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John Eric Humphries; Christopher Neilson; Xiaoyang Ye; Seth D. Zimmerman – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024
This paper asks whether universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) raises parents' earnings and how much these earnings effects matter for evaluating the economic returns to UPK programs. Using a randomized lottery design, we estimate the effects of enrolling in a full-day UPK program in New Haven, Connecticut on parents' labor market outcomes as well as…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Access to Education, Parents, Wages
Krog, Hannah Anderson, Ed. – Bernan Press, 2023
This completely updated edition of "The Almanac of American Education" helps users understand and compare the quality of education at the national, state, and county levels. Compiled from official U.S. government sources, this book contains historical and current data, insightful analysis, and useful graphs that provide compelling…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Geographic Location, Educational History, Data Analysis
Lavery, Lesley; Jochim, Ashley; Gill, Sean – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2021
In this brief, we set out to understand how unionization may or may not shape practices central to charter schools' ability to serve students. The study, an exploratory one, includes 29 interviews across eight schools that unionized four to six years ago. Our results point to areas of concern, optimism, and future research. We found: (1)…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Unions
Krog, Hannah Anderson, Ed. – Bernan Press, 2022
This completely updated edition of "The Almanac of American Education" helps users understand and compare the quality of education at the national, state, and county levels. Compiled from official U.S. government sources, this book contains historical and current data, insightful analysis, and useful graphs that provide compelling…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Geographic Location, Educational History, Data Analysis
Krog, Hannah Anderson, Ed. – Bernan Press, 2021
This completely updated edition of "The Almanac of American Education" helps users understand and compare the quality of education at the national, state, and county levels. Compiled from official U.S. government sources, this book contains historical and current data, insightful analysis, and useful graphs that provide compelling…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational History, Geographic Location, Enrollment Trends
McLean, Caitlin; Dichter, Harriet; Whitebook, Marcy – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2017
The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE), in partnership with the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), has produced a series of materials that explore state policy efforts to move toward compensation parity between pre-K and K-3 teachers. This report forms the third part of the series, examining a small set of…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Salaries, Compensation (Remuneration), Salary Wage Differentials
McLean, Caitlin; Whitebook, Marcy; Roh, Eunice – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2019
Teaching in early care and education (ECE) programs is one of the lowest-paid occupations in the United States. Low wages for early educators are not a new challenge. Compensation has been low in this field since its inception, but only recently have the public, policymakers, and other stakeholders begun to appreciate the full ramifications of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Salaries, Wages
Austin, Lea J. E.; Whitebook, Marcy; Dichter, Harriet – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2019
Most early educators are paid less than $15 per hour, and many of them report high levels of economic insecurity evidenced by their worry about meeting monthly family expenses or paying for bare necessities such as food and housing. Coupled with low wages, few early educators can expect to work in settings that provide basic professional supports…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Costs, Teacher Salaries, Wages
Schmitt, Lisa; Hutchins, Shaun – Online Submission, 2015
This executive summary highlights results from the full report (published separately) which includes two studies that describe the local context for teacher employment decisions. The first examines the local labor market, and the second examines employment for teachers who left Austin Independent School District (AISD). A separate technical report…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, School Districts, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Schmitt, Lisa; Hutchins, Shaun – Online Submission, 2015
This report includes two studies that describe the local context for teacher employment decisions. The first examines the local labor market, and the second examines employment for teachers who left Austin Independent School District (AISD). A separate executive summary and a technical report also were published. [For the executive summary, see…
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Kindergarten
Greenstone, Michael; Looney, Adam – Hamilton Project, 2011
Great teachers have the ability to transform and enrich the lives and living standards of Americans. According to recent research, a student's kindergarten teacher has long-lasting influence on important lifetime outcomes, such as future earnings. These effects are so important that the difference between having an above-average kindergarten…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Kindergarten, Teaching Experience, Teacher Recruitment
Cannon, Jill S.; Lipscomb, Stephen – Public Policy Institute of California, 2008
In this appendix to our Occasional Paper, we review 14 recent rigorous studies on how entrance age affects student outcomes in the short and long term, paying particular attention to aspects that are most relevant to state-level policy decisions. We summarize findings related to elementary and secondary academic achievement, grade retention,…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Educational Attainment, Kindergarten, Educational Policy
Lewis, Anne C. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
In this article, the author discusses how kindergarten is close to being universal across the United States. More than half (56%) of the children who are attending kindergarten are in full-day programs. Whether they are in full-day programs or half-day programs, the kindergartners certainly do daily work in the areas of reading and language arts.…
Descriptors: Child Care, Kindergarten, Young Children, Preschool Teachers
Kena, Grace; Musu-Gillette, Lauren; Robinson, Jennifer; Wang, Xiaolei; Rathbun, Amy; Zhang, Jijun; Wilkinson-Flicker, Sidney; Barmer, Amy; Velez, Erin Dunlop Velez – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
The U.S. Congress has mandated that the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) produce an annual report to help inform policymakers about the progress of education in the United States. Using data from across the center and from other sources of education data, "The Condition of Education 2015" presents 42 key indicators on…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Trend Analysis, Educational Attainment, Student Characteristics
Kena, Grace; Aud, Susan; Johnson, Frank; Wang, Xiaolei; Zhang, Jijun; Rathbun, Amy; Wilkinson-Flicker, Sidney; Kristapovich, Paul – National Center for Education Statistics, 2014
To help inform policymakers and the public about the progress of education in the United States, Congress has mandated that the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) produce an annual report, "The Condition of Education." This year's report presents 42 indicators on important topics and trends in U.S. education. These…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Trend Analysis, Educational Attainment, Student Characteristics
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