Publications

2020

Response to Yale Study on Safety of Child Care During COVID-19

October 16, 2020
Press Release

Marin County Center-Based Early Care & Education Workforce Study 2019

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September 29, 2020
Report

Is child care safe when school isn’t? Ask an early educator

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September 22, 2020
Commentary

California Child Care in Crisis: The Escalating Impacts of COVID-19 as California Reopens

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July 22, 2020
Fact Sheet

A Regional Look at California Child Care at the Brink: Understanding the Impact of COVID-19

July 15, 2020
Fact Sheet

In Solidarity

June 1, 2020
Commentary

California Child Care at the Brink: The Devastating Impact of COVID-19 on California Child Care

May 7, 2020
Fact Sheet

Covid-19 Financial Relief Resources for Early Care and Education Workers

May 6, 2020
Fact Sheet

Child care teachers are essential workers—let’s treat them that way

May 5, 2020
Infographic

Rights, Raises, Respect: Worthy Wage Day 2020

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April 30, 2020
Blog

Recommendations for the Stabilization and Survival of the Essential Early Care and Education Sector

April 15, 2020
Commentary

Statement on the Provision of Emergency Child Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 7, 2020
Commentary

Why do parents pay so much for child care when early educators earn so little?

April 6, 2020
Infographic

Babies Don’t Do Social Distancing

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April 3, 2020
Blog

Increased Compensation for Early Educators: It’s Not Just “Nice to Have” — It’s a Must-Have

February 11, 2020
Blog

What’s causing the shortage of qualified early care and education teachers? There’s a hole in the bucket.

February 11, 2020
Infographic

Educator Work Environments Are Children’s Learning Environments: How and Why They Should Be Improved

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January 21, 2020
Blog

[VIDEO] Lea Austin on Racial Wage Gaps in Early Education Employment

January 16, 2020

Financing Early Educator Quality: A Values-Based Budget for Every State

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January 15, 2020
Report

Who’s Paying Now? The Explicit and Implicit Costs of the Current Early Care and Education System

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January 15, 2020
Report
2019

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

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December 19, 2019
Report

Racial Wage Gaps in Early Education Employment

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December 19, 2019
Brief

Strengthening the Knowledge, Skills, and Professional Identity of Early Educators: The Impact of the California SEIU Early Educator Apprenticeship Program

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December 19, 2019
Report

A Bizarro World for Infants and Toddlers and Their Teachers

December 6, 2019
Article

Supporting a Diverse, Qualified Early Educator Workforce: Aligning Policy with Research and Realities

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December 4, 2019
Blog

The Model Work Standards

November 19, 2019
Report

The Return of the Model Work Standards

November 19, 2019
Blog

A Workforce Data Deficit Hinders Improved Preparation, Support, and Compensation of Early Childhood Educators

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October 10, 2019
Blog

Breaking the silence on early child care and education costs: A values-based budget for children, parents, and teachers in California

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July 23, 2019
Report

New report estimates the true cost of early child care and education

July 23, 2019
Press Release

Financing Early Educator Teacher Quality

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July 22, 2019
Report

From Unlivable Wages to Just Pay for Early Educators

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May 1, 2019
Report

Worthy Wage Day 2019: From Aspiration to Reality

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May 1, 2019
Blog

Teachers’ Voices: Work Environment Conditions That Impact Teacher Practice and Program Quality – Miami-Dade County

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April 23, 2019
Report

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

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April 23, 2019
Report

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

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April 23, 2019
Report
2018

2018 State Guide

November 26, 2018
Fact Sheet

California’s ECE Workforce: What We Know Now and the Data Deficit That Remains

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October 31, 2018
Report

Understanding Many Languages: Preparing Early Educators to Teach Dual Language Learners

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October 24, 2018
Brief

Tennessee Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

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September 25, 2018
Report

Infographics

September 3, 2018
Media

Washington Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

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August 30, 2018
Report

Mississippi Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

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August 30, 2018
Report

A Critical Calculation

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August 30, 2018
Brief

Oregon Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

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August 30, 2018
Report

Arkansas Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

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August 30, 2018
Report

2018 Early Childhood Workforce Index Demonstrates Urgency of Taking Action to Improve Early Childhood Jobs

July 31, 2018
Blog

Supporting the Infant-Toddler Workforce: A Multi-Pronged Approach is Urgently Needed

July 11, 2018
Blog

Why Do Parents Spend So Much On Child Care, Yet Early Childhood Educators Earn So Little?

