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Oregon Audit Highlights Ongoing Need for Better Early Learning Training and Oversight

The findings align with concerns from current and former staff members quoted in a recent investigation

Kaylee Tornay, InvestigateWest·Sep 19, 2024·3 min read

This article was originally published by InvestigateWest. An audit of the Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care found the...

“What Brings Your Child Joy?” How Oregon Is Reinventing the Kindergarten Transition

Mark Swartz·Aug 17, 2023·4 min read

Just a few weeks after Oregon’s Department of Early Learning and Care broke off from the state’s Department of Education...

How Child Care in Oregon is Saving the Construction Trade

Statewide apprenticeship program with generous child care subsidies also trains and recruits workers

Rebecca Gale·Jan 30, 2023·4 min read

There has been a construction boom in Oregon. Demand in the trade continues to rise yet 90 percent of construction...

ELSI: Oregon’s Higher Education Partner for Early Education

Mark Swartz·Jan 24, 2023·4 min read

Oregon is aiming to improve child care across the state—expanding access, boosting quality and building more sustainability into the system....

5 Top Takeaways: Hunt Institute and Alliance for Early Success Explore Big Wins for Little Kids 2022

Mark Swartz·Dec 22, 2022·4 min read

2022 produced an impressive number of big wins, which the Hunt Institute and Alliance for Early Success explored December 5 in this year’s edition of the Big Wins for Little Kids webinar.

Voices and Visions for Transformative Change from Child Care NEXT

Mark Swartz·Aug 16, 2022·9 min read

Child Care NEXT, a new initiative of the Alliance for Early Success, supports diverse coalitions in states “ready to mount...

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

Part 2 of a 5-Part Series

Rebecca Gale·Jun 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...

5 Top Takeaways from Multnomah County’s Preschool Victory Research Report Release Event

Mark Swartz·Sep 7, 2021·3 min read

Last November, voters in Multnomah County, Ore., approved a measure to form a new universal preschool system. To pay for it, the county, which includes the city of Oregon, will collect a 1.5% tax on incomes of more than $125,000 per year and joint filings topping $250,000.