Resources
For Advocates & Policymakers
Learn more about the reform needed to build a thriving early care and education (ECE) system. Investigate how California’s early educators are well-equipped to teach transitional kindergarten. View ECE workforce earnings in each state, especially compared to K-12 educators.
Featured Brief
Solutions to the Early Educator Workforce Crisis
How Legislators Can Make a Difference for Kids, Families, and Educators
Early care and education (ECE) reform is a priority issue for the majority of voters across party lines. This fact sheet provides legislators with key issues facing the ECE workforce, state-based solutions, and four action steps to take to champion workforce policies.
Key Findings
California’s center-based early childhood teachers have extensive practical experience, averaging 15 years of teaching children birth to age four.
In Iowa, the median wage for child care workers was $9.35 in 2019, a 3% decrease since 2017.
The wages of early educators are directly tied to the ability of families to pay.
Resources
View CSCCE’s latest research, policy recommendations, and commentary on the early care and education workforce and the need for public investment.
