Child care is in crisis. New funding aims to bolster workforce, economy

The child care field has a critical worker shortage, and, thanks to a grant, there will soon be training available in Spanish ...
Opinion
The EconomistOpinion

Universal child care can harm children

On November 1st New Mexico’s governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, expanded free child care to all families with children aged six weeks to five years (it had previously been available only to poor and ...
The Economist

One of the poorest states in America introduces free child care

Universal free child care is a popular policy on the American left these days. Zohran Mamdani, New York’s Democratic ...
Consumer Reports

Sending Your Baby to Day Care for the First Time: Tips from Parents and Experts

As she was preparing to send her oldest baby to day care for the first time, Philadelphia mom Elena Anthes was “filled with dread.” “I was worried that our choice [of day care] wasn’t the right one, ...
The Hechinger Report

Daycare, baby supplies, counseling: Inside a school for pregnant and parenting teens

History teacher Trevor Bradley holds a student’s baby while his class completes coursework at Lumen High School. Credit: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...
WUNC

Bigger class sizes included in child care regulatory bill

Students play at the Community School for People Under Six in Carrboro, a child care center that has received federal COVID-19 relief stabilization grants. The state Senate is expected to vote this ...