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Child Care Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on our already fragile child care system. Providers have closed, others are struggling, and everyone it seems is realizing that without child care, America can’t get back to work. (Yes, child care is infrastructure.) Early Learning Nation is covering the field with rigor and nuance from a historical perspective (Universal Child Care was a great success during WWII), to the latest legislative proposals and to ways that we must transform the way we treat our undervalued and largely unseen child care workforce.

Our Child Care Facilities Are in Crisis But There Are Solutions

Business, Nonprofits, Chambers of Commerce Build Coalitions

Mark Swartz·October 8, 2020·3 min read

In the morning, as children dash into their preschools and home-based care sites, hanging coats and finding favorite toys or...

Universal Child Care Neither New Idea Nor Unprecedented

Bryce Covert·January 12, 2021·3 min read

The idea of creating a national, universal child care system in this country got a turn in the spotlight during...

OPINION: Families Are in Crisis. Business, Government and Philanthropy All Need to Step Up

Antwanye Ford·October 19, 2021·3 min read

As anyone knows who reads Early Learning Nation, not to mention any major newspaper or magazine, child care has dangerously...

Digital Inclusion: A Resource Guide for the Early Learning Community

Mark Swartz·June 8, 2020·2 min read

A new report from New America, Pandemic Planning for Distance Learning, laments the failure of school districts across the country...

Great Beginnings in the Great Plains: Communities for Kids Builds Nebraska’s Child Care Infrastructure, Cultivates All Community Stakeholders

Mark Swartz·January 11, 2022·3 min read

Marti Beard is a fifth-generation rancher in addition to being vice president of Early Childhood Programs of Nebraska Children and...

Child Care is Infrastructure. Biden’s Relief Bill Understands That

Bryce Covert·April 8, 2021·7 min read

After signing a $1.9 trillion relief bill into law, President Joe Biden is taking on his next big policy priority:...

Let’s Talk About the Encouraging COVID Experience of U.S. Child Care Programs

Elliot Haspel·August 28, 2020·7 min read

One of the most frustrating aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the need to act with incomplete information, like driving...

Innovations in Child Care: Meeting Parents’ Diverse Needs and Preferences

Part 2 of a 5-Part Series

Rebecca Gale·June 30, 2022·8 min read

Our country is in a child care crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has shown how difficult it is for...

“You Can’t Compare Apples and Pears”: Setting the Record Straight on Quebec’s Child Care System

Elliot Haspel·June 8, 2021·6 min read

As the debate rages over proposals to improve U.S. child care, several commentators— mostly self-described conservatives—have pointed to Quebec’s child...

OPINION: American Rescue Plan: the United States Finally Invests Serious Resources in Our Children

Bryce Covert·March 19, 2021·5 min read

The United States has finally decided to invest serious resources in our children. It just took a pandemic for it...