Harriet Dichter

Financing Early Educator Teacher Quality: A Closer Look at Assumptions That Drive Variations in Estimating the Cost of Services

July 23, 2019 • Report • By Lea J.E. Austin, Marcy Whitebook and Harriet Dichter

In this report, Lea Austin, Marcy Whitebook, and Harriet Dichter demonstrate how assumptions about what teachers need produce per child costs that vary by thousands of dollars. Recognizing that estimates…

Strategies in Pursuit of Pre-K Teacher Compensation Parity: Lessons From Seven States and Cities

October 3, 2017 • Report • By Caitlin McLean, Harriet Dichter and Marcy Whitebook

This report was produced in collaboration with the National Institute for Early Education Research. This report is the third resource in a three-part series on pre-K teacher compensation…