Faculty & Research Published Research Research (-) Education Facet Area of Focus - Research Benjamin Castleman (-) Daphna Bassok Facet People - Research (-) EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness Facet UVA Partner - Research Published Research Education Hard-to-staff centers: Exploring center-level variation in the persistence of child care teacher turnover Authors: Daphna Bassok, Justin B. Doromal, Laura Bellows, Anna J. Markowitz High rates of teacher turnover in child care settings have negative implications for young children's learning experiences and for efforts to improve child care quality. Prior research has explored the prevalence and predictors of turnover at the individual teacher level, but less is known about turnover at the center level––specifically, how turnover varies across child care centers or whether staffing challenges persist year after year for some centers. This study tracks annual turnover rates for all publicly funded child care centers that were continuously operating in Louisiana from the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years. Learn more
Published Research Education Hard-to-staff centers: Exploring center-level variation in the persistence of child care teacher turnover Authors: Daphna Bassok, Justin B. Doromal, Laura Bellows, Anna J. Markowitz High rates of teacher turnover in child care settings have negative implications for young children's learning experiences and for efforts to improve child care quality. Prior research has explored the prevalence and predictors of turnover at the individual teacher level, but less is known about turnover at the center level––specifically, how turnover varies across child care centers or whether staffing challenges persist year after year for some centers. This study tracks annual turnover rates for all publicly funded child care centers that were continuously operating in Louisiana from the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years. Learn more