Advancing Equity and Embracing Diversity in Early Childhood Education: Elevating Voices and Actions

Together, the voices of early childhood educators, scholars, and professionals can sound the call to advance the profession toward more equitable educational experiences, systems, and practices for all children. This book showcases many of these voices from across the field of early childhood education and invites you to think about and discuss ways you can add your own voice to that call.

Expanding on recommendations from NAEYC’s Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education position statement, the contributors to this invaluable resource navigate difficult and complex topics and offer guidance on how to apply more equitable pedagogical practices. Grounded in theoretical frameworks and current research, the chapters look at both the history of inequity in the profession and what the future of education can mean for all children.

Inside, you’ll read the voices of

Teresa Acevedo
Jennifer Keys Adair Rosemarie Allen
Garnett S. Booker III

Barbara T. Bowman

Dina C. Castro

Jie-Qi Chen

Stephanie M. Curenton
Felicia L. DeHaney

Louise Derman-Sparks

Lillian Duran

Tonia R. Durden
Isauro M. Escamilla

Belinda Bustos Flores
Janelle Beth Flores

Ximena Franco

Mimi Gray

Socorro Herrera

Zeynep Isik-Ercan
Debbie LeeKeenan
Junlei Li

Daniel R. Meier

Jen Neitzel

John Nimmo
Iliana Reyes
Shubhi Sachdeva
Hilary Seitz

Dorothy L. Shapland

Carla Thompson Payton

Alandra Washington
Dana Winters
Brian L. Wright
… and many more!