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Since 2002, Pennsylvania has made enormous strides in developing an early childhood system that supports quality in early childhood programs, and acknowledges the central role of well-trained and adequately compensated staff. QUEST supports the Keystone STARS quality improvement program, Pre-K Counts, and other initiatives of the PA Office of Child Development and Early Learning, while continuing to hold out the goal of full access to high quality early education for every child in our Commonwealth.

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The Governor's office--and over 200 legislative seats in Pennsylvania--are up for grabs this year.

Help elect people who will stand strong for Early Childhood!

For information about the QUEST electoral campaign click here.
To go straight to our Legislative Action Center, click here.

QUEST is a statewide network of over 2000 individuals and organizations working to ensure that every child in Pennsylvania has access to high quality early childhood education programs, and that dedicated practitioners can afford to stay in the field.

QUEST supports:
•   Early childhood professionals—who lay the foundation that will set our youngest children on a course of lifelong learning—and need to be recognized and compensated for the professionals that they are
•   Parents of young children—who need and want strong partnerships with early childhood professionals
•   Young children—who lose their teachers to high turnover, who wait and wait to get into subsidized child care, whose parents may not understand the importance of the earliest years or can’t find a quality program.

QUEST is closely aligned with the network of AEYC groups (Association for the Education of Young Children) across the state. For more information: