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Strengthen Rhode Island’s Early Education Workforce by Increasing Compensation

High-quality early childhood programs have effective educators who know how to work with children and families to support young children’s rapid brain development. However, many early educators earn wages that are at the bottom of the occupational ladder ($12/hour for child care teachers). Here’s a great infographic on the issue and the need to raise wages for Rhode Island’s early childhood educators.