“In January 2025, more than 10,000 early childhood educators from all states and settings—including large and small centers, family child care homes, faith-based programs, Head Start, and public school preschool programs—responded to a new early childhood education (ECE) workforce survey from NAEYC. The survey results and accompanying stories clearly illustrate how insufficient public investment in our ECE system burdens educators across all settings and the families they serve; and how those shared burdens threaten to further reduce our already insufficient supply of quality child care and early learning programs.
“‘An Unsustainable Status Quo: We All Bear the Burdens of an Underfunded System:’ State by State Survey Briefs”
released by NAEYC, 2025
“Download each state’s specific survey data below to see quotes and survey respondents’ data on rising costs, burnout, and closures. Reach out to advocacy@naeyc.org with questions.”
READ the state survey brief from Massachusetts.