The Daycare Myth Part 2: Creating Better State Systems for Children

In early October 2024, CGLR hosted a session that focused on Dan Wuori’s new book, The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do About It), which presents an innovative perspective on the long-standing issue of separating early education and care in U.S. policy and practice. 

This conversation sparked so much energy and interest in what we can do — that is, how to develop models and structures for delivering quality education and care to support parents, children and educators. Participants in the October 1 webinar expressed a desire to learn about the ways in which states and communities are taking action to address “what we get wrong” and work toward actually getting it right. We left that webinar knowing that we would need to host a follow-up session to go deeper.

Please join us on November 26, from 3–4:30 p.m. ET, when Dan Wuori and I will be joined by several state and local leaders who are creating promising systems that address the long-standing problems of cost, quality, workforce development and retention in early learning systems. 

In this session, we plan to respond to participant comments shared after last month’s session such as: 

• How can I be an activist on these issues at the local level? 
• WHY what we all know needs to happen isn’t happening. Are we not vocal enough?  

To address these points and more, we will learn about what states and local leaders are doing to drive systems change. We will focus on principles for creating change that lasts, drawing on your expertise as well as the expertise of the panelists.