ensure that educators are front and center in the transformation.

Worthy Wages rally where people are holding up a banner that says,

We Do More Than Teach, We Build

By Davina Boldin-Woods • May 5, 2021

In recognition of Worthy Wage Week, CSCCE invited early educators across the country to share their perspectives and to issue a clarion call for just compensation.

A black and white flyer, "Take action! Worthy Wage Day, April 9, 1992. Worthy Wage Coalition, (510) 653-7058"

Who Were the Worthy Wagers?

By Peggy Haack, Rosemarie Vardell and Marcy Whitebook • May 3, 2021

The Worthy Wage Campaign was a nationally coordinated effort to disrupt the status quo of low wages, poor working conditions, and the lack of public respect for and recognition of the work of caring for our nation’s young children.

Key Findings

Child care workers earn a national average of $11.65 an hour

Early educators are experiencing poverty at double the rate of all other workers, and about eight times more than their K-12 peers.

Even when early educators hold a bachelor’s degree, there is a pay penalty for working with children from birth to age five.

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