Today is #WorthyWageDay, created by #EarlyEducators in 1992 to rally for rights, raises & respect. All week, we’re sharing songs from ECHOES, our project about ECE history & teacher activism for a more just system. Sing along! ow.ly/gs6K50IWo20

One of the most maddening things about U.S. family policy is that both sides agree new parents should have time with their babies, yet we can't even agree on 6 weeks of paid family leave, much less 6 months. I'm also tired of talking about child care policy w/o talking about PFL

"Investing in a strong workforce is the first step to making high-quality child care available to all who need it." theweek.com/in-depth/10229… via The Week

Last year, 8 Hollywood CEOs made nearly $800 million, yet pay for TV writers has fallen by 23 percent over the last 10 years. I stand with the nearly 12,000 Writers Guild of America West writers on strike for a fair contract.

Maybe, just maybe, working people deserve to be able to afford a damn hamburger.

Louisiana House committee cuts $52 million for childcare from budget ““That $51.67 million that was taken out of the budget in the amendment …allows us not to be able to serve 4,000 of these 16,000 children,” Sonnier said to the committee.” #savetheseats theadvertiser.com/story/news/202…

#lalege we MUST #savetheseats. Our state budget is a value proposition of what is priority in #louisiana and right now it’s not reflective that #children are a #priority

The Los Angeles Times early education initiative is off and running! Stay tuned for a wealth of stories about this critical area from Jenny Gold Kate Sequeira with ed editor Stephanie Chavez

So glad to see a consensus being created. The fact that nobody denies the basic facts anymore (that money matters) is considerable progress. Does more money help schools? Most studies say yes, according to a new summary. chalkbeat.org/2023/5/16/2372…

The University of California Regents are handing out executive raises left & right, including 4.6% increases for Chancellors & Chief Investment Officer. All we, patient care & service workers, want is a $25/hr minimum wage & 5% for those above that. So, yeah, we disrupted the meeting.

I stand in solidarity with Writers Guild of America West/Writers Guild of America East workers on strike for a fair contract.

So excited to join PAR Louisiana with Barbara Freiberg to talk about my favorite subject, #Louisiana #babies #lalege #savetheseats

UC executives this week after the Regents approved their raises: "We got rich through hard work." Us: "Whose though?"

One parent could get my poetry banned from classrooms. And yet one country can't ban assault rifles from massacring them.

States and localities across the country are looking to DC as a leader on #ECE pay, and now is not the time to backpedal. #Earlyeducator experience is just as critical as their education and should be compensated appropriately as in any other occupation

The past decade of child care legislation illustrates an increase in bipartisan action on the child care crisis and highlights the need for Congress to enact legislation to support a federally funded comprehensive child care system. americanprogress.org/article/federa…

New: There are a lot of warnings signs about the American teaching force right now. So what should policymakers do? I offer nine big, research-informed ideas. chalkbeat.org/2023/6/28/2377…

OPRE’s #CCEEPRC2023 meeting kicks off today! You can join in on the learning by viewing the livestreamed welcome session this morning, beginning at 9am EST. Our Lauren Supplee is giving the opening remarks! buff.ly/3NN59ut

Resistance radicaldiscipleship.net/2023/07/07/res… ok it looks like i submitted this with a typo (facepalm) but im still so happy about it. for everyone there on a12.

lol who did this