Publications
Explore our publications from the last two decades.
Head Start’s False Choice: Expanding Access by Weakening the Workforce
August 12, 2026 • Blog • By Savitha Moorthy
Right now, a Head Start teacher can be responsible for no more than four two-year-olds. In Florida, state licensing allows eleven. On August 7, the Administration for Children and Families proposed a rule that would replace Head Start’s federal standards with…
August 11, 2026 • Brief • By Anna Powell, Wanzi Muruvi and Abby Copeman Petig
This policy brief and the accompanying webinar series were generously supported by the California Department of Social Services, the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Blue Shield of California Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and the Bay Area Jobs First Collaborative. A sudden enrollment shift into transitional kindergarten has upended the…
Listening to Early Educators of Color: Lived Experiences Reflect the Multilayered Effects of Racism
July 6, 2026 • Report • By Yoonjeon Kim, Wanzi Muruvi and Hopeton Hess
This report was generously supported with grants from the Blue Shield of California Foundation and the Heising-Simons Foundation. The early care and education workforce is one of California’s most diverse sectors, with educators of color making up about 70 percent of those caring for the state’s youngest learners.
Immigrants Are at the Heart of Child Care in the Silicon Valley
June 22, 2026 • Snapshot • By Wanzi Muruvi, Elena Montoya and Tobi Adejumo
This snapshot was funded by Sobrato Philanthropies. It draws on the 2025 California Early Care and Workforce Study, which was funded by the California Department of Social Services, the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Blue Shield of California Foundation, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Click here to read in…
June 22, 2026 • Blog • By Hyeonjeong Lee and Silvia Muñoz
This blog post was generously supported by the Early Educator Investment Collaborative and is part of our collaborative work on the Compensation Capacity-Building Community of Practice. Recent efforts to reform early care and education (ECE) systems highlight an important lesson: progress depends not only on…
When Early Educators Brought Child Care Inside a D.C. Government Building
June 12, 2026 • Blog • By Leah Gutierrez
During Community Change Action’s 5th Annual Day Without Child Care on May 11, providers closed their doors to make their voices heard. In a historic display of collective power, roughly four thousand parents and child care workers participated in the largest one-day strike in recent child…