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Vecchiotti, Sara – State Education Standard, 2018
There is ample opportunity for state boards to improve outcomes for children by strengthening the early care and education workforce and thereby improving the quality of early care and education. Ensuring that ECE professionals have the knowledge, supports, and resources they need to support children's learning is one avenue to improving the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Labor Force, State Boards of Education
Whitebook, Marcy; Schlieber, Marisa; Hankey, Aline; Austin, Lea J. E.; Philipp, George – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2018
There is broad consensus that high-quality environments for young children depend on teachers who are skilled at nurturing their development and learning, yet low pay and inadequate working conditions routinely hamper teachers in their efforts to apply their skills and knowledge. This condition exists among teachers in early education as well as…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Conditions
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Bellm, Dan; Whitebook, Marcy – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2006
The authors of this paper document how federal policy on child care and early education led to a decline in wages and education among staff in early childhood programs. The paper analyzes labor trends for the early care and education workforce over the past 25 years--notably, an overall decrease in educational qualifications, and persistent wage…
Descriptors: Employment, Qualifications, Public Policy, Young Children