Skip to content
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Our Staff
    • Our History
    • News Center
    • Job Opportunities
    • Contact Us
  • Research
    • Research Areas
    • Compensation
    • Leadership
    • Stratification & Equity
    • Teacher Development & Preparation
    • Teacher Work Environments
    • Workforce Data
  • Publications
    • Publications
    • Blog
    • For Journalists
    • For Early Educators
    • For Advocates & Policymakers
  • Projects
    • Projects
    • Early Childhood Workforce Index
    • California Early Care and Education Workforce Study
    • Early Childhood History, Organizing, Ethos, and Strategy Project
    • COVID-19 Publications
    • Compensation Learning Community
  • Services
    • Services
    • SEQUAL
    • Higher Education Inventory
  • Workforce Index
    • About the Workforce Index
    • Early Childhood Workforce Index 2020
    • 2020 State Profiles
    • 2020 Interactive Map
    • Early Childhood Workforce Index 2018
    • Early Childhood Workforce Index 2016
Logo for CSCCE - Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
  • About
    • Two masked children and an early educator are reading books outside.

      About

      The national leader in early care and education workforce research and policy since 1999.

      Read More Right Arrow

      • close up of Sather Gate at the UC Berkeley campus

        Our Staff

      • Worthy Wages rally where people are holding up a banner that says, " Worthy Wages For Child Care 1-800-U-R-WORTHY"

        Our History

      • Masked children and early educators sitting in a classroom and working on an assignment.

        News Center

      • Sather Gate at UC Berkeley from a distance

        Job Opportunities

      • Close up of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment building

        Contact Us

  • Research
    • Adult early educators and children playing with bubbles outside

      Research Areas

      Our research ranges from teacher development and work environments to compensation and equity.

      Read More Right Arrow

      • An early educator teaches two children how to use the gardening tools for the outdoor garden.

        Compensation

      • An early educator is explaining an block activity to a group of children at a table.

        Leadership

      • An early educator smiling at a student while a group of students are learning how to draw letters

        Stratification & Equity

      • An early educator is looking over a child as they play a flashcard game.

        Teacher Development & Preparation

      • An early educator is helping children at a table with the paintbrushes.

        Teacher Work Environments

      • A child educator looks over the finished work of a student as she sits next to them.

        Workforce Data

  • Publications
    • Masked early educator assisting two students on an activity inside a classroom

      Publications

      Explore our publications from the last two decades.

      Read More Right Arrow

      • A masked educator stands next to a table where children are playing.

        For Educators

      • A masked early educator playing with a child with toy food

        Blog

      • An early educator crouched down and helping a child while other children are playing outside.

        For Journalists

      • An early educator playing with flour at a table with children

        Public Commentary

      • Two women are speaking to each other at a table with notes laid out in from of them

        For Advocates & Policymakers

  • Projects
    • Close up of two early educators inside a schoolhouse with a child, graphic art

      Projects

      CSCCE's major projects span multiple years, with ongoing releases.

      Read More Right Arrow

      • multiple graphic art including a check, certificate, and house

        Early Childhood Workforce Index

      • A row of five grey maps of California, with a different region highlighted in each map

        California Early Care and Education Workforce Study

      • 1935-1943 A WPA Nursery School in San Francisco_home

        Early Childhood History, Organizing, Ethos, and Strategy Project

      • graphic art showing a group of people sitting at a table and making plans

        Compensation Learning Community

      • A line drawing of women smiling at two children with coronavirus molecules in the background.

        COVID-19 Publications

  • Services
    • A group of masked children and three masked early educators are dancing inside a classroom.

      Services

      CSCCE offers research and technical assistance on implementing sound early care and education workforce policy.

      Read More Right Arrow

      • Masked early educator is laughing with a child while sitting outside.

        SEQUAL

      • Close-up of female kindergarten teacher

        Higher Education Inventory

  • Workforce Index
    • Graphic of a woman with a mask on standing next to a stack of blocks that have dollar signs on them

      About the Workforce Index

      Our biennial report provides guidance to advocates and legislators on policies that require attention.

      Read More Right Arrow

      • Graphic of woman with a surgical mask on spraying a disinfectant bottle with a dollar sign on it while a child coughs onto the table

        Early Childhood Workforce Index 2020

      • 2018 Index

        Early Childhood Workforce Index 2018

      • multiple graphic art including a check, certificate, and house

        2020 State Profiles

      • Honeycomb map of the United States of America

        Early Childhood Workforce Index 2016

      • Honeycomb map of the United States of America with each state as a different color.

        2020 Interactive Map

Logo for CSCCE - Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Laura Sakai

Email Laura lsakai01@berkeley.edu

Publications by Laura Sakai

Oregon Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

August 30, 2018 • Report • By Elena Montoya, Abby Copeman Petig, Lea J.E. Austin, Bethany Edwards and Laura Sakai

This report is part of our Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory. This report describes the early childhood degree programs offered in Oregon, focusing on variations in program…

Florida Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

December 14, 2017 • Report • By Abby Copeman Petig, Laura Sakai, Lea J.E. Austin, Bethany Edwards and Elena Montoya

This report is part of our Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory. This report describes the early childhood degree programs offered in Florida, focusing on variations in program…

Early Childhood Preparation for School Leaders: Lessons from New Jersey Principal Certification Programs

December 14, 2017 • Report • By Laura Sakai, Abby Copeman Petig and Lea J.E. Austin

This report details the findings of the Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory: Principal Certification Programs [Principal Inventory] (CSCCE, 2016) conducted in the state of New Jersey in 2016. The Principal…

Alameda County Early Care and Education Workforce Study 2016

March 26, 2017 • Report • By Lea J.E. Austin, Laura Sakai and Devika Dhamija

This report identifies the demographic, education, and employment characteristics, including compensation and workplace conditions, of Alameda County’s early care and education workforce in centers that serve children prior to kindergarten. …

Teachers’ Voices: Work Environment Conditions That Impact Teacher Practice and Program Quality

February 21, 2017 • Report • By Marcy Whitebook, Elizabeth King and Laura Sakai

We are pleased to share our most recent SEQUAL study, Teachers’ Voices: Work Environment Conditions That Impact Teacher Practice and Program Quality, completed in partnership with First 5 Alameda…

California Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

October 1, 2015 • Report • By Lea J.E. Austin, Marcy Whitebook, Fran Kipnis, Laura Sakai and Felippa Amanta

This report is part of our Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory. This report, released in 2015, looks at how higher education programs have evolved over the last…

Early Educator Database

CSCCE is elevating early educator voices. Learn more and join us.
cscceucb CSCCE at UC Berkeley @cscceucb ·
March 18

Today, 1:30pm at the Oakland Museum: A community screening of Clarissa's Battle. Clarissa leads a tenacious battle in Oakland to build a coalition fighting for #ECE funding and #ChildCare for all. Register now! http://ow.ly/UVMy50N6CsE

Reply on Twitter 1637112921930055680 Retweet on Twitter 1637112921930055680 1 Like on Twitter 1637112921930055680 2 View on Twitter 1637112921930055680

Sign up for our newsletter

Logo for CSCCE - Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

2521 Channing Way #5555
Berkeley, CA 94720-5555
(510) 643-8293

cscceinfo@berkeley.edu
  • Follow @CSCCEUCB on Twitter
  • Join CSCCE on Facebook
  • Watch CSCCE on YouTube
  • Connect with CSCCE on LinkedIn

CSCCE is a program of the IRLE at UC Berkeley

  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
  • Nondiscrimination

© Copyright 2023 UC Regents

University of California, Berkeley
Institute for Research on Labor and Unemployment