Losing ground in early childhood education: Declining workforce qualifications in an expanding industry, 1979-2004

Description:

A study of the national educational attainment trends surrounding the early childhood education (ECE) workforce from 1979 to 2004, with examination of the relationship of the ECE industry's expansion with the decline in educational attainment; the data was extracted from the 1979-2004 Current Population Survey

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Herzenberg Stephen; Price Mark; Bradley David H.

Publisher(s):

Economic Policy Institute

Funder(s):

Foundation for Child Development; William Penn Foundation; Heinz Endowments

Country:

United States

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