West Lafayette takes step toward new child-care center, addressing need

West Lafayette is moving forward with plans for a new early childhood education center, aiming to add 75 to 125 child-care ...
Noozhawk

Approved Cottage Hospital Child Care Expansion Modeled After ‘Little Red Schoolhouse’

The Santa Barbara Planning Commission has approved the expansion of a "little red schoolhouse"-inspired child care center for ...
WUNC

NC has new child care regulations. What does it mean for child care centers?

Governor Josh Stein signed a law this month to ease child care regulations in an attempt to address the state's shortage of available slots for children at licensed child care providers. Advocates say ...
The New York Times

How Universal Child Care Could Change the Economy

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, has proposed no-cost, universal child care, helping to reignite a national conversation. By Sydney Ember Universal child care has long ...
The Florida Times-Union

Jacksonville child care center 1 of 22 selected for national child care initiative

J'Bear Learning Center in Jacksonville is one of 22 child care centers nationwide selected for the WeVision EarlyEd Solutions Lab. The lab, funded by the Bainum Family Foundation, aims to demonstrate ...
Stars and Stripes

How can the Pentagon reduce child care waitlists? Better pay, benefits and schedules for workers, report says

Child care centers on U.S. military bases continue to grapple with an employee turnover rate as