As states have taken on significant and often transformative efforts to strengthen their approaches to early learning, they also face new challenges: they must sustain effective work that is contributing to their early learning goals. Chapter 3 of the Systems Building Resource Guide discusses several factors that are key to sustaining important work and improvements:
• Sustainability and systems building
• Sustainability planning and implementation
• The sustainability timeline
• The people involved, including participants, partners, and consultants
• Policy, legislation, and regulation
• Overcoming challenges
• Cross-sector resources