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Lahaina Families Frustrated Over Lack Of Child Care Options

Megan Tagami

Fixing Child Care: What We Can Learn From the Military

Erica Phillips

State Data: Child Care Now Unaffordable for Majority of Families

Sarah Vogelsong

In South Dakota, Momentum Grows for More State Child Care Funding

Makenzie Huber

Ohio House Dems Introduce ‘Priority Investment’ With Family Tax Credit

Susan Tebben

Uncertain Future for Providers as Child Care Crisis Looms

Whitney Downard

South Dakota Unveils $3 Million Grant Program for Community Child Care Solutions

Makenzie Huber

‘Growing Pains’: Microschools Face Regulatory Maze as Approach Takes Hold

Linda Jacobson

Democrats Push to Extend Child Care Grant Program

Samantha Dietel

How States Can Prepare to Aid Families Through the Looming Child Care Crisis

Nicole Norvell

School’s Back in Session. For Early Childhood Education in North Carolina, It Was Never Out

Liz Bell

Washington Business Leaders Hit the Road to Press for More Child Care Investment

Laurel Demkovich

Community College Funds are Needed to Help North Carolina Students with Child Care Costs

Liz Bell

In Wilkes County, North Carolina, Child Care Is ‘a Community Problem’

Liz Bell

$78M Boost to Missouri’s Child Care Subsidy Slated to Reach Providers Next Month

Clara Bates

Without Affordable Child Care, Graduating from College Can Be Nearly Impossible

Nicole Lynn Lewis

South Dakota High School Course Trains Students to Become Child Care Workers

Makenzie Huber

Governors Ask Congress for Federal Child Care Funds as Pandemic Relief Dries Up

Liz Bell

Wisconsin Child Care Providers Warn Loss of Funding Could Force Centers to Close

Christina Lieffring

Report Shows Arkansas Families Face More Challenges in Accessing Child Care

Antoinette Grajeda

Alaska Child Care Providers Say New Grants are Crucial to Staying Open

Claire Stremple

Washington State’s Child Care Gap Proves Tough to Solve

Laurel Demkovich

Survey Finds 9 in 10 N.C. Voters Want More State Investment in Child Care

Katie Dukes

Child Care Advocates Warn of System Collapse at NC Legislative Advocacy Day

Liz Bell

Education is One Area Where ‘Domestic Realists’ Agree. Let’s Build on That

Bruno V. Manno

America’s Child Care Crunch: How States Are Looking to Aid the System

Elaine S. Povich

Experts Make the Urgent Case: ‘Child Care is a Public Good’

Liz Bell & Katie Dukes

Q&A: Education Reporter Anya Kamenetz on COVID Failures & Students’ Stolen Year

Kevin Mahnken

‘Like a Gut Punch’: Advocates Reel as Manchin Compromise Abandons Pre-K

Linda Jacobson

American Child Care Crisis: Data Show 1 in 3 Workers Going Hungry Due to Low Pay

Colin Page McGinnis

Williams: Year-Round Schooling, Not Just a Question of Time, But Quality

Conor P. Williams

Masks in Child Care Reduced Center Closures, Year-Long Yale Study Finds

Linda Jacobson

Biden's Scaled-Down Spending Plan Cuts School Construction, Trims K-12 Workers

Linda Jacobson

Moms Pursuing College Degrees Are Being Sidelined By COVID Child Care Crisis

Jewél Jackson & Victoria Rossi

‘Game of Chicken’ Among Democrats Could Threaten Biden Vision for Schools

Linda Jacobson

New Pandemic Child Care Fix: Employers Are Paying Employees’ Friends to Babysit

Chabeli Carrazana

Senate Advances Biden’s Historic, $3.5T Agenda for Education, Families

Linda Jacobson

Poised to Pass Infrastructure Bill, Dems Push Larger Plan For Schools, Families

Linda Jacobson