Educating Young Children Volume 1 - Winter 2026 | Page 37

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NAEYC is committed to supporting your advocacy journey, and that includes making sure you have everything you need to participate in and amplify the Workforce Survey. To ensure that you do,

› Check out data from past ECE Workforce Surveys.

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› Join us at Public Policy Forum February 22 – 24 in Washington, DC.

Stay tuned for the launch of the survey, and thank you for being a voice for the field. Together, we can turn your experiences into action and action into results.

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