Child Care Crisis

Pilot Program Insulates Home-Based Child Care Providers from Income Volatility

The Thriving Providers Project, backed by philanthropic dollars, deposits $500 per month into the bank accounts of participating child care providers.

Philanthropic Partnership Aims to Expand Access to High-Quality Child Care

The Investing in America Child Care Partnership has raised $9.6 million to increase child care supply and improve the quality of care.

Election Day Proved That Voters Want Action on Child Care

On Nov. 5, a number of ballot measures supporting child care were approved. What can be learned from the ballot measures that passed and failed?

How Child-Focused Ballot Measures Fared This Election

Voters largely approved funding for children, though holdouts remain.

Q&A: Why the U.S. Is ‘Catastrophically Wrong’ to Separate Early Child Care from Education

In new book, child development expert Dan Wuori dismantles notion of early child care as a form of 'industrialized' babysitting.

As Pandemic Funding Ends, New Survey Shows Parents Facing Host of Child Care Challenges

Families struggling with rising child care prices, unexpected closures and scarcity of providers.

What’s Behind the Explosion of Apprenticeships in Early Childhood Education?