State models for financing early educator wage scales

Description

This National ECE Workforce Center research-to-practice brief outlines three steps states can take to finance a wage scale for their ECE workforce. Written for policymakers and advocates, the brief answers common questions about what goes into estimations of wage scale costs, highlights examples of how states have funded wages up to wage scale minimums, and outlines how future research can support the implementation and effectiveness of wage scales for the ECE workforce.