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Preschool education in Urkaine

Supporting the Early childhood Workforce at Scale: Preschool Education in Ukraine is released at a critical moment for early childhood services in Ukraine. Recently, policy reforms have focused on improving the quality of preschool education and encouraging inclusion in services.

Dublin Ireland early years teachers low pay

Ireland’s early-years educators driven away by low pay

A well-trained and supported staff is necessary in order for young children to receive high-quality education and care. But, in Ireland, low remuneration keeps many potential educators from joining the early-years workforce.

Webinar recording released

Across the globe there are great disparities among countries, and within systems across sectors, on how competences and standards are defined, the role they play in professionalizing the workforce and how they contribute to strengthening the early childhood systems in countries.

New resource on engaging young children

The early years of set the tone for a child’s future development. Wide recognition of this fact has persuaded many countries to increase the financial support for the provision to Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). Currently, dialogue has shifted from increasing access to ECEC to enhancing the quality.

EPI fragmented picture early years workforce

New EPI analysis of early years workforce highlights risk of qualifications shortfall

The Education Policy Institute published a comprehensive analysis of the early years workforce in England. The analysis studies the latest publicly available data to build a detailed picture of the present day workforce.

New US report touches on financing ECEC workforce

The National Academy of Sciences in the United States has released a free report highlighting the fact that the way early years education and care (ECEC) is financed does little to develop the workforce that cares for the young.