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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.

Squaring Up with History: Child Trends’ Chrishana Lloyd and Julianna Carlson Dig Deep on the Value of Care

Mark Swartz·November 4, 2022·5 min read

A new report commissioned by the Early Educator Investment Collaborative—Mary Pauper: A Historical Exploration of Early Care and Education Compensation,...

Lessons for Reporting on Child Care – A Glimpse Into the Future

Rebecca Gale·October 12, 2022·5 min read

A former editor of mine, while editing a policy-heavy story that needed more depth, lamented the demise of beat reporting....

What Does Accountable and Justice-Oriented Early Childhood Education Look Like?

Part 5 of a 5-Part Series

Ai Binh Ho·September 21, 2022·25 min read

Many immigrant parents express fear around ECE centers. They worry that their child rearing practices, which may be historically rooted and culturally normative, may be viewed as abuse in the U.S. They also fear being tracked, monitored or reported.

Taking Care of Kids Makes Balancing Work and Life Harder — Particularly for Moms, Poll Finds

Jennifer Gerson and Jasmine Mithani·September 16, 2022·6 min read

The challenge mothers in particular face isn’t new — but it is complex and was only exacerbated by the pandemic. A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll sheds light on the issue.

“I Can’t Compete”: Child Care Providers are Losing Staff to McDonald’s and Target

Bryce Covert·August 30, 2022·9 min read

Khulood Jamil never shut the doors of her home child care in California’s Bay Area in the early days of...

Sharing the Findings from Better Life Lab: Improving Child Care Assistance and Investment

Part 4 of a 5-Part Series

Rebecca Gale·August 23, 2022·10 min read

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

Child Care Crisis

Squaring Up with History: Child Trends’ Chrishana Lloyd and Julianna Carlson Dig Deep on the Value of Care

Lessons for Reporting on Child Care – A Glimpse Into the Future

What Does Accountable and Justice-Oriented Early Childhood Education Look Like?

Taking Care of Kids Makes Balancing Work and Life Harder — Particularly for Moms, Poll Finds

“I Can’t Compete”: Child Care Providers are Losing Staff to McDonald’s and Target

Sharing the Findings from Better Life Lab: Improving Child Care Assistance and Investment

Voices and Visions for Transformative Change from Child Care NEXT

Recent Analysis: Even Before the Pandemic, Child Care Providers Were Overworked and Underpaid

Not a Moment Too Soon: A New Network Offers Promise for Our Broken Child Care Picture

Child Care Innovation: Centralizing Administrative Roles

Elliot’s Provocations: Whither Family, Friends & Neighbor Care?

5 Questions for the Governor: Oklahoma’s Kevin Stitt

More Than Meets the Eye: Jeremiah Program’s Chastity Lord

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