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“The Forgotten Ones”—The Economic Well-Being of Early Educators During COVID-19

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https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/brief/the-forgotten-ones-the-economic-well-being-of-early-educators-during-covid-19/
Abstract

For decades, low levels of public investment in this sector have kept the ECE workforce—largely women of color and immigrant women—in a grim financial bind.

During the first year of the pandemic, the majority of early educators continued to work in person—risking their health and that of their families—while K-12 schools closed for distance learning. This report reveals new details on the economic realities of life as an early educator during the COVID-19 public health crisis.


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