The momentum towards a demand for early educators with at least a bachelor's degree has only grown in the last several years. In 2015, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine released Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8, a report that explores the science of child development and its implications for professionals who work with young children. The most significant recommendation in the report was the call for a transition to a minimum bachelor's degree qualification requirement for all lead teachers working with children from birth through age eight. In order to unpack the complexities of this recommendation and its implications for teachers of three- and four-year-olds, New America and Bellwether Education Partners engaged the nation's leading experts on early childhood teacher preparation in a discussion of what preparation for current and future early educators should look like and the potential of new, more accessible, and higher-quality models for degree programs. New America and Bellwether convened a day-long meeting in Washington, DC on September 26, 2017 and conducted follow-up interviews throughout the fall with selected attendees and other experts. In February 2018, we released a paper synthesizing our findings and elevating issues that need to be addressed to ensure that all pre-K teachers have the core knowledge and competencies needed to effectively teach three- and four-year-olds. This brief on articulation agreements is the first in a series that will explore strategies to help address some of those issues. (author abstract)