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Head Start at 60: A Legacy Worth Investing In

Emmy Liss & Sarah Gilliland

To Strengthen the Early Care and Education System, Funding Reform Is Needed

Elliot Haspel

Absent Federal Support, States Become Innovators in Early Care and Education

Rebecca Gale

Across Party Lines, Stakeholders Are Calling for Regulatory Reform in Child Care

Elliot Haspel

Employers Are Filling the Child Care Void, But Is That the Right Solution?

Megan Prior

For Some Tribal Communities, Head Start Programs Provide a Cultural Lifeline

Rebecca Gale

Hustle Math: A Lesson in Reckoning with the Real Cost of Child Care

Melodie Baker

Rep. Melissa Hortman, Killed in Targeted Attack, Was a Champion for Minnesotan Families

Grace Panetta

New Mexico’s Investments in Early Care and Education Begin to Show Progress

Rebecca Gale

Want a Sustainable Child Care System? Invest in Family Child Care Educators

Jessica Sager

Why Early Educators’ Voices Matter

Mark Swartz

American Parents Deserve Better Family-Friendly Policies

Erica Phillips

Head Start May Have Gotten a Reprieve, but It’s Not Out of the Woods

Katie Hamm

Officials Sound Alarm Over Delayed Federal Child Care Payments to States

Bryce Covert

Wisconsin Is Cutting State Funding for Child Care. Providers Are Taking a Stand

Elliot Haspel

Child Care: A New Amenity in Luxury Apartments

The 74

Survey: Wisconsin Child Care Providers Forecasts Closures, Tuition Hikes Without State Support

Erik Gunn

What the Looming Child Tax Credit Expiration Means for Your Family

Rebecca Gale & Dianne Kirsch

‘Chainsaw Approach’ to Budget Cuts Leaves Military Families as Collateral Damage

Elliot Haspel

Child Care Centers Embedded in Empty Classrooms Support Teachers, Schools

Mark Swartz

Families and Providers Deserve More Notice When Child Care Programs Close

Elliot Haspel

Early Educators and Child Care Providers Seek Legal Advice on Immigration

Mark Swartz

How COVID Shaped Child Care and Early Learning

Kendra Hurley

How Early Relationships Fuel Brain Development and Learning

Isabelle Hau & Michelle Kang

Could New York Become the First Major City to Offer Universal Child Care?

Bryce Covert

A Rapid Succession of Child Care Closures Calls for Close Scrutiny

Elliot Haspel

A New Documentary Makes a Powerful Case for Early Education

Mark Swartz

Flipping the Script on Universal Child Care

Elliot Haspel

How Intergenerational Day Centers Benefit Children, Families, Seniors and Providers

Mark Swartz

Family Child Care Providers See Gains Under Vermont’s New Child Care Law

Rebecca Gale

As Schools Shrink, D.C.’s Public Pre-K Shows Lasting Enrollment Benefits

Conor P. Williams

Why ‘Family, Friend and Neighbor Care’ Is Core to America’s Child Care System

Ashley Álvarez

Open Letter: Coalition Urges Trump to Prioritize Child Care and Early Learning

Sarah Rittling

Federal Funding Upheaval Is Harmful for Children, Parents and Educators

Elliot Haspel

Big Ten Early Learning Alliance Shines a Light on Early Childhood Data Solutions

Mark Swartz

For Childcare Providers, Wildfires Are Just One More Crisis

Libby Rainey

Philadelphia Pilot Program Pays Home-Based Child Care Providers $500 Every Month

Mark Swartz

What to Expect on Child Care from Trump’s Second Presidency

Elliot Haspel

Philanthropic Partnership Aims to Expand Access to High-Quality Child Care

Mark Swartz

2024 Research Roundup: 3 Must-Read Studies About Early Care and Education

Kendra Hurley

Election Day Proved That Voters Want Action on Child Care

Bryce Covert

2024 Must-Reads: 9 Stories About Early Care and Education That We Can’t Stop Thinking About

Marisa Busch

Want to Offset Inflation for Working Families? Update the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit

Gabrielle Pepin

KinderCare Went Public. What Does This Mean for the American Child Care System?

Elliot Haspel

How Child-Focused Ballot Measures Fared This Election

Jackie Mader

Has the 2024 Election Cycle Set the Stage for a National Consensus on Child Care?

