Publications

2024 Profiles of California Early Care and Education Programs: Enrollment and Staffing Trends

January 15, 2025 • Data Snapshot • By Anna Powell, Wanzi Muruvi, Lea J.E. Austin and Abby Copeman Petig

This report was generously supported with grants from the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Blue Shield of California Foundation, and First 5 California. Challenges with early care and education (ECE) enrollment and…

California Early Educator Experience and Interest in Teaching Birth to Three

December 10, 2024 • Data Snapshot • By Anna Powell, Wanzi Muruvi, Abby Copeman Petig and Lea J.E. Austin

This report was generously supported with grants from the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Blue Shield of California Foundation, and First 5 California. California will soon offer transitional kindergarten (TK) to all…

It’s (Almost) 2025: Will the U.S. Finally Fund a Child Care System That Values Women?

November 18, 2024 • Blog • By Caitlin McLean and Penelope Whitney

Have you heard? Vice President-elect J.D. Vance has an idea to fix child care: ask “grandma or grandpa” or “an aunt or uncle” to “help out a…

More Than a Paycheck: Model Work Standards Re-Visited in the 21st Century

November 18, 2024 • Brief • By Peggy Haack, Rosemarie Vardell and Marcy Whitebook

This brief was supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation. At the height of the national Worthy Wage Campaign for the child care workforce in the mid-1990s, it became clear to activists…

Designing a Wage Increase Pilot: A Framework for Supporting Early Educators in Contra Costa County

November 13, 2024 • Report • By Anna Powell, Caitlin McLean and Abby Copeman Petig

The pilot design project was funded by First 5 Contra Costa. Guaranteed income (GI) pilots are increasing in popularity in cities and counties nationwide to improve compensation for early educators.

The Economic Well-Being of Early Educators in California: Early Educator Well-Being Series

October 23, 2024 • Report • By Wanzi Muruvi, Anna Powell, Yoonjeon Kim, Abby Copeman Petig and Lea J.E. Austin

This report was generously supported with grants from the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Blue Shield of California Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Early…