Our Priorities:
- Increasing Access to High-quality Early Learning and Care for Infants and Toddlers
- Supporting Successful Implementation of Universal Preschool
- Supporting Dual Language Learners (DLLs)
- Increasing Compensation and Training for Early Learning and Care Teachers and Caregivers
- Increasing Availability of Quality Programs for Children from Birth Through Age 8
How We Do It
We center the voices of families, educators, and child care providers to uplift their challenges and needs.
We educate policymakers, state leaders, and others about the need for investment in quality Early Learning and Care programs.
We build coalitions to recommend statewide funding levels and inspire policy change.
We promote quality programs that are working, in an effort to increase their availability and to strengthen understanding of what quality learning means at every stage.
Our Impact
Since its inception, Early Edge has been a leader in Early Learning and Care policy in California with a proven track record of success in working to improve the landscape in California. From playing an instrumental role in the passage and expansion of Transitional Kindergarten to create a free, high-quality preschool option in our state, to advocating for increased investments at the state level in Early Learning programs, to improving supports for Dual Language Learners, we have a history of getting results for California children. Most recently, five Early Edge-sponsored bills were signed into law by Governor Newsom, and we successfully advocated for higher reimbursement rates for child care providers.