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Direct linkWhitebook, Marcy; Sakai, Laura – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2004
Demand for child care services has grown steadily over the last few decades due to demographic trends, public policies, newly discovered links between brain development and early environments, and the number of parents entering the labor market for reasons such as welfare reform. As a result, most U. S. children under five spend time on a regular…
Descriptors: Career Development, Child Care, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Persistence
Download full textPhillips, Deborah; Crowell, Nancy; Whitebook, Marcy; Bellm, Dan – 2003
Research on parents has shown the critical contribution that linguistic input plays in fostering early literacy, but there have been no systematic studies of the literacy of the early care and education workforce and its role in fostering quality early learning environments. This report examines the literacy levels of early childhood educators in…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
