Publications by Carollee Howes
November 1, 2014 • Report • By Marcy Whitebook, Deborah Philipps and Carollee Howes
Despite a wealth of scientific evidence on the importance of early learning, not much has changed for the early childhood workforce: low wages, irrational wage structure, low education premium, and pervasive economic insecurity are still persistent.
Then and Now: Changes in Child Care Staffing, 1994-2000
January 1, 2001 • Report • By Marcy Whitebook, Laura Sakai, Emily Gerber and Carollee Howes
This report is a longitudinal study of center-based quality and staffing in three Northern California communities. It is a landmark study of staffing and stability in child care centers…
Worthy Work, Unlivable Wages: The National Child Care Staffing Study, 1988-1997
January 1, 1998 • Report • By Marcy Whitebook, Deborah Philipps and Carollee Howes
In 1997, nine years after the original National Child Care Staffing Study, the Center for the Childcare Workforce interviewed directors at the centers still in operation to assess changes in…
NAEYC Accreditation as a Strategy for Improving Child Care Quality
January 1, 1997 • Report • By Marcy Whitebook, Laura Sakai and Carollee Howes
This study focuses on the three communities in northern California over a two-year period (1994-1996). It examines the extent to which centers seeking and achieving NAEYC accreditation improve in quality,…
January 1, 1993 • Report • By Marcy Whitebook, Deborah Philipps and Carollee Howes
In 1992, CCW returned to the original staffing study sites to assess changes in wages, benefits and turnover. Through interviews with 225 center directors across the nation, this follow-up…
Who Cares? Child Care Teaching and the Quality of Care in America
January 1, 1989 • Report • By Marcy Whitebook, Deborah Philipps and Carollee Howes
This landmark study explored how teaching staff and their working conditions in 225 centers affect the caliber of center-based child care available in the United States. It first brought public…