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Preview: 9/1/2025 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
A love letter to early educators and a portrait of a child care system in crisis.
MAKE A CIRCLE follows a group of early educators who are determined to change a child care system where parents can’t afford to pay and teachers can’t afford to stay. Capturing the magic they create in the classroom, the struggles they endure at home, and their tireless efforts to elevate their profession, MAKE A CIRCLE is a promising blueprint for an early education system that benefits everyone.
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Trailer
Preview: 9/1/2025 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
MAKE A CIRCLE follows a group of early educators who are determined to change a child care system where parents can’t afford to pay and teachers can’t afford to stay. Capturing the magic they create in the classroom, the struggles they endure at home, and their tireless efforts to elevate their profession, MAKE A CIRCLE is a promising blueprint for an early education system that benefits everyone.
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Make A Circle
A love letter to early educators and a portrait of a child care system in crisis.Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipANNE: I love this work.
But, parents cant afford to pay Teachers cant afford to stay.
CHARLOTTE: I tell my staff, “This is Disneyland.
Make it happen.” DAN:But I could be driving an Amazon delivery truck and making more money.
[drumline music] ANNE: Were coming and saying, “You cant ignore us.” CHARLOTTE AND CROWD: Child care now!
PATRICIA: When we fight-- CROWD: We win!
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