Publications
Explore our publications from the last two decades.
March 13, 2026 • Data Snapshot • By Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE)
This dashboard publishes quarterly job numbers and the number of child care programs across the United States from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages…
March 12, 2026 • Report • By Wanzi Muruvi, Elena Ojeda, Carly Hyland, Anna Powell and Abby Copeman Petig
This report was produced by CSCCE in partnership with UC Berkeley Equity and Excellence in Early Childhood (E3C). The January 2025 wildfires, considered the most catastrophic in the history of Los…
Child Care Sector Jobs: BLS Analysis
March 10, 2026 • Brief • By Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE)
CSCCE provides ongoing analysis of national and regional child care job numbers. Check back each month for updates. From January to February 2026, national child care employment decreased by 1,600…
Early Educator Compensation Works: Evidence on Impacts, Funding Models, and Policy Lessons
March 2, 2026 • Fact Sheet • By Hyeonjeong Lee and Silvia Muñoz
This report was generously supported by the W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation. Emerging evidence shows that compensation initiatives can make a difference in supporting the early care and…
A Vision for Abundant Early Care and Education
February 26, 2026 • Report • By Anna Powell
This report was published as part of the UC Berkeley Possibility Lab’s Abundance Accelerator. It is one of a twelve-part series released through a partnership between…
A Bizarro World for Infants and Toddlers and Their Teachers: Revised and Updated
February 9, 2026 • Brief • By Marcy Whitebook, Enrique Valencia Lopez and Abby Copeman Petig
This paper is an update to the 2019 piece published by Bank Street College of Education in their Occasional Paper Series. The present revision was generously supported with a grant…