“New York state voted in September to gradually raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15. Many employees working in early childhood centers in New York, however, make less than that. An assistant teacher with a bachelor’s degree currently earns about $13.94 in the city, reports DNAinfo.
“‘If fast food workers deserve $15 per hour, then surely those teaching our most vulnerable children every day deserve significantly more,’ David Nocenti, Executive Director of the child care network Union Settlement, told the outlet [DNAinfo] in September.”
From the Huffington Post article, “The Teachers Who Educate Our Youngest Kids Are Struggling To Make Ends Meet,” by Rebecca Klein, December 7, 2015
Eye on Early Education focuses on the twin goals of ensuring that Massachusetts children have access to high-quality early education and become proficient readers by the end of third grade.
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