Not Golden Yet: Building a Stronger Workforce for California’s Children

A new report, Not Golden Yet: Building a Stronger Workforce for California’s Children, examines California's policies for teachers and other professionals in child care, pre-K, transitional kindergarten, and the early grades of the public schools. Based upon a growing body of research showing that young children’s interactions with adults at very young ages provide the crucial foundation for their academic and lifelong success, the report lays out significant obstacles in California’s way and provides recommendations for overcoming them to build a strong workforce of educators for children age birth to eight.