Category: Child Care
Lessons from Nixon’s veto in California’s UPK rollout
San Francisco’s UPK Mixed Delivery Working Group convening in Fall 2025 brought together child care providers, educators, policymakers and parents […]
December 23, 2025
Child Care Costs More than Rent in Most Metro Areas. Why Can’t We Fix That?
When it comes to the affordability crisis in child care, Lenice Emanuel says that it’s forcing families to take a […]
December 15, 2025
More Than Half of Child Care Providers Have Gone Hungry, New Report Finds
An early childhood center director in Washington re-draws the weekly menu to contend with the rising cost of food. A […]
December 9, 2025
What Climate Change Means for Little Kids — And Their Caregivers
Late last month, Hurricane Melissa pummeled Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean. It was one of the strongest Category […]
December 1, 2025
After Years Reporting on Early Care and Education, I’m Now Living It
In August 2019, I walked into an early learning center in Philadelphia with a blank reporter’s notebook, a camera and […]
November 17, 2025