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 ...
The beginning years of a child's life are marked by rapid brain development and laying the groundwork for future learning. It is during this crucial period that children's cognitive, physical, social ...
There’s a reason former U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers, who leads the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, highlights the chamber’s belief that “a lack of access to affordable child care is one of the most pressing ...
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Emphasizing a “caregiving crisis” caused by inadequate access to affordable care for children under age five, the Biden campaign highlighted a universal child care plan that aims to “cultivate the ...
Low-quality care in the first few years of life can have a small but long-lasting impact on a child's learning and behavior, according to new results from the largest, most authoritative assessment of ...
Dawn Blalock didn't want to switch to Ohio's five-star rating system for child care facilities at first. She'd been the program manager at Little Miracles Early Development Center in Columbus for ...
Brent Larkin’s Feb. 27 commentary, “Shame on lawmakers pushing needy kids to the back again,” reflected a completely false premise and lazy journalism. Everyone supports quality child care. What we ...
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 ...