Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education Position Statement
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All children have the right to equitable learning opportunities that help them achieve their full potential as engaged learners and valued members of society. Thus, all early childhood educators have a professional obligation to advance equity. They can do this best when they are effectively supported by the early learning settings in which they work and when they and their wider communities embrace diversity and full inclusion as strengths, uphold fundamental principles of fairness and justice, and work to eliminate structural inequities that limit equitable learning opportunities.
Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education
Purpose
Position
Recommendations for Everyone
Recommendations for Early Childhood Educators
Recommendations for Administrators of Schools, Centers, Family Child Care Homes, and Other Early Childhood Education Settings
Recommendations for those Facilitating Educator Preparation and Professional Development
Recommendations for Public Policymakers
The Evidence for this Position Statement
Principles of Child Development and Learning
The Social-Cultural Context of Child Development and Learning
Conclusion and Acknowledgements
Definitions of Key Terms
Endnotes
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Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education: A Position Statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Copyright © 2019 by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. All rights reserved