2010 Early Learning Publications

First Class in Learning – First Class in Life: How Washington’s Early Childhood Education Career and Wage Ladder Delivers First-Class Care

01.06.2010 | A 2005 study estimates that 40% of Washington’s child care center teachers earn less than 200% of the federal poverty level.

Based on this knowledge, in 2005 the Legislature passed – and the Governor signed – the Early Childhood Education Career and Wage Ladder (Wage Ladder) into law.

A suspension of the Wage Ladder will jeopardize the professional and educational progress of over 800 early learning teachers across the state. These early learning teachers will lose critical supports necessary to sustain their participation in the early care and education field – and the children in their care will suffer the consequences.

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