Early educators earn one third to one half of k-12 educators' wages and over half rely on public assistance¶
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q2 i? Child care and preschool educators, disproportionately women of color, earn one third to one half of the wages of k-12 educators, and over half rely on public assistance. → Building a National Early Childhood Education System That Works 2021
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Building a National Early Childhood Education System That Works 2021¶
Building a National Early Childhood Education System That Works. (2021). Learning Policy Institute. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED614493
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The Background section's workforce discussion reports wage and assistance figures for the ECE workforce, citing the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment's Early Childhood Workforce Index. It states educators "earn one third to one half of the wages of k–12 educators." These are descriptive statistics with no effect size.
"Child care and preschool educators, who are disproportionately women of color, earn one third to one half of the wages of k–12 educators, and over half rely on public assistance to make ends meet."
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Related Claims¶
- Teachers of color earn a smaller share of non-teacher college-graduate wages than teachers overall — related
- Public school teachers earned about 20% less in weekly wages than nonteacher college graduates in 2019 — related
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Early educators earn one third to one half of k-12 educators' wages and over half rely on public assistance |
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Early educators earn one third to one half of k-12 educators' wages and over half rely on public assistance |
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