Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
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The Economic Well-Being of Early Educators in California: Early Educator Well-Being Series
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North Carolina’s Decades-Long Push for Early Educator Compensation
Drawn from interviews with early educators, policymakers, and advocates.
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Guidance for Reporting Data on Your Early Care and Education Workforce
How to convert workforce info into useful data.
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Immigrant Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers: Essential, Yet Invisible
Immigrants who provide family, friend, and neighbor care are pillars of ECE in California.
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What Is TK? Parents Are Playing A Guessing Game
This data snapshot provides a rare peek at what parents know about Transitional Kindergarten (TK).
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Key Facts
Child care workers earn an average of $13.22 an hour
Even conversations that end in rejection teach me how to hone my message and strengthen my arguments.
—Corrine Hendrickson, FCC provider
Calif. home-based providers average 17 years of experience but earn as little as $16,000 a year
“The economy can’t work unless child care works, and child care can’t work without teachers.”
Lea J.E. Austin
Director
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
