The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan signed into law by President Joe Biden has been lauded as a “force for...
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.
On Tomorrow’s Ballot, New Mexico Votes on Funding Universal Child Care
Q and A with a New Mexico Child Care Policy Expert
New Mexico made national headlines in the spring of 2022 when Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham waived child care subsidy copays...
COVID-19 is a bizarre disease that defies easy answers. It impacts the lungs – except when it doesn’t. It brutalizes...
Monitoring the patchwork of responses to COVID-19 across 50 states can be overwhelming. For example, in Washington state, a slowdown...
A new report from New America, Pandemic Planning for Distance Learning, laments the failure of school districts across the country...
Innovations in Child Care: Meeting Parents’ Diverse Needs and Preferences
Part 2 of a 5-Part Series
Our country is in a child care crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, which has shown how difficult it is for...
An Electoral “Children’s Wave”
Q&A with Children's Funding Project Founder Elizabeth Gaines
On November 3rd, seven early childhood ballot initiatives went before voters in cities and counties around the nation. All seven...
A new report commissioned by the Early Educator Investment Collaborative—Mary Pauper: A Historical Exploration of Early Care and Education Compensation,...
As a state representative in Michigan, Greg VanWoerkom has gone on a lot of tours of local businesses to find...
Build Back Better Helps, Not Hurts, Faith-Based Child Care
Critics are Overselling the Changes While Religious Programs Fight for Their Lives
While the investments in early care and education appear broadly safe, one unresolved design question concerns what should be required of child care programs operated by faith communities.