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Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Education Profession

This report is a “consensus” document developed by Power to the Profession, a national collaborative of leading organizations. It outlines a vision and unifying framework for high-quality early care and education with recommendations to achieve it. Readers will understand the frameworks for career pathways, preparation, competencies, responsibilities, and compensation and how they all work together to create an effective, high-quality early care and education workforce.

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