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California 2025: It’s Time to Do Right by Early Educators
May 7, 2025 • Blog • By Anna Powell, Laura Pryor and Tonia McMillan
California’s early care and education (ECE) workforce will be the first to tell you they’re not in this profession for the money. They wake up early every day and prepare…
