We collaborate with many organizations, associations, and government entities as we work to improve how our nation prepares, supports, and rewards the early care and education workforce.
The resources on this page include relevant research and projects of other groups, media articles on the early care and education workforce, links to speeches, lectures and roundtable discussions on workforce issues, and more.
Professional Development Needs of Directors Leading in a Mixed Service Delivery Preschool System
by Sharon Ryan, Marcy Whitebook, Fran Kipnis, & Laura Sakai
This article, published in the Spring 2011 volume of Early Childhood Research & Practice reports on an interview study with directors of Head Start and child care programs who are collaborating with local education authorities to provide publicly funded preschool.
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Posted June 2011.
Should you have a bachelor’s degree to work with young children?
Listen to CSCCE Director, Dr. Marcy Whitebook — in conversation with Dr. Valora Washington and Sarah Garland as they are interviewed by Rae Pica for BAM!Radio — discuss and challenge this question as she presses for a more nuanced conversation about the contextual factors that influence how well teachers of young children are able to apply what they know in order to create quality learning environments.
Posted March 2011.
Tagged as Access to Education, interview, media.
10 Fundamentals of Coordinated State Early Care and Education Data Systems: Inaugural State Analysis
This brochure reports on the results of the Data Quality Campaign’s, in partnership with the Early Childhood Data Collaborative, survey of 48 states and the District of Columbia to track state progress toward implementing the 10 Fundamentals of Coordinated State ECE Data Systems.
Posted March 2011.
10 Years Post-Neurons to Neighborhoods: What’s at Stake and What Matters in Child Care?
Read the transcript of the Keynote Address at the Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of CCDBG given by Deborah Phillips. October 19, 2010.
Posted December 2010.
Getting Started: 10 Fundamentals of Coordinated State Early Care and Education Data Systems
This brochure highlights the importance of coordinated and longitudinal data systems and what states can do to start building them to inform continuous improvement in early care and education.
Posted October 2010.
Tagged as Workforce Data.
Building and Using Coordinated State Early Care and Education Data Systems: A Framework for States
This white paper makes the case for why states should build longitudinal data systems for early care and education, describes the ten fundamentals of a coordinated system with state examples, and provides guidance on how to ensure appropriate access to data, which includes building the capacity for stakeholders to use the data for continuous improvement.
Posted October 2010.
Tagged as Workforce Data.
Getting Organized: Unionizing Home-Based Child Care Providers – 2010 Update
by Helen Blank, Nancy Duff Campbell, and Joan Entmacher (2010)
This 2010 update reports on developments across the country on the growing movement to authorize home-based child care providers to join unions and negotiate with the state for better compensation and working conditions.
Posted September 2010.
Tagged as policy, Report.
Leading for Change: Anyone, Anytime
Read the transcript of the Inaugural Karen Kaye Memorial Lecture, given by Marcy Whitebook, the Director of CSCCE. May 15, 2010.
Posted July 2010.
Tagged as CSCCE, Leadership Development, lecture.