New Report Advocates for Livable Wages for Early Childhood Educators
Professor Deborah Phillips co-authored a report on the early childhood education聽workforce. Photo by Tess O鈥機onnor.
November 18, 2014鈥擯rofessor of Psychology and her colleagues Marcy Whitebook and Carollee Howes have a comprehensive report entitled Worthy Work, STILL Unlivable Wages: The Early Childhood Workforce 25 Years after the National Child Care Staffing Study.
Published in conjunction with the (CSCCE), the report compares today鈥檚 early childhood teaching workforce to what it was 25 years ago.
CSCCE writes, 鈥淚n addition to examining trends in center-based teachers鈥� education, wages and turnover, the report includes new evidence examining economic insecurity and use of public benefits among this predominantly female, ethnically diverse workforce.鈥�
The report also examines state and national efforts to improve early childhood teaching jobs, and 鈥渙ffers recommendations aimed at reinvigorating a national conversation about the status and working conditions of the more than two million teaching staff who work in our nation鈥檚 early care and education settings.鈥�
To learn more, visit the center鈥檚 . The is also available online.