Elected officials can determine the success or the failure of early childhood education programs by their policy choices. New York...
Elliot’s Provocations unpacks current events in the early learning world and explores how we can chart a path to a...
Nearly Half of American Families Struggle to Afford Diapers
Diaper Need Increases Dramatically as Pandemic-Era Programs End and Inflation Rises
Jasmine Smith couldn’t have guessed the cascading effect her three-year-old daughter’s broken arm would have on their lives. The older...
Colorado Pilot Gives Home Child Care Providers Cash Payments with No Strings Attached
More Providers Stay Open and Manage Income Fluctuations
Angelica Lerrga started caring for children in the basement of her sister’s Colorado home in 2009, after her husband had...
It’s hard enough to find child care in this country that is dependable and affordable when working a regular 9...
More than 700 Child Care Providers Shut Their Doors to Demand Better Pay
“Without Child Care, There’s No Workforce”
Lorretta Johnson has been running a child care out of her home in Austin, Texas since 1999, caring mostly for...
Will Biden’s First Term Have a Lasting Impact on the Child Care Sector?
New Annual Budget Devotes $600 Billion Over 10 Years to Child Care and Early Childhood Education
The race to elect the next president hasn’t officially started, but soon President Joe Biden will turn toward defending his...
Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy made headlines and history when it took 15 rounds of votes for his...
Deborah VanderGaast originally started running a child care business out of her home in Tipton, Iowa in 2005 serving children...
Yesterday, New Mexico voters made history: they overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that makes theirs the first state to guarantee...
Free school meals were a godsend for Lynnea Hawkins long before the pandemic. Her son was living with his father...
Khulood Jamil never shut the doors of her home child care in California’s Bay Area in the early days of...
