2. Divining What Comes Next: Why You Don’t Have to Be Carnac the Magnificent to Know the Future of Early Ed Tech Policy Trends
Christopher Swanson, Ed.D.
Johns Hopkins University, School of Education
Center for Technology in Education

4. Fast Facts $9,410 – average cost of childcare per year
-(New America, 2016)
Exceeds average in-state college tuition in 33 states -(New America, 2016)
23.9 million US children birth to age 5 – (U.S. Census & Childstats.gov, 2016)

5. Fast Facts
$22K – average annual salary of EC workforce – (Child Care Aware, 2016)
~2.4 million in EC workforce– (Bureau of Labor & Statistics, 2015)
59% of Centers are funded independently –(ACF/OPRE, 2013)

6. Trend 1 – Quality Matters

7. Trend 2 – Expanded Qualified Deductions

8. Trend 3 – EC Charters & Market-Driven Approaches

9. Trend 4 – Greater Connectivity

10. Trend 5 – Unfunded Mandates

12. “Assistive and Instructional Technology Supporting Learners with Disabilities”
The Center on Technology and Disability is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) under award #H327F – 13A.