The Hechinger Report

We struggle to measure quality child care — and even more to fund it

Sasha Shunk spends story time with the children in her home-based child care program in Portland, Maine. Credit: Courtesy Sasha Shunk The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox.
EdSource

Want quality child care? Pay and train workers like the pros they are

Child care providers and employees have kept our economy going during a time when the government, businesses and families have been focused on Covid-19 “rescue.” Now, as we move to “recovery,” policymakers, influencers, business leaders and ...
NPR

What Makes For Quality Child Care? It Depends Whom You Ask

When Jolie Ritzo was looking for day care for her son Cannon in Falmouth, Maine, she checked out as many centers as she could. She was looking for a place with the right feel. "Most importantly, the people who are providing the care are loving and kind ...
Center for American Progress

Promoting Equitable Access to Quality Child Care

Increased federal investments offer an opportunity to expand equitable access to quality child care for all children and families. The Biden administration, recognizing the long-term needs of this sector, has proposed a $400 billion investment in early ...

Michigan database measures quality of your kid’s child care

There are many ways to measure a child care program's quality. Michigan's Great Start to Quality system is designed to navigate this question.

Nonprofit child care center navigates $44.5 million government cut

The Children's Center of Knoxville celebrates its 50th year in 2026 at an uncertain time due to the loss of funding to help its families and teachers.
EdSource

Amid pandemic, infants especially need quality child care, reformers say

Children are born ready to learn. In the first year of life, the brain doubles, with about 90% of brain growth happening before kindergarten. However, only 1 in 3 eligible children under 5 years old take part in California’s publicly funded early ...
The Hechinger Report

Broken system: Child care subsidies ensure low-quality, limit access

De’ior Hutchins, 2, smiles at some bubbles an assistant librarian blew for the kids during a reading hour at a library in Muskegon, Michigan Credit: Photo: Lillian Mongeau/Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for ...

Living Local Carolina: ABC Quality talks the impact of child care on SC business

WBTW News 13 is proud to partner with the South Carolina Department of Social Services and ABC Quality to present this series of stories highlighting the importance of child care in our community.

Federal payment freeze puts some Minnesota families in danger of losing child care amid investigation into alleged fraud

Some Minnesota families are in danger of losing child care after the US Department of Health and Human Services announced a freeze on child care payments to the state Tuesday amid a federal investigation into allegations of fraud,
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