Publications

How Are States Tackling the Early Educator Compensation Crisis?

July 12, 2022 • Blog • By Annie Dade and Caitlin McLean

This blog post describes strategies that state leaders are taking to address the early educator compensation crisis. Drawing on CSCCE’s Compensation Database and Compensation Learning Community, we share common approaches…

Child Care Sector Jobs: BLS Analysis

July 11, 2022 • Brief • By Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE)

Monthly analysis of the latest BLS data.

Double or Nothing? Potential TK Wages for California’s Early Educators

June 1, 2022 • Data Snapshot • By Anna Powell, Elena Montoya, Lea J.E. Austin and Yoonjeon Kim

California has proposed a broad expansion of transitional kindergarten (TK), a school-based early learning program serving four-year-olds. This improvement will make TK universally available to all four-year-olds by 2025, framed…

Early Care and Education Programs During COVID-19: Persistent Inequities and Emerging Challenges

June 1, 2022 • Report • By Yoonjeon Kim, Elena Montoya, Lea J.E. Austin, Anna Powell and Wanzi Muruvi

This report takes a closer look at the impact of COVID-19 on early care and education (ECE) programs, staffing and disparities using data collected by the Center by the Center…

Still Nothing for California’s Child Care Workforce

June 1, 2022 • Blog • By Lea J.E. Austin and Elena Montoya

With the May budget revision, Governor Newsom failed once again to support the early education workforce that is the backbone of California’s economy. Despite a record budget, the people who…

California’s early educators can’t afford to retire

May 11, 2022 • Blog • By Anna Powell

Early care and education (ECE) teachers face chronically low wages, both in California and around the country. However, low earnings are not the only reason early educators worry about…