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The 2021 Virginia School Survey of Climate and Working Conditions asked school employees and students following COVID-19 closures, and recent changes in working conditions and school climate. In total, 101,691 educators and 102,519 students responded.
In this report, we present information about a newly developed, comprehensive, and integrated curriculum, STREAMin3, and findings from a pilot evaluation of this curriculum. STREAMin3 was designed for educators’ use in group-based settings serving children from birth to age five.
As part of a research-policy partnership, we conducted the first randomized controlled trial testing the impacts of financial incentives on teacher turnover in ECE settings.
Since 2019, Virginia has been piloting the Teacher Recognition Program (TRP), a financial incentive program aimed at supporting early educators and reducing turnover.
This report describes teacher turnover over an eight-month period in a sample of over 1,000 Virginia child care teachers.
This report describes child care leaders’ staffing challenges during the COVID pandemic using data from a Fall 2020 survey of 262 Virginia child care leaders.
This report describes findings from a survey of nearly 3,000 Virginia parents and caregivers of children ages 3-5 enrolled in early care and education programs in winter of 2020-21.