Boston University: Shaping the Future of Early Childhood Research Policy
Recent Coverage / 2025
WCW Hosts Early Childhood Policy Research Summit
For the media / 2025
The Guardian: How did childcare in the US become so absurdly expensive?
Child care tradeoffs among Massachusetts mothers (2024)
Publications / Journal Publications
Then and Now: Insights into Early Childhood Care and Education
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2024
Understanding ‘Post-Pandemic’ Family Child Care Providers: Survey of New Entrants and Those Who Left the Field (2024)
Publications by title / Fact Sheets & Briefs
Bankrate: Care for one infant costs at least 10% of a family’s yearly income in 48 states
Recent Coverage / 2024
CLASS Training and Supports
All Projects / Active Projects
BabyCenter: As 'childcare cliff' looms, 6-month waitlists and $17K annual fees are already the norm
New Study Focuses on What Home-Based Child Care Providers Need to Survive
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2023
Family Child Care New Entrant Study
The 19th: Democrats and Republicans agree child care is in crisis. Why can’t they get a bill passed?
Recent Coverage / 2023
The Challenges of Accessing Child Care While Working Non-Standard Hours
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2022
STEAM Camps Continue in Nigeria
Detroit Free Press: Inside Detroit's 24-hour child care
Recent Coverage / 2022
Considerations in Conducting Child Care and Early Education Facilities Needs Assessments
Boston Fed: What happens when limited child care options force difficult tradeoffs?
The Impact of Parental Burnout and Time with Children: Family Stress in a Large Urban City During COVID-19 (2022)
Boston Globe: Families in Alabama have free, full-day prekindergarten while many Mass. families can only dream of it
Hechinger Report: Our child care industry is in free fall, and that’s bad news for all children
Recent Coverage / 2021
Bangor Daily News: Maine providers question how Democrats’ social spending bill will help solve child care woes
Research Spotlight: Child Care During the Pandemic
Media Library / Videos by WCW Scholars and Trainers
Washington Examiner: What Biden's 7% cap on child care costs could mean for working and stay-at-home parents
Research Scientist Studies "New Normal" in Child Care
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2021
Accessing Child Care During the Coronavirus Pandemic in Massachusetts (2021)
K-12 Dive: Early childhood must be overhauled to improve pay, career pathways
Crisis and Opportunity: Building a Better Childcare System
Ms. Magazine: The Stimulus Package is a Huge Win for Working Parents—and an Opportunity to Rebuild Our Child Care System
MarketWatch: ‘It’s not going to solve the problem’: Democrats unveil ambitious child-care tax credit, but will it be enough?
Too Much and Not Enough: Family Stresses and Child Care Preferences in Boston During COVID-19 (2020)
A Better Child Care System is Essential to Gender Equality—and Economic Recovery
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2020
COVID-19 and Gender Equality: “This is not about returning to normal”
Integrating Intervention Approaches: Development and Initial Testing of an Early Childhood Education Intervention (2020)
Diverse Education: Closing University Child Care Centers Hurts Both Student Parents and Future Educators
Recent Coverage / 2020
Forbes: Daycare Dilemma: Smaller Classes And Higher Costs Hurting Working Families
WCW Recommends Focus on Early Childhood Care and Education in Reopening Plans
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2020
Parental Work Schedules, CCDF Policies & Child Care Arrangements in Low-Income Families
Science+Art: Designing Accessible Education for Students in Nigeria
New Findings, Publications, Presentations: Education
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Midyear Brief 2018
Early Education and Out-of-School Time Evaluation
Commentary by Wendy Wagner Robeson, Ed.D.
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2017
Commentary: Advancing Early Childhood Care and Education Policy in the U.S.
Opinion / 2018
Global Connections, StemKit: Learning and Teaching in Ghana
STEMKit: Bringing Science Education to Ghana
Student Teachers
Recent Coverage / 2006
Ready Educators Quality Improvement Pilot
All Projects / Archived Projects
Advancing Early Childhood Education Policy in the U.S.
Audio / Audio 2016/2017
The Ready Educators Quality Improvement Pilot (REQIP) Toolkit (2016)
Ensuring Quality Early Care and Education for Young Children
Ready Educators Quality Improvement Pilot: Outcome Evaluation; Final Report (2016)
Page 1 of 3
