Newly formed early child care coalition aims to drive home importance of work

Providers of early childhood education know that what they do is important, even if others don't. Now, a newly established statewide coalition focused on early childhood education plans to push and ensure the profession gets more respect and resources.

By: William J. Ford

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: May 25, 2026

Words: 1,015

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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Alex Edwards kneeled on the carpet to calm down Zuri Kafuko, 3, by twisting part of her hair back in place. About a minute later, Edwards was sitting beside Sebi Lewis, 4, as he played with letters that could be transformed into small robots.

It’s just a snippet of Edwards’ daily work as an early childhood teacher at Journey Preschool, a family child care program operated at the Montgomery County home of Jenn Nicholls.

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