Childhood educators poverty-stricken
EXCERPTSI graduated with a diploma in Early Childhood Education in 1994. I knew I was never going to get rich, but I didn’t think it was going to be this bad 20 years later.Since my first diploma,...
View ArticleLow wages a major hurdle for daycare workers
EXCERPTSEducating the city’s smallest citizens is Alana Powell’s passion. But it’s her part-time job tending bars that pays the bills.The 30-year-old early childhood educator has a degree, a diploma,...
View ArticleNDP statement on the national day of action for early childhood educators and...
EXCERPTS“The NDP stands with the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC) and all those who recognize the importance of high quality child care for Canadian families.“Stephen Harper isn’t...
View ArticleEarly Childhood Educators to Federal leaders: Your child care platforms won’t...
Opinion EXCERPTSHere in Ontario, parents seeking a child care space may have to pay well over $1000 a month, upon return to work after parental leave. Fees are similarly high in many parts of the...
View ArticleFulfilling the promise of early childhood education: Advancing early...
Blog EXCERPTSEarly childhood education (ECE) is in the spotlight as never before. Being in the limelight, however, has highlighted the field’s fragmentation and the variability in the quality of...
View ArticleChild care workers aren't paid enough to make ends meet
Introduction and key findingsChild care workers play an important role in the U.S. economy by allowing parents of young children to pursue employment outside the home and providing children a...
View ArticleCanberra's early childhood educators call for fair pay: Fed up workers march...
EXCERPTSFor Emma Jayne Peard and her colleagues, the pay rises are few and far between even though they may be wiping hundreds of hands and bottoms.The early childhood educator who started her career...
View ArticleWhy childcare workers are so poor, even though childcare costs so much
EXCERPTSChildcare is really expensive. In some states the costs can top 15 percent of the median income for a married couple. And when looking at single-family households, that burden can easily pass...
View ArticleChildcare workers to rally in Melbourne for equal pay bid
EXCERPTSChildcare workers will rally in Melbourne to kick off their equal pay campaign.Educators in the early childhood sector are being paid as little as $20 an hour — in most cases less than those...
View ArticleChild care workers take on gender wage gap
EXCERPTSChild care workers described being penalized by the gender pay gap - and called for a dedicated fund to close the gap - at an Ontario government town hall meeting.At the meeting, held in...
View ArticleAn independent review of the Scottish early learning and childcare (ELC)...
Executive summary The purpose of this Review is laid out in the Terms of Reference. It is: ‘to identify and make recommendations on how the skills, qualifications and training of staff working within...
View Article£1 million to develop early years workforce
EXCERPTS£1 million to help children get the best start in life was announced today as an independent review of the early years workforce was published.The money will be used to implement some of the...
View ArticleRed tape puts Toronto daycare workers’ wage boost at risk
EXCERPTSToronto daycare supervisor Vera McDonald and 12 of her staff are worried they won’t see a penny of up to $1,200 they say they are each owed under a $1-an-hour provincial wage grant to boost...
View ArticleEarly childhood educators' pay on table for new year
EXCERPTSThe association representing early childhood educators on P.E.I. says it's been asking for years for the provincial government to increase wages for its members.Last week in the provincial...
View ArticleDaycare costs can drive a family into poverty before a child reaches...
EXCERPTSThe cost of daycare can drive a family into poverty before a child reaches kindergarten, but it’s also likely to impoverish her teacher first. While preschool programs are expanding...
View ArticleAdvocacy groups calls for equal pay for early childhood educators
EXCERPTSProgram directors and advocates from more than 100 education-based programs in the five boroughs want equal pay for early childhood educators now.
View ArticleSaskatoon father calls for higher wages for child care workers
EXCERPTSWorking parents in Saskatchewan know it can be tough to find daycare. Keeping staff at licensed daycares can be just as difficult.A Saskatoon father is urging the province to take a closer...
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