The organization that I chose is Center for the Study of Child
Care Employment (https://cscce.berkeley.edu/).
This organization's purpose is “Conducting research and proposing policy
solutions aimed at improving how our nation prepares, supports, and rewards the
early care and education workforce since 1999.” One issue that catches my attention
immediately is, “Why do parents pay so much for child care when early educators
earn so little?” This catches my attention as both a parent and an early
educator, childcare is quite expensive, and it makes it tough to pay weekly with
how much I make. I am learning that these issues that I see in childcare are
not just my issues, but more people have these issues. I am learning that I am
not alone in how I feel and that there are people out there that want to make a
difference.
This is a great topic that caught and held my attention. Having a degree in education this information was very helpful to me. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHi Mary,
ReplyDeleteIt is true that childcare is expensive and makes it difficult for and almost impossible for parents to afford childcare. I was fortunate that I had my mom to out with my children while I worked.