Transforming Early Years Policy in the US: A Call to Action

Authors

• Mark Nagasawa, Bank Street College of EducationFollow
• Lacey Peters, CUNY Hunter College
• Marianne Bloch, University of Wisconsin - Mad
• Beth Blue Swadener, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus

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Description

This timely collection provides an accessible discussion and analysis of some of the most urgent policy issues facing early childhood care and education in the United States: fragmented policy systems; broad disregard for early years professionals exemplified by low pay; standards that fail to increase equity; and overlooking the role community contexts plays in producing or ameliorating social inequalities among children. Contributors draw upon their deep personal experiences with these issues as educators, scholars, and advocates to advance practice-based recommendations for how the nation’s inequitable systems can be transformed. Their call to collective action is supported by an accessible and powerful advocacy toolkit that will grow with readers over time and with practice. The text centers the perspectives of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, with a clear focus on the effects of systemic racism, ageism, sexism, classism, and associated oppressions on early years policies and programs in the United States.

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

Teachers College Press

City

New York

Keywords

early childhood education, policy, social justice

Disciplines

Early Childhood Education | Educational Leadership | Education Policy | Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education

Recommended Citation

Nagasawa, M., Peters, L., Bloch, M., & Swadener, B. B. (2023). Transforming Early Years Policy in the US: A Call to Action. Teachers College Press. https://educate.bankstreet.edu/sc/19