July 11, 2018
Video

The Early Childhood Workforce Index 2018

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June 27, 2018
Report

State Profiles

June 27, 2018
Fact Sheet

Interactive Map

June 27, 2018
Media

Frequently Asked Questions

June 27, 2018

Social Media Toolkit

June 27, 2018
Media

UC Berkeley Releases Comprehensive State-by-State Analysis of the Early Childhood Workforce

June 27, 2018
Press Release

At the Wage Floor

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May 22, 2018
Report

Missing Information Hampers Policymaking for Young Children

May 7, 2018
Blog

The Workforce Data Deficit

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May 1, 2018
Brief

Opportunity, Access, and Respect for Early Educators

April 23, 2018
Blog
2017

Florida Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

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December 14, 2017
Report

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

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December 14, 2017
Report

Strategies in Pursuit of Pre-K Teacher Compensation Parity: Lessons From Seven States and Cities

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October 3, 2017
Report

Equal Pay for Pre-K and Teachers of Older Children: Case Studies from the Field

October 3, 2017
Press Release

Closing the Gap Between Science and Policy on What Early Educators Must Know and Do

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September 16, 2017
Commentary

Getting it Right for Our Babies- Video now in Spanish and English

June 7, 2017
Video

Using the Index in Your State

May 24, 2017
Webinar

Using the Early Childhood Workforce Index to Inform State Advocacy, Policy, and Action: Strategies for State Leaders

May 23, 2017
Fact Sheet

For Preschool Teachers, More Education Doesn’t Always Mean Better Earnings

April 25, 2017
Press Release

In Pursuit of Pre-K Parity: A Proposed Framework for Understanding and Advancing Policy and Practice

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April 25, 2017
Brief

Teacher Compensation Parity Policies and State-Funded Pre-K Programs

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April 25, 2017
Report

What does good child care reform look like?

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March 29, 2017
Report

Good child care reform should help parents, children, and child care workers

March 29, 2017
Press Release

Alameda County Early Care and Education Workforce Study 2016

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March 26, 2017
Report

Educator Expectations, Qualifications, and Earnings: Shared Challenges and Divergent Systems in ECE and K-12

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February 28, 2017
Brief

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

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February 21, 2017
Report
2016

Early Educators Need Improved Working Conditions to Advance Children’s Development

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November 17, 2016
Commentary

High-Quality Early Education and Care Requires High Standards for Early Educator Qualifications

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October 26, 2016
Commentary

America’s Early Educators Infographic

July 8, 2016

About the Early Childhood Workforce

July 7, 2016

The Early Childhood Workforce Index 2016

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July 7, 2016
Report

Media Toolkit

July 7, 2016
Media

State Profiles

July 7, 2016
Fact Sheet

Frequently Asked Questions

July 7, 2016

Podcast: Professional Expectations Without Professional Conditions

May 12, 2016
Media

Worthy Wage Day: Reinvigorating the Movement

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May 6, 2016
Commentary

If Only We Appreciated Early Educators Enough to Pay Them Worthy Wages

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May 6, 2016
Commentary

Mentoring and Coaching: Distinctions in Practice

March 1, 2016
Commentary
2015

New York Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

December 1, 2015
Report

Early Childhood Higher Education: Taking Stock Across the States

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November 1, 2015
Brief

It’s time to change how we prepare and support early childhood educators

October 19, 2015
Commentary

California Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

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October 1, 2015
Report

Nebraska Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

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September 1, 2015
Report

Indiana Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

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September 1, 2015
Report

For universal Pre-K, the devil is in the details

February 24, 2015
Commentary

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Worthy Work, STILL Unlivable Wages Webinar

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February 4, 2015
Media

HuffPost Live: Can Obama Address The Mess Of American Child Care?

