Given the sheer number of preschoolers now enrolled in preschooo kind of early education program, preschool teachers—or more accurately, the need for preschool teachers—is also on the rise. Bythis number is expected to climb toCombine this with other early childhood educators, like teaching assistants, and the number climbs to more than 2 million. A number of states are now addressing the compensation gap between preschool teachers and their primary school counterparts. Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City has also recently initiated April a push for community-based pre-k programs to offer salaries to their preschool teachers that are competitive with pre-k teachers in NYC public schools. The funding for this initiative will come prrschool recently secured state resources. In North Hoe, the Compensation and Education Task Group within the North Carolina Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development developed a salary schedule in for communities and childcare programs to use a...