Senator Pat Browne, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman for the 2017-18 Legislative Session and Co-Chair of the bi-partisan, bicameral Early Childhood Education Caucus spoke at the Commission's 10th Anniversary Early Learning Economic Summit reflecting on 10 years of progress in early learning investments, even during times of financial stress in the state budget.…
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(July 2018 Newsletter) Applause for PA’s funding boost for Early Childhood Education In a recent op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, members of the Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission thank Governor Wolf and the Pennsylvania General Assembly for a remarkable, bipartisan effort awarding early learning programs an additional $66.5 million in…
Read MoreDigging Deeper into the Economics of the Early Childhood Workforce
Despite minimum wage hikes, ECE wages stay low. A consequence of low pay is that the participation of child care worker families and preschool/kindergarten teacher families in public income support programs is more than double the rate for workers across all occupations. The second edition of the biennial Early Childhood Workforce…
Read MoreApplause for PA’s Funding Boost for Early Childhood Education (Op-Ed)
In a recent op-ed in the Inquirer (Philly.com), members of the Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission thank Governor Wolf and the Pennsylvania General Assembly for a remarkable, bipartisan effort awarding early learning programs an additional $66.5 million in the 2018-2019 budget: Boosting funding early childhood education Pa. is a no-brainer…
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