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Erica Greenberg
@ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
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Early childhood policy research. Urban Institute Senior Fellow. Parent of young children and lover of blue skies.
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ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
How can we build more -- and better -- child care in America? @justinbdoromal.bsky.social and I have been studying one answer: raise wages for the early childhood workforce.

Here are three key lessons from state and local wage boost initiatives from coast to coast: www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...
Three Considerations for Improving the Supply and Quality of Child Care by Raising Early Educators’ Wages
To improve child care access and quality, pay raises for the early childhood workforce must be implemented with careful consideration for which staff members are eligible, what the potential drawbacks...
www.urban.org
August 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
Hot off the presses! New findings from our study team: applications for DC’s universal pre-k program have remained steady despite fewer young children in the District.

www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
Applications for DC’s Prekindergarten Lottery Have Remained Steady Despite Fewer Young Children in the District
Washington, DC’s free, universal prekindergarten lottery is a rarity nationwide, and it has managed to sustain its importance to DC families, even as more and more leave the city.
www.urban.org
July 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Reposted by Erica Greenberg
conorpwilliams.bsky.social
Now, as always, @urbaninstitute.bsky.social remains a must read. Especially when @ericahgreenberg.bsky.social is involved. www.urban.org/urban-wire/c...
Cities Are Worried About Losing Families. DC Can Set an Example for How to Keep Them.
Washington, DC, already has policies for making the city more attractive and affordable for families with young children, but the mayor’s proposed budget reduces or eliminates funding for many of thes...
www.urban.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
Proud to join @urbaninstitute.bsky.social colleagues in unpacking how cities in general - and DC in particular - can be the ideal place to raise a family. www.urban.org/urban-wire/c...
Cities Are Worried About Losing Families. DC Can Set an Example for How to Keep Them.
Washington, DC, already has policies for making the city more attractive and affordable for families with young children, but the mayor’s proposed budget reduces or eliminates funding for many of thes...
www.urban.org
June 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Reposted by Erica Greenberg
tiffanyxwu.bsky.social
🤔 What kind of Pre-K experience sets students up for long-term success?

Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question!

🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf

And 🧵👇
A screenshot of the abstract of the working paper Figure 1: School Enrollment Pathways for Lottery Winners and Control Group Students through 8th Grade. This figure represents school enrollment pathways across different school types (BPS, BPS Exam School, non-BPS district school, charter school, and other) for both lottery winners and the control group. The thickness of the lines represents the percentage of lottery winners/control group students that are enrolled in each type of school. Blue lines show the pathways taken by lottery winners, and BPS-specific school categories are highlighted in the light blue boxes. BPS = Boston Public Schools.
May 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Reposted by Erica Greenberg
urbaninstitute.bsky.social
A new summary from the Urban Institute documents the benefits of DC’s #wage enhancement program for early childhood educators – the Early Childhood Educator Pay #Equity Fund – for educator retention in #childcare centers, especially centers accepting child care subsidies. urbn.is/DCFundWage
Figure 1 shows Movement within and out of DC's center-based child care educator workforce, March 2023 to March 2024. At the top, a green shades shows the Newly employed in DC child care centers (679). From left to right in the middle, a blue shade shows Employed in a DC child care center, March 2023 (3,226), Remained at same center (2,057), and Employed in a DC child care center, March 2024 (2,999). Under the blue section, there is a gray section that lists Switched centers (267). At the bottom, a yellow/gold shade lists Left DC child care centers (902). The source is Urban Institute analysis of Division of Early Learning Licensing Tool (DELLT) data. Notes read that based on 3,905 unique educators observed across both time points. We used hire and separation dates included in the DELLT data to determine employment as of March 1st each year. We also used an educator's presence in one file but not another file to determine departure and/or new employment. Note that 64 educators that left DC child care were employed in a facility that had closed by March 1, 2024, signaling a potential layoff. The Urban Institute is listed in blue and black in the bottom right-hand corner.
May 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
🌟What if early educators were paid like K-12 teachers? New evidence from Washington, DC shows what would happen: more stability in the child care workforce, higher-quality caregiving, and greater mental health and financial well-being for early educators.🌟

#EduSkyECEC

www.urban.org/research/pub...
Wage Enhancements Benefit Child Care Staffing in DC
In this summary, we provide sustained evidence of the benefits of the District of Columbia’s wage enhancement program for early childhood educators, the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund, to ch...
www.urban.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
This week, the #DC school lottery will match thousands of families with their first public school. But there is more than one path to enrollment bliss--especially in #pre-k. Check out our new brief on Pathways to Pre-K for more.
www.urban.org/research/pub...
@justinbdoromal.bsky.social #EduSkyECEC
Pathways to Pre-K
In this brief, we map out families’ experiences across application and enrollment to illustrate how families come to enroll, or not enroll, in Pre-K3, DC’s public prekindergarten program for 3-year-ol...
www.urban.org
March 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
Big news! We @urbaninstitute.bsky.social are thrilled to partner with the Bainum Family Foundation's WeVision EarlyEd initiative to help make the ideal real in early childhood by building evidence with families and early childhood professionals.

bainumfdn.org/transforming...
#EduSkyECEC #EduSky
Transforming Child Care from Vision to Reality: Bainum Family Foundation Introduces WeVision EarlyEd Solutions Lab - Bainum Family Foundation
Innovative solutions lab sites in ten states and D.C. aim to demonstrate what’s possible when child care systems are designed by families and practitioners WASHINGTON, D.C.  – The Bainum Family Founda...
bainumfdn.org
March 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
7.5 million students with disabilities stand to be impacted by #federal changes to the US Department of #Education.

New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social research shows how.
urbaninstitute.bsky.social Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social · Feb 21
Dismantling the US Department of Education could affect public school students with disabilities.

A new Urban Wire piece provides an overview of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and examines potential impacts of disrupting the Department of Education’s key functions.
How Dismantling the Education Department Could Affect Disabled Students Across the US
Though states and local governments are primarily responsible for K–12 education, the US Department of Education is critical to ensuring disabled children in every community have access to a free, app...
www.urban.org
March 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Reposted by Erica Greenberg
camarnzen.bsky.social
Amidst all the chaos and upheaval in the education policy world, @annenberginstitute.bsky.social will be hiring several senior research associates in the coming months. Hopefully this helps some of the stellar education policy people find their footing again!
Hiring Soon flyer for the Annenberg Institute at Brown University for senior research associates positions. More information will be shared on the institute's website soon.
March 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
🌟 Did you know that Washington, DC is home to the country’s leading early childhood policy innovations? State and local tax revenue power universal preschool, fair wages for early educators, and much more. In turn, these investments inform communities across the US, improving lives nationwide. 🌟
March 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Reposted by Erica Greenberg
annowens.bsky.social
Another great resource: the Segregation Tracking Project. We built off NCES data to create Longitudinal Imputed School Database. Race/eth and free lunch data for every school in the US 1991-2022. We impute erroneous/missing data but retain original CCD values.

edopportunity.org/segregation/
February 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
🌟 Did you know that most federal education data are archived in the @urbaninstitute.bsky.social Education Data Explorer? It's a great resource for research and analysis - and there's even a full API version linked in thread. 🌟

#EduSky #EdPoliSky #EduSkyECEC
educationdata.urban.org/data-explorer
Education Data Explorer
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February 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social research shows that federal programs being discussed for cuts spend a disproportionate share of their funds on children.

Cuts could massively increase childhood poverty, reduce access to healthcare, & worsen educational outcomes www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
February 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
Great coverage of new findings from our DC Pre-K study c/o @conorpwilliams.bsky.social!

@anikaalam.bsky.social @justinbdoromal.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
New evidence confirms what we know well: starting early is best for students, families, and education systems.

Great new essay from @anikaalam.bsky.social and our DC PreK study team published by the Learning Curve @urbaninstitute.bsky.social.

#edusky #edpolisky #eduskyecec
December 18, 2024 at 8:06 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
Sometimes researchers are lucky enough to study solutions.

Our work on DC's Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund is 2 years in the making and findings are clear.

We know now what a big change it has brought to people's lives. It was long overdue.

www.npr.org/2024/12/12/n...
How D.C. tackled a child care crunch through a tax hike on the rich
In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
www.npr.org
December 16, 2024 at 9:39 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
Proud of our Partner Spotlight from @dcedresearchcollab.bsky.social!

dceducationcollaborative.org/partner-spot...
Urban Institute Explores Multiple Areas of Research on Public Pre-K in DC
dceducationcollaborative.org
December 16, 2024 at 9:26 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
Looking for data and evidence to help advance upward mobility and equity? Follow us at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social with this great new starter pack! 🎉

go.bsky.app/8vqjVD2
December 2, 2024 at 4:11 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
New @npr.org reporting features DC’s Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and the evidence we are building on its many benefits—and lingering challenges. #edusky #edpolisky #eduskyecec

www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
D.C.'s pay equity fund helps increase wages for child care workers
So far, it has helped stabilize and grow the supply of child care workers, helping working families as well as child care workers themselves.
www.wbur.org
November 28, 2024 at 4:46 AM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
Interested in pay equity for early childhood educators? Tune into our webinar this afternoon! #EduSky #AcademicSky www.urban.org/events/benef...
Benefits of the District of Columbia’s Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund for Workforce Well...
www.urban.org
February 7, 2024 at 3:59 PM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
First up, three new fact sheets from our study of DC's pathbreaking Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund highlight benefits to early educators' financial well-being, staff recruitment and retention, and program quality. www.urban.org/research/pub...
Wage Supplements Strengthen the Child Care Workforce
This fact sheet shares 2023 survey and focus group findings from early educators eligible for from the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund in the District of Columbia.
www.urban.org
February 7, 2024 at 2:37 AM
ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
What a day to open up, @bsky.app! On this account, I’ll be sharing early childhood policy research and the occasional kid pics.
February 7, 2024 at 2:33 AM