The low workforce qualifications in Florida's expanding private child-care industry, 1980-2004

Description:

An examination of Florida?s difficulty in attracting and holding onto a qualified early childhood education (ECE) workforce for its private-sector ECE industry, which has implications for the overall quality of ECE, the long-term outcomes for children, and the workforce community at-large

Resource Type:

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Author(s):

Herzenberg Stephen; Price Mark; Bradley David H.

Publisher(s):

Economic Policy Institute

Country:

United States

Date Issued:

2005

Source:

(EPI Issue Brief No. 216-B). Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved October 19, 2005, from http://www.epinet.org/issuebriefs/216/ib216b-fl.pdf

Note:

This resource uses data from the Current Population Survey, 1983-2004 and the decennial U.S. Census, 1980, 1990, and 2000

Topics:

5. Child Care & Early Education Provider Workforce > 5.5. Recruitment, Retention & Job Satisfaction

5. Child Care & Early Education Provider Workforce > 5.2. Education, Certification, & Credentialing

4. Child Care & Early Education Providers/Organizations > 4.2. Sponsorship

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