A new national report from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute highlights Kentucky’s recent legislative efforts to address ...

When it comes to child care, the numbers just don't seem to add up: parents struggle to pay increasing child care tuition costs, child care workers often earn less than a living wage, and child care ...

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Laura VanBlaricum trims a plastic container at the Vantage Plastics facility in Standish, Michigan. Through an arrangement between her employer and the state, VanBlaricum only pays one-third of the ...

If you really want to fix a child welfare system, the solution is simple: Listen to your gut instinct – and do the opposite. Gut instinct says: Another child has died in a case where the file had more ...

Child care. These two words have been part of my daily conversations since COVID-19 exposed just how broken the child care system is: It costs parents too much, pays early educators too little, and ...

This story was first published in EducationNC. Policymakers across the political spectrum ran for office on child care issues in 2024. From the presidential campaigns to local races, Democrats and ...

Without technology, the child care industry will crumble—and so will the economy. Last I checked, no one wants that. Fortunately, organizations across the country are working to bring technology to ...

Cori Fain-Forrest created Moxi, a Birmingham-based child care center and app, after battling for options for her own son. “The burden of child care, a lot of that mental labor, the access, and ...