Early Childhood Education for a New Era

In her provocative new book, Stacie Goffin presents a leadership manifesto for the field of early care and education. With an action-oriented frame of reference, she offers a unique point of view on efforts to improve programme quality and developmental and learning outcomes for children.<br/><br/>The book calls for the ECE field to step forward as agents for change by: <br/>(1) Assuming responsibility for the competent practice of its practitioners and for facilitating positive results for children and their learning. <br/>(2) Formally organising as a profession to realize consistency in practice across sites and program types.<br/>(3) Diminishing its reliance on public policy for defining its purpose and structure.<br/><br/>The text concludes with “Next Steps Commentaries” written by education luminaires Rolf Grafwallner, Jacqueline Jones, and Pamela J. Winton outlining concrete steps for action that will jump-start a conversation about moving forward with the ideas presented in the book. <em>ECE for a New Era</em> builds on and extends the conversation started in Goffin’s critically acclaimed book co-authored with Valora Washington, <em>Ready or Not: Leadership Choices in Early Care and Education</em>.