Whether parents can claim their infants as dependents on this year’s taxes—or must wait until next year—can have long-lasting impacts...
Isis Mabel made just $4.50 an hour caring for three children when she arrived in Massachusetts from Mexico as an...
The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in unprecedented federal spending in the child care industry. When schools and child care programs shut...
In an era of Congressional gridlock, states are increasingly lighting the path forward around early care and education. I have been immensely impressed by the progress Massachusetts has made in recent years.
“What do you do for child care when your kids are on break from school?” I asked a new acquaintance...
Faisa Farole is the first Black midwife to own and operate a freestanding birth center in the state of Washington....
In Texas, A Break for Child Care Providers Via Property Taxes
Instead of Direct Payments to Providers, a Ballot Referendum in Texas Offers a Property Tax Break
For Alejandra Gardner, it wasn’t until she began receiving funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that her child...
All babies need attention and stimulation. What may be surprising is how little actual instruction they need. Given that the...
Two pieces of news over the past few weeks are causing me to update my prediction and become far more concerned about the coming years.
Quality Journalism Needed to Shift Attitudes on Child Care
Takeaways from the Better Life Lab Child Care Innovation Reporting Grants
It began with Build Back Better. Well, truthfully, it has been a decades-long push for many advocacy organizations to put...
Recently, an unprecedented amount of attention has coalesced around the U.S. child care market. In the wake of Covid-19—with thousands...
Chelsea Page knew when she was pregnant with her second child that, once the baby was born, she was going...
