As any of us know who’ve spent time with preschoolers, they can be highly challenging. They have strong opinions, but...
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.
As the fight for an effective and well-funded child care system continues, philanthropies are exploring innovative avenues to support advocacy...
As a state representative in Michigan, Greg VanWoerkom has gone on a lot of tours of local businesses to find...
This July, American parents started experiencing something brand new. After Democrats passed an expansion of the Child Tax Credit in...
If Tiffany Gale got eight full hours of sleep a night, she’d never be able to get everything done. In...
Child care workers are the backbone of the economy and a smart new campaign from the National Women’s Law Center...
Home-based child care, including licensed Family Child Care (FCC), is an ideal solution for many families, including those who work...
In 2012, Robin Hood partnered with the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University to launch the Poverty...
OPINION: Would You Like Fries with That?
How Low Wages Exploit America’s Child Care Workforce and Undermine its Future
Fast-food giant McDonald’s recently announced that it is raising its entry-level pay within corporate-owned locations. Depending on geography, new hires...
As the debate rages over proposals to improve U.S. child care, several commentators— mostly self-described conservatives—have pointed to Quebec’s child...