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ECESF collaborates with the Early Interventions and Inclusion Equity Taskforce to hear from educators: What do teachers need to provide effective inclusive services? See the ECESF presentation, (English, Spanish, Chinese),

Reflecting on earlier conversations focused on working conditions being essential underpinnings of quality, ECE educators talk about what most supports them in delivering quality services, supporting diverse learning and functional

  Through summer and fall ECESF community gatherings educators focused on priority issues that they faced in their workplaces that would most improve both their work conditions and the quality

Recently I heard NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe’s interview with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about the 2023-24 school year ahead. Many of the themes were the typical ones we hear of, but

Leer español abajo. 閱讀下面的中文.   The SF ECE Advocacy Coalition (SF ECE AC) and Childcare Planning & Advisory Council (CPAC) Policy Committee have been organizing around child care and early

The Department of Early Childhood (DEC) is a merger between two city departments– First 5 San Francisco (First 5) and the Office of Early Care and Education (OECE).   “DEC

See the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment’s findings for wages and benefits of educators at non-public school sites, and their recommendations—some of which have been included as part

A new paper from the Low Income Investment Fund and the Center for Cities & Schools at UC Berkeley explains that many homes and child care facilities are largely unequipped

San Francisco, CA – Board President Yee is introducing legislation to establish an emergency economic recovery program to support early care and education providers who are at the brink of

Our next SFCCPA Community Meeting, Monday evening, November 26 brings highlights of the NAEYC conference home. Kaile Thomas, SFCCPA board member, and Director of San Francisco Family Support Network, Safe & Sound, will present on the role

The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley and Child Care Aware of America teamed up to create a new video. It shows why parents cannot

This Ballot Measure Will Establish a Fund to: Make high quality early care and education (“ECE”) available and affordable for San Francisco families earning up to 200% of the area