Bruce Fuller

Bruce Fuller
Bruce Fuller
Professor,
University of California, Berkeley

Bruce Fuller is professor of education and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. His work focuses on the early learning of young children and the diverse institutions that enrich their development. A former director of PACE and researcher at the World Bank, he taught at Harvard University before returning to California and UC Berkeley. He is author of Standardized Childhood and of Organizing Locally. He is working on a book on the history of civic activism and school reform in Los Angeles. Fuller received his PhD in the sociology of education at Stanford University.

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Publications by Bruce Fuller
Spring 2001 PACE Newsletter, Volume 3, Number 1.
How Mothers Balance Work Requirements and Parenting
This study examines the reasoning and experiences of mothers in selecting childcare while trying to meet welfare-to-work requirements. Three theoretical positions that have been used to look at child care selection—rational choice, structuralist,…
This report is the result of a study conducted for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services. With an expanding economy and increasing numbers of CalWORK's participants moving into the workforce, demand for childcare in Los…
Mothers Balance Work and Child Care Under Welfare Reform—Executive Summary
In the summer of 1998, we began to invite single mothers with preschool-age children—all entering new welfare programs—into a four-year study. Our premiere aim was to learn how the upbringing and development of children may be altered by the…