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Download full textJustin B. Doromal; Eve Mefferd; Heather Sandstrom; Erica Greenberg; Laura Jimenez Parra; Victoria Nelson; Elli Nikolopoulos – Urban Institute, 2024
This fact sheet shares 2023 survey and focus group findings from early educators eligible for from the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund in the District of Columbia. Findings describe the perceived of the payments on the child care field. Early educators share that the Pay Equity Fund helps advance fair pay that reflects their credentials…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Child Care, Teacher Salaries, Teacher Persistence
Bose, Soumita; Lauderback, Eleanor; Sandstrom, Heather; Kuhns, Catherine; Casas, Michelle – Urban Institute, 2023
In 2021, the DC Council established the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund ("Pay Equity Fund") to improve compensation for early educators in licensed child development centers and homes. The fund leverages a tax on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year to sustainably fund supplemental payments to early educators in efforts…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Teacher Salaries, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Teachers
Heather Sandstrom; Eve Mefferd; Laura Jimenez Parra; Victoria Nelson; Justin Doromal; Erica Greenberg; Elli Nikolopoulos; Rachel Lamb; Alicia Gonzalez – Urban Institute, 2024
Early childhood educators play an essential role in providing child care for families and learning and development supports for young children, yet they have long faced challenges due to low wages. Recognizing this, the District of Columbia (DC) introduced the Early Childhood Pay Equity Fund in 2022. This first-of-its-kind initiative aims to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Comparable Worth, Well Being, Mental Health
Greenberg, Erica; Nelson, Victoria; Doromal, Justin B.; Sandstrom, Heather; Bose, Soumita; Lauderback, Eleanor – Urban Institute, 2023
The District of Columbia Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund provides large and sustainable wage supplements for early childhood educators working in child care. Synthesizing qualitative evidence from 11 key informants, including DC early childhood education leaders, advocates, and implementation partners; 39 parents and legal guardians of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Salary Wage Differentials, Promotion (Occupational), Teacher Salaries
Schilder, Diane; Sandstrom, Heather – Urban Institute, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented public health emergency that crippled the child care market in the United States. This crisis highlighted the essential role of the early care and education (ECE) workforce in the nation's economic stability and growth. The pandemic's disproportionate effect on Black, Hispanic, and Native American…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