Elliot Haspel

North Carolina, New York and LA Will Help Pay for Child Care While Voting

Chabeli Carrazana

The 74 Announces Expansion of Education News Network With Addition of Early Learning Nation

The 74

America Doesn’t Know How to Talk About Child Care

Elliot Haspel

Child Care Subsidies Expanding for Some Washington Families

Laurel Demkovich

Simplicity, Visibility and Tangible Child Care Solutions: Q&A With Bainum Family Foundation’s Marica Cox Mitchell

Mark Swartz

Mental Health Support for Toddlers has Lagged in Texas. That’s Now Changing

Stephen Simpson

Universal Pre-K Among the Most Effective Labor Market Policies, Study Finds

Madison McVan

Coaching as Mutual Learning: How First Up Supports Philadelphia’s Child Care Workforce

Mark Swartz

New York Child Care Providers are Bleeding Workers

Julia Rock

Exclusive: As Pandemic Funding Ends, Parents Face Host of Child Care Challenges

Amanda Geduld

The Children’s Agenda: What a Harris-Walz Administration Could Mean For Families

Bryce Covert

Ohio’s Economy Could Be Impacted by Billions Due to Struggling Child Care

Susan Tebben

Child Care Down on the Farm

Elliot Haspel

Payment Backlog Leaves Missouri Child Care Providers On the Brink of Closing

Clara Bates & Anna Spoerre

Care is No Ordinary Good

Elliot Haspel

Illinois Governor Signs Bill Creating New Department of Early Childhood

Peter Hancock

How North Carolina Community Colleges Provide Child Care Support

Liz Bell

If Only Child Care Costs Were Transparent, Searches Would Be Simpler and Easier

Haley Swenson

For Child Care Workers, State Aid For Their Own Kids’ Care Is ‘Life-Changing’

Elaine S. Povich

This Child Care Provider is Working To Ensure ‘An Invisible Workforce’ is Seen

Liz Bell

North Carolina is Losing Billions Yearly Due to Insufficient Child Care

Liz Bell

QUALITYstarsNY: Growing the Empire State’s Child Care Sector

Mark Swartz

5 Top Takeaways from Start Early’s Advocacy & Policy Community of Practice Webinar

Mark Swartz

Summertime, Summertime (Child Care) Sadness

Elliot Haspel

Alaska Lawmakers Pass Child Care Legislation to Buoy Sector ‘In Crisis’

Claire Stremple

New Report: Convergence’s ‘In This Together’ Offers Framework for Families with Children

Mark Swartz

North Carolina Child Care Providers Rally at General Assembly

Liz Bell

Wisconsin Child Care Providers Hang On, Renew Call For Strong Public Support

Erik Gunn

On the Other Side of the Child Care Cliff, Over 1,000 Providers Stage One-Day Strike for A Day Without Child Care

Bryce Covert

North Carolina Has Lost Almost 5% of Its Child Care Programs Since Pandemic

Katie Dukes

Faith-Based Child Care Activism in Minnesota: Because Kids Count on Us

Mark Swartz

Why is Child Care So Expensive? What We Can Do About It.

Rebecca Gale & Dianne Kirsch

Grandmothering While Black — Our Policies Were Not Built for the Rise of Grandma-Led Households

Haley Swenson

Finding a Home for Family Child Care in Publicly Funded Preschool

K.C. Compton

Nearly a Third of North Carolina Child Care Providers to Close Within Months

Katie Dukes

Connecticut Lawmakers Want $100M for Child Care ‘Trust Fund’

Erica Phillips

Some States Have Avoided the Child Care Cliff

Bryce Covert

Avoiding the Implementation ‘Valley of Death’

Elliot Haspel

Kentucky Families Face Tough Choices if Child Care Funding Doesn’t Come Through

Sarah Ladd

Child Care Solutions Need to Target Most Vulnerable Communities, Report Argues

Liz Bell

5 Top Takeaways from New America’s Better Life Lab Conversation with Child Care Advocates and Policy Leaders

Elise Anderson

Ahead of the Game: How the American Rescue Plan Act Rescued One Maryland Family Care Program, and What Comes Next

Mark Swartz

Tribal Early Learning Hub Collapses After Recent Mandate by Oregon Legislature

Kaylee Tornay

Play Is a Child’s Search for Meaning: Q&A with Brenda Fyfe

Mark Swartz

North Carolina Loses More Licensed Child Care Programs, Funding Cliff Approaches

Katie Dukes

Au Pairs Are Supposed to be Cultural Exchange Visitors. In Reality, They Provide Child Care for $4.35 an Hour

Bryce Covert

Virginia Lawmakers Propose Long-Term Fixes to Child Care Affordability

Nathaniel Cline

Robin Hood’s Child Care Quality and Innovation Initiative: “There Is No Better Investment”

Mark Swartz

Using Public Land to Fund Child Care? WA Lawmakers are Considering it

Laurel Demkovich

How the Enduring Belief About Child Care – I Don’t Want Someone Else Raising My Kid – Hurts Us All

Haley Swenson

Paying Up: Enhancing Child Care Compensation Systems in Colorado, D.C. and Louisiana

Mark Swartz

New Mexico Leaders Are Striving to Ensure That ‘Your State is Your Village.’

Liz Bell

Kentucky Senate Committee Ponders Coming Crisis in Child Care

Sarah Ladd

New Family College to Benefit Two Generations of Texas Students

Daniel Perez
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