Our Caring Workforce: Understanding Colorado’s Early Childhood Education Workers
High-quality early childhood education is crucial and not possible without supporting the educators who provide this care.
High-quality early childhood education is crucial and not possible without supporting the educators who provide this care.
There’s increasing acknowledgement we must do more to support our direct care workers. We explore several promising ways to do this.
The long-term care, direct service workforce is growing rapidly. We look at who these workers are, what they do, and why their work matters.
For-profit schools reflect another flaw in the higher education system, thanks to their negative impact on the student debt crisis.
CDLE data point to wages that continue to grow slowly, and show average workers aren't benefiting as much as economic numbers might suggest.
The impacts on higher education and labor markets, as well as the financial well-being of future generations reflect the scale of the student debt crisis.
Rising tuition costs combined with tuition assistance trends exemplify much of the problem underlying the student debt crisis.
Colorado's average cost of child care for a 4-year-old is about $11,000 per year, while infant care is closer to $15,000.
As more states prohibit egregious interest rates, consumers are saving money and avoiding long-term financial pitfalls like bankruptcy. While Colorado has made significant progress, it’s imperative we don’t let our guard down in this new environment.
In Colorado, student loan debt has grown by 176 percent since 2007, reaching $26.4 billion. Our new brief explores the numerous factors to consider as we look for solutions.
