Category: Child Care
Child care workers are building a network of resistance against Immigration and Customs Enforcement
This story was produced by The 19th and reprinted with permission. The mother was just arriving to pick up her […]
December 3, 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
5 cheat sheets for parents of preschoolers
by Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report November 27, 2025 When my oldest child was a 2-year-old, we relocated to a […]
November 27, 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
Can gifted testing spot potential in young children?
by Sarah Carr, The Hechinger Report November 13, 2025 In New Orleans, a few hundred dollars could once help a […]
November 13, 2025
More States Adopt ‘Tri-Share’ for Child Care, Even As Some Question Its Merits
Michigan’s Tri-Share program recently reached a key milestone: serving more than 1,000 children in the state. By splitting the costs […]
November 11, 2025
As More States Expand Child Care Programs, This Is One to Watch
Jennifer Nicholls is the owner, lead teacher “and cook, nurse and entertainment,” she joked, at Journey Preschool, a home-based early […]
November 6, 2025
Child care crisis deepens as funding slashed for poor families
by Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report November 1, 2025 The first hint of trouble for McKinley Hess came in August. […]
November 1, 2025
‘The clock is ticking’: Shutdown imperils food, child care for many
For families in more than a hundred Head Start programs across the country, November could mark the beginning of some […]
October 29, 2025