Indiana is rewriting the rules for child care providers. Affordability matters, but so does what kids actually learn.

Liuba Grechen Shirley was the first mom to use campaign funds to pay for child care. She's starting a movement – and helping put more moms in office.

"It costs a lot of money to take care of a child's needs." ...

This state-by-state breakdown reveals the highest and lowest child care costs in the country.

As LAUSD expands its early childhood footprint, the district is focusing on bolstering the child-care workforce. Here's how this partnership between an LAUSD adult school and an early education center ...

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Helen Mayer is mother of twin boys. In March 2020, as the pandemic hit, Mayer’s first startup company failed. Simultaneously, the twins’ child care shut down. Mayer became a stay-at-home parent by ...

At the opposite end of our ranking, South Korea, Italy and Malta have free child care for average earners. Germany has one of the highest average household wages on our list, but parents could earn ...

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of the 1990s revolutionized welfare in America, introducing work requirements for cash assistance and reminding us of a fundamental ...

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development recently announced over $1.4 million in child care economic development grants, including a $200,000 award to the ...

The Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce celebrated the inclusion of increased investments in child care and early learning ...

Mere weeks ahead of the Aug. 11 primary election, Lt. Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan visited Pine Pals Intergenerational Learning Child Care and Preschool in Bemidji ...