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Download full textGould, Elise; Whitebook, Marcy; Mokhiber, Zane; Austin, Lea J. E. – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2019
California's child early care and education (ECE) system is underfunded, and California policymakers have not been willing to acknowledge the true cost of creating a comprehensive ECE system. Proposals for ECE reform have focused primarily on improving access and affordability for families but have ignored the elephant in the room: Early care and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Finance, Budgets
Schlieber, Marisa; Austin, Lea J. E.; López, Enrique Valencia – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2020
This report examines the demographic, educational, and employment characteristics (including compensation and benefits) of staff employed in center-based ECE [early care and education] programs throughout Marin County. The findings bring attention to the low wages and economic insecurity of the ECE workforce, particularly against a backdrop of one…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, County Programs, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Teachers
Powell, Anna; Montoya, Elena; Austin, Lea J. E.; Kim, Yoonjeon; Muruvi, Wanzi; Copeman Petig, Abby – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2023
Early care and education (ECE) programs for children prior to kindergarten in California are provided through a mixed delivery system that includes licensed home- and center-based programs as well as school settings. The requirements, experience, and supports for educators vary widely across settings, depending more on funding sources and…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Schlieber, Marisa; Whitebook, Marcy; Austin, Lea J. E.; Hankey, Aline; Duke, Michael – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2019
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: Teaching Conditions, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Characteristics
Austin, Lea J. E.; Whitebook, Marcy; Connors, Maia; Darrah, Rory – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2011
Reflecting the growing momentum in support of quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) as a key strategy to improve early care and education quality, significant amounts of public dollars have been devoted to their development and implementation. In this brief, the authors report on their investigation of both quality rating and improvement…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Preschool Teachers
