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In this piece on nontraditional-hour care, we highlight descriptive reports using national data on both families with young children who need nontraditional-hour care, as well as the characteristics of providers who offer nontraditional-hour care.

This chartbook uses data from the 2012 NSECE and 2019 NSECE to describe the center-based ECE workforce that served children five and under not yet in kindergarten

Explore this brief from the OPRE-funded Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS) to understand what is known about what leadership looks like in center-based early care and education settings and how it functions to improve center quality and, in turn, children’s experiences and outcomes.

This user’s guide provides information to support researchers who are conducting secondary analysis with the ExCELS descriptive data.

Learn about ExCELS theory of change which is an illustration of what leadership looks like in center-based ECE settings and how leadership by center managers and teaching staff can influence outcomes.

Learn about Native language use in Region XI Head Start classrooms.

Discover characteristics associated with high center-based workforce turnover from the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE).

Explore OPRE’s study about Head Start’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing on a national survey of Head Start grantees, interviews with Regional Program Managers and Head Start Collaboration Office Directors as well as interviews with program directors, teachers, and family service workers.

This infographic uses data from the 2019 NSECE Center-based Provider Survey to describe subsidy receipt for center-based providers.

Discover an overview of trauma and its impact on child care and early education (CCEE), actionable steps to ensure providers use trauma-informed approaches, and guidance for addressing the needs of young children, parents/caregivers, and CCEE providers.