January 29, 2015
Media

Addressing Infant Toddler Teacher Compensation

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January 1, 2015
Brief

Challenges and Opportunities for Including Coursework on Infants and Toddlers in Higher Education Degree Programs

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January 1, 2015
Brief
2014

Teaching: Worthy Work With Puny Pay

December 10, 2014
Commentary

Worthy Work, STILL Unlivable Wages: The Early Childhood Workforce 25 Years after the National Child Care Staffing Study

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November 1, 2014
Report

Building a Skilled Teacher Workforce

September 1, 2014
Report

Mentors as Teachers, Learners, and Leaders

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July 1, 2014
Article

Assessing What Teachers Need to Help Children Succeed

June 25, 2014
Press Release

Adult Learning Environments & Teacher Practice

March 21, 2014
Commentary

Strengthening the math-related teaching practices of the early care and education workforce: Insights from experts

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March 1, 2014
Report

The Debate About Paying for Preschool is a Debate About Income Inequality

February 5, 2014
Commentary

Science of Children: Perspectives on the Workforce for Birth through 8

February 2, 2014
Media

Supportive Environmental Quality Underlying Adult Learning (SEQUAL)

January 1, 2014

Yes They Can: Supporting Bachelor Degree Attainment for Early Childhood Practitioners

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January 1, 2014
Report
2013

Supporting Teachers as Learners: A Guide for Mentors and Coaches in Early Care and Education

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July 15, 2013
Book

Preschool Teaching at a Crossroads

July 1, 2013
Article

New Hampshire Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

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July 1, 2013
Report

Rights, Raises, Respect for Early Childhood Teachers

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July 1, 2013
Article

Access to Quality: Early Learning for California Preschoolers in Subsidized License-Exempt Settings

June 1, 2013
Report

From Aspiration to Attainment: Practices That Support Early Childhood Degree Attainment, Los Angeles Universal Preschool’s Child Development Workforce Initiative

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January 1, 2013
Report

New Jersey Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

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January 1, 2013
Report

Rhode Island Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory

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January 1, 2013
Report
2012

Developing Coordinated Longitudinal Early Childhood Data Systems: Trends and Opportunities in RTT-ELC Applications

September 1, 2012
Brief

Learning Together: A Study of Six B.A. Completion Cohort Programs in ECE (Year 4 Report)

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February 1, 2012
Report

More than Teachers: The Early Care and Education Workforce

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January 1, 2012
Book

By Default or By Design? Variations in Higher Education Programs for ECE Teachers and Their Implications for Research Methodology, Policy, and Practice

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January 1, 2012
Report

Early Care and Education Leadership and Management Roles: Beyond Homes and Centers

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January 1, 2012
Report
2011

Caring for Rosie the Riveter’s Kids

November 1, 2011
Commentary

Should you have a bachelor’s degree to work with young children?

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April 1, 2011
Media

Degrees in Context: Asking the Right Questions about Preparing Skilled and Effective Teachers of Young Children

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April 1, 2011
Brief

Learning Together: A Study of Six B.A. Completion Cohort Programs in ECE (Year 3 Report)

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February 1, 2011
Report

Workforce Information: A Critical Component of Coordinated State Early Care and Education Data Systems

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January 1, 2011
Report

The Early Childhood Mentoring Curriculum

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January 1, 2011
Book

Staff Preparation, Reward, and Support: Are Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Including All of the Key Ingredients Necessary for Change?

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January 1, 2011
Report

Professional Development Needs of Directors Leading in a Mixed Service Delivery Preschool System

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January 1, 2011
Article
2010

Building and Using Coordinated State Early Care and Education Data Systems: A Framework for States

August 1, 2010
Report

Leading for Change: Anyone, Anytime

May 5, 2010
Commentary

Underpaid Early Childhood Professionals: Finding the path to better pay (NAEYC Radio)

February 1, 2010
Media

Learning Together: A Study of Six B.A. Completion Cohort Programs in ECE (Year 2 Report)

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January 1, 2010
Report

Beyond Homes and Centers

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January 1, 2010
Report
2009

Preparing Teachers of Young Children: The Current State of Knowledge, and a Blueprint for the Future

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May 1, 2009
Report

Leadership in Early Childhood: A Curriculum for Emerging and Established Agents of Change

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January 1, 2009
Report
2008

Diversity and Stratification in California’s ECE Workforce

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November 1, 2008
Report

Learning Together: A Study of Six B.A. Completion Cohort Programs in ECE (Year 1 Report)

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July 1, 2008
Report

Partnering for Preschool: A Study of Center Directors in New Jersey’s Mixed-Delivery Abbott Program

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February 1, 2008
Report

Early Childhood Educator Competencies: A Literature Review of Current Best Practices, and a Public Input Process on Next Steps for California

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February 1, 2008
Report
2007

Disparities in California’s Child Care Subsidy System: A Look at Teacher Education, Stability and Diversity

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January 1, 2007
Brief

Chutes or Ladders? Creating Support Services to Help EC Students Succeed in Higher Education

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January 1, 2007
Report
2006

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Family Child Care Providers, Alameda Country 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Family Child Care Providers, Los Angeles Country 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Family Child Care Providers, Marin Country 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Family Child Care Providers, Merced Country 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Family Child Care Providers, Mono Country 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Family Child Care Providers, Sacramento Country 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Family Child Care Providers, Santa Francisco Country 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Family Child Care Providers, Santa Barbara Country 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Family Child Care Providers, Santa Clara Country 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Family Child Care Providers, Statewide 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Child Care Centers, Marin County 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Child Care Centers, Alameda County 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Child Care Centers, Los Angeles County 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Child Care Centers, Merced County 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Child Care Centers, Mono County 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Child Care Centers, Sacramento County 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Child Care Centers, San Francisco County 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Child Care Centers, Santa Clara County 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Child Care Centers, Santa Barbara County 2006

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August 14, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed Child Care Centers, Statewide 2006

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August 13, 2006
Report

Roots of Decline: How Government Policy Has De-Educated Teachers of Young Children

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January 1, 2006
Report

Clearing a Career Path

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January 1, 2006
Report

California Early Care and Education Workforce Study

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January 1, 2006
Report
2005

Time to Revamp and Expand

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August 1, 2005
Report
2004

Two Years in Early Care and Education: A Community Portrait of Quality and Workforce Stability, Alameda County, California

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January 1, 2004
Report

Teacher Credentialing in ECE: Prospects for Universal Preschool in California

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January 1, 2004
Report

Compensation and Comparable Worth: What Lies Ahead for California’s Preschool Teachers?

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January 1, 2004
Report

By a Thread: How Child Care Centers Hold On to Teachers, How Teachers Build Lasting Careers

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January 1, 2004
Book
2003

Evaluating The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS): Assessing Differences Between the First and Revised Edition

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December 1, 2003
Report

Turnover Begets Turnover: An Examination of Job and Occupational Instability Among Child Care Center Staff

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September 1, 2003
Report

Universal Preschool in California: An Overview of Workforce Issues

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April 1, 2003
Report

Change and Stability Among Publicly Subsidized License-Exempt Child Care Providers

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January 1, 2003
Report

English Literacy Levels of Child Care Providers

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January 1, 2003
Report

Early Education Quality: Higher Teacher Qualifications for Better Learning Environments – A Literature Review

January 1, 2003
Report

Determinants of State Child Care Utilization Patterns for Estimating the Size of the Child Care Workforce at the State Level

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January 1, 2003
Report

Child Care Workers and the Aftermath of September 11

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January 1, 2003
Brief
2002

Inside the Pre-K Classroom: A Study of Staffing and Stability in State-Funded Pre-K Programs

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October 1, 2002
Report

Estimating the Size and Characteristics of the U.S. Child Care Workforce

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May 1, 2002
Report
2001

Finding A Better Way: Defining and Assessing Public Policies to Improve Child Care Workforce Compensation

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January 1, 2001
Report

Working for Worthy Wages: The Child Care Compensation Movement, 1970-2001

January 1, 2001
Report

Then and Now: Changes in Child Care Saffing, 1994-2000

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January 1, 2001
Report
2000

The CARES Initiative in California: Pursuing Public Policy To Build a Skilled and Stable Child Care Workforce, 1997-2000

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June 1, 2000
Report
1999

Taking on Turnover: An Action Guide for Child Care Center Teachers and Directors

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January 1, 1999
Book
1998

Worthy Work, Unlivable Wages: The National Child Care Staffing Study, 1988-1997

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January 1, 1998
Report
1997

Who’s Missing at the Table? Leadership Opportunities and Barriers for Teachers and Providers

January 1, 1997
Brief

NAEYC Accreditation as a Strategy for Improving Child Care Quality

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January 1, 1997
Report
1993

The National Child Care Staffing Study – Revisited Four Years in the Life of Center-Based Child Care

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January 1, 1993
Report
1989

Who Cares? Child Care Teaching and the Quality of Care in America

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January 1, 1989
Report
1986

Who are the Child Care Workers?

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May 1, 1986
Commentary