To win broader support, we need our language to reflect current developmental science

We are excited to share that Kelly Campbell, a faculty member of The Developing Child summer Minor at UC Berkeley, recently published an essay in The Hechinger Report! In this op-ed, Kelly outlines the limitations of outdated terminology in the ECE field and calls for language that reflects current developmental science. She contends that a clear, compelling framing of the crucial work serving children and families during the first five years of life could help win needed support from the public and policy makers in the US. As our own high-quality Early Childhood Education Programs (ECEP) at UC Berkeley demonstrate, childcare is much more than "babysitting."

Link to the article is below.  

OPINION: Let’s figure out a new way to talk about early childhood education so we can fix it

Posted on December 9, 2021