Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley
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The national leader in early care and education workforce research and policy since 1999.
Educators should be respected, valued and guaranteed economic dignity. Join us in championing early childhood educators' rights, raises, and respect!
Educators should be respected, valued and guaranteed economic dignity. Join us in championing early childhood educators' rights, raises, and respect!
ICYMI --- CSCCE's 2024 Early Childhood Workforce Index has an interactive state-by-state map analysis of the ECE workforce, complete with policy recommendations and more!
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July 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
ICYMI --- CSCCE's 2024 Early Childhood Workforce Index has an interactive state-by-state map analysis of the ECE workforce, complete with policy recommendations and more!
cscce.berkeley.edu/workforce-in...
cscce.berkeley.edu/workforce-in...
ECHOES - CSCCE's online history project compiles those pivotal policy debates, revealing the tight links among race, class, and gender that shaped every compromise.
July 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
ECHOES - CSCCE's online history project compiles those pivotal policy debates, revealing the tight links among race, class, and gender that shaped every compromise.
Monitoring the pulse of #ECE #workforce is essential for providers, policymakers, & families alike. #Childcare employment across the US continued to hold steady in June at 1.1 million jobs, according to our analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report.
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
July 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Monitoring the pulse of #ECE #workforce is essential for providers, policymakers, & families alike. #Childcare employment across the US continued to hold steady in June at 1.1 million jobs, according to our analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report.
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
CSCCE’s new analysis shows the percentage of early educators who are immigrants in each state, from less than 5% in seven states to 38% in Florida. As the administration ramps up its anti-immigrant actions, children, families, & communities are being traumatized.
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
July 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
CSCCE’s new analysis shows the percentage of early educators who are immigrants in each state, from less than 5% in seven states to 38% in Florida. As the administration ramps up its anti-immigrant actions, children, families, & communities are being traumatized.
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
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Apply for the Operations Director position at CSCCE --->> cscce.berkeley.edu/about-us/job...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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June 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We're hiring for the positions of Operations Director and Development Director.
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Please share with your network and apply if interested!
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Their work laid critical groundwork for today’s fights against systemic inequities, linking early learning with racial and gender justice.
Discover the untold stories of these iconic Black women’s club activists in ECHOES, CSCCE's online ECE history project.
cscce.berkeley.edu/projects/ech...
Discover the untold stories of these iconic Black women’s club activists in ECHOES, CSCCE's online ECE history project.
cscce.berkeley.edu/projects/ech...
June 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Their work laid critical groundwork for today’s fights against systemic inequities, linking early learning with racial and gender justice.
Discover the untold stories of these iconic Black women’s club activists in ECHOES, CSCCE's online ECE history project.
cscce.berkeley.edu/projects/ech...
Discover the untold stories of these iconic Black women’s club activists in ECHOES, CSCCE's online ECE history project.
cscce.berkeley.edu/projects/ech...
Early Educators, We Want You!
Educator engagement is a key pillar of CSCCE’s purpose.
We invite early educators to:
● Join us for educator convenings and input sessions
● Serve as reviewers and collaborators on our products
Join us today: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/15f5d...
#WorkforceWednesday
Educator engagement is a key pillar of CSCCE’s purpose.
We invite early educators to:
● Join us for educator convenings and input sessions
● Serve as reviewers and collaborators on our products
Join us today: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/15f5d...
#WorkforceWednesday
June 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Early Educators, We Want You!
Educator engagement is a key pillar of CSCCE’s purpose.
We invite early educators to:
● Join us for educator convenings and input sessions
● Serve as reviewers and collaborators on our products
Join us today: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/15f5d...
#WorkforceWednesday
Educator engagement is a key pillar of CSCCE’s purpose.
We invite early educators to:
● Join us for educator convenings and input sessions
● Serve as reviewers and collaborators on our products
Join us today: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/15f5d...
#WorkforceWednesday
Standards should be aspirational roadmaps crafted with educators, not yardsticks used against them. If ur organization is revisiting compensation, apprenticeship pathways, or QRIS redesign, start with this brief & ask, “Who holds the power to define quality?” The answer must include the #workforce.
June 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Standards should be aspirational roadmaps crafted with educators, not yardsticks used against them. If ur organization is revisiting compensation, apprenticeship pathways, or QRIS redesign, start with this brief & ask, “Who holds the power to define quality?” The answer must include the #workforce.
From paid sick days, preparation time, a voice in curriculum, and on-site protections for their health and safety. Those aspirations still remain strikingly relevant today because the underlying structures have hardly shifted in #ECE.
June 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
From paid sick days, preparation time, a voice in curriculum, and on-site protections for their health and safety. Those aspirations still remain strikingly relevant today because the underlying structures have hardly shifted in #ECE.
“More Than a Paycheck” confronts some of these #structuralissues with 21st-century updates to the teacher-written Model Work Standards. The original 1998 booklet grew out of postcard campaigns and kitchen-table meetings where educators—largely women of color—listed what they really needed...
June 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“More Than a Paycheck” confronts some of these #structuralissues with 21st-century updates to the teacher-written Model Work Standards. The original 1998 booklet grew out of postcard campaigns and kitchen-table meetings where educators—largely women of color—listed what they really needed...
#ECE is rife with racial disparities -- from the low pay for this disproportionately woman of color workforce to access issues faced by black & brown children. Educational equity requires confronting structural racism at every level.
Read “More Than a Paycheck”- cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
Read “More Than a Paycheck”- cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
June 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#ECE is rife with racial disparities -- from the low pay for this disproportionately woman of color workforce to access issues faced by black & brown children. Educational equity requires confronting structural racism at every level.
Read “More Than a Paycheck”- cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
Read “More Than a Paycheck”- cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
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Hear Transitional Kindergarten teachers speak out about expansion and what they need from principals, explore how California’s history shapes today’s ECE system, and more.
Hear Transitional Kindergarten teachers speak out about expansion and what they need from principals, explore how California’s history shapes today’s ECE system, and more.
June 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Hear Transitional Kindergarten teachers speak out about expansion and what they need from principals, explore how California’s history shapes today’s ECE system, and more.
Hear Transitional Kindergarten teachers speak out about expansion and what they need from principals, explore how California’s history shapes today’s ECE system, and more.
Read on and ask: what does your state’s past reveal?
Image below is: A group of Indigenous students and their teachers at Mission San Diego, San Diego, California, ca.1880. (Courtesy of the University of California Berkeley, Bancroft Library via California Digital Library)
Image below is: A group of Indigenous students and their teachers at Mission San Diego, San Diego, California, ca.1880. (Courtesy of the University of California Berkeley, Bancroft Library via California Digital Library)
June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Read on and ask: what does your state’s past reveal?
Image below is: A group of Indigenous students and their teachers at Mission San Diego, San Diego, California, ca.1880. (Courtesy of the University of California Berkeley, Bancroft Library via California Digital Library)
Image below is: A group of Indigenous students and their teachers at Mission San Diego, San Diego, California, ca.1880. (Courtesy of the University of California Berkeley, Bancroft Library via California Digital Library)
NEW REPORT ALERT!!!
California’s “ghosts” still shape who gets child care and who gets poverty wages. Our new report traces racism, colonization, & resistance from 1769 to today—and shows why fixing #ECE starts with facing history.
Read the full report ---> cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
California’s “ghosts” still shape who gets child care and who gets poverty wages. Our new report traces racism, colonization, & resistance from 1769 to today—and shows why fixing #ECE starts with facing history.
Read the full report ---> cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
NEW REPORT ALERT!!!
California’s “ghosts” still shape who gets child care and who gets poverty wages. Our new report traces racism, colonization, & resistance from 1769 to today—and shows why fixing #ECE starts with facing history.
Read the full report ---> cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
California’s “ghosts” still shape who gets child care and who gets poverty wages. Our new report traces racism, colonization, & resistance from 1769 to today—and shows why fixing #ECE starts with facing history.
Read the full report ---> cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
TK teachers need more than praise—they need principals who understand #ECE. Data from CSCCE reveals TK teachers are skeptical of their #ElementarySchoolPrincipals’ ECE knowledge—so they lean on each other & district staff instead. Check out data snapshot for more – cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
June 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
TK teachers need more than praise—they need principals who understand #ECE. Data from CSCCE reveals TK teachers are skeptical of their #ElementarySchoolPrincipals’ ECE knowledge—so they lean on each other & district staff instead. Check out data snapshot for more – cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
Begin your exploration at the Critical Junctures page, dive into Enduring Inequities, and finish with Activist Movements to see the arc of struggle and coming together for change. History isn’t static; it’s a call to action.
June 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Begin your exploration at the Critical Junctures page, dive into Enduring Inequities, and finish with Activist Movements to see the arc of struggle and coming together for change. History isn’t static; it’s a call to action.
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We're hiring for the position of Development Director. The first application review date is June 19th, so if you or someone you know is interested - apply soon!
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We're hiring for the position of Development Director. The first application review date is June 19th, so if you or someone you know is interested - apply soon!
cscce.berkeley.edu/about-us/job...
June 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Please share!
We're hiring for the position of Development Director. The first application review date is June 19th, so if you or someone you know is interested - apply soon!
cscce.berkeley.edu/about-us/job...
We're hiring for the position of Development Director. The first application review date is June 19th, so if you or someone you know is interested - apply soon!
cscce.berkeley.edu/about-us/job...
“If we have more requirements, we need more support. If you’re going to require something, you need to pay for it.”
All early educators deserve access to the training & resources they need.
Learn more about Policy solutions in CSCCE’s 2024 Index Policy Toolkit cscce.berkeley.edu/workforce-in...
All early educators deserve access to the training & resources they need.
Learn more about Policy solutions in CSCCE’s 2024 Index Policy Toolkit cscce.berkeley.edu/workforce-in...
June 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“If we have more requirements, we need more support. If you’re going to require something, you need to pay for it.”
All early educators deserve access to the training & resources they need.
Learn more about Policy solutions in CSCCE’s 2024 Index Policy Toolkit cscce.berkeley.edu/workforce-in...
All early educators deserve access to the training & resources they need.
Learn more about Policy solutions in CSCCE’s 2024 Index Policy Toolkit cscce.berkeley.edu/workforce-in...
California’s TK teachers say the rollout feels like “flying a plane while putting it together.” Our new report documents how large classes, sparse guidance, and leadership gaps risk undermining universal pre-K, #ECE program.
Read the new CA-focused report: cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
Read the new CA-focused report: cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
May 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
California’s TK teachers say the rollout feels like “flying a plane while putting it together.” Our new report documents how large classes, sparse guidance, and leadership gaps risk undermining universal pre-K, #ECE program.
Read the new CA-focused report: cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
Read the new CA-focused report: cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
Still holds true: there’s a wage penalty at every education level for working with younger children. Time for pay equity in #ECE. #ThursdayThoughts
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
May 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Still holds true: there’s a wage penalty at every education level for working with younger children. Time for pay equity in #ECE. #ThursdayThoughts
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
Working parents need access to high-quality, affordable #childcare. Meanwhile, #ECE teachers have trouble providing for their own children due to low pay. Let’s recognize the need for better public investments to best support our working parents🪣🚰
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
May 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Working parents need access to high-quality, affordable #childcare. Meanwhile, #ECE teachers have trouble providing for their own children due to low pay. Let’s recognize the need for better public investments to best support our working parents🪣🚰
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
As debates rage on around fixing our broken childcare system, seems like a good time to remind people why parents pay so much for #childcare when #earlyeducators earn so little.
Check out our #infographic.
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
Check out our #infographic.
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
May 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As debates rage on around fixing our broken childcare system, seems like a good time to remind people why parents pay so much for #childcare when #earlyeducators earn so little.
Check out our #infographic.
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
Check out our #infographic.
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
Let's talk policy solutions to support early educators! State leaders have power- with or without federal funding.
This infographic shows how you can take action to drive state policy change, with links to more info in the 2024 Early Childhood Workforce Index. cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
This infographic shows how you can take action to drive state policy change, with links to more info in the 2024 Early Childhood Workforce Index. cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
March 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Let's talk policy solutions to support early educators! State leaders have power- with or without federal funding.
This infographic shows how you can take action to drive state policy change, with links to more info in the 2024 Early Childhood Workforce Index. cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
This infographic shows how you can take action to drive state policy change, with links to more info in the 2024 Early Childhood Workforce Index. cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
Our latest analysis shows that 5 years after the onset of the pandemic, the child care sector continues to face a long-standing jobs crisis. In the last 6 months, national employment has hovered around 1.1 million.
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
March 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Our latest analysis shows that 5 years after the onset of the pandemic, the child care sector continues to face a long-standing jobs crisis. In the last 6 months, national employment has hovered around 1.1 million.
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...
cscce.berkeley.edu/publications...