The Future of Early Childhood Series
Series Editor: Dan Wuori
Teachers College Press is proud to announce The Future of Early Childhood Series, a new home for paradigm-shifting scholarship in early childhood education.
The early childhood sector is at an inflection point. Systems and policies remain out of step with reality. The Future of Early Childhood Series will foreground books that dismantle outdated narratives in ECE research, practice, and policy, and that will architect innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges facing children and families today. It seeks to champion voices that fundamentally challenge, enrich, and transform our understanding of child development, early learning, and the policies that best support them.
Under series editor Dan Wuori, author of the bestselling book The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do About It), this series will gather groundbreaking, interdisciplinary works that translate cutting-edge science—from education and neuroscience to economics and public policy—into highly readable, actionable insights for all early childhood stakeholders. “Our mission is to publish visionary books that reshape policy, advance practice, and profoundly transform public understanding,” says Wuori, “equipping practitioners, policymakers, and parents with the knowledge to build a better future for our youngest learners.”
The Future of Early Childhood Series succeeds Teachers College Press’s longstanding Early Childhood Education Series, which is no longer accepting submissions. Over thirty years and nearly one hundred titles, the Early Childhood Education Series published foundational resources across all topics in early childhood, and put forward new conversations, practices, and research whose impact can be felt throughout the field.
Books will be chosen based on a competitive process, including review by the Editorial Board. A Call for Proposals, including submission guidelines, will be announced in September. The Future of Early Childhood Series will publish two titles annually, with the first books anticipated in 2027 or 2028.
Dan Wuori is the Founder and President of Early Childhood Policy Solutions, a non-partisan public policy consultancy focused on the needs of young children, their families, and the professionals who serve them. He is the author of The Daycare Myth (Teachers College Press, 2024) and the forthcoming Wonderment: The Astonishing Science of How We Begin (Ballantine Books, summer 2027).
For more information, contact:
Sarah Jubar, Senior Acquisitions Editor, sarah.jubar@tc.edu
Dan Wuori, Series Editor, dan@ecpolicysolutions.com