Jess Carson and Marybeth Mattingly

Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Mom watches her son play on the playground in New Hampshire

Courtesy of Sentinel Source

Research by Jess Carson, research assistant professor at the Carsey School, and Marybeth Mattingly, policy fellow at the Carsey School, show that the pandemic has proven just how fragile the nation’s early childhood care system is. The central problems, according to Carson and Mattingly, are that child care providers don’t generate enough revenue to pay staff members well, making it difficult to find employees; simultaneously, care is too costly for many families to afford.