Publications
Explore our publications from the last two decades.
Explore our publications from the last two decades.
Infographic: 2024 Early Childhood Workforce Index
January 28, 2025 • Infographic • By Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE)
This infographic highlights key findings and policy solutions from the 2024 Early Childhood Workforce Index. Powered By EmbedPress…
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.