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State Fact Sheets

NAEYC’s State Fact Sheets highlight key data points and priorities to help you talk with policymakers about what’s happening in early childhood education and for early childhood educators.  
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Young Children
September 2, 2024

From Our President. Essential Questions and Answers: Leaning into Our Journey Together

NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.

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Tonia Durden
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Teaching Young Children
July 1, 2024

Feature Teacher: Nancy Yee

Nancy Yee, a K1 teacher in Boston, Massachusetts, shares how NAEYC shapes her teaching and advocacy work.
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Young Children
June 1, 2023

Flipping the Script: Educators Driving Public Policy

This article is a call to action, with recommendations for educators and policymakers about concrete steps that can make meaningful collaboration part of our day-to-day work.

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Authored by: 
Marica Cox Mitchell, Lauren Hogan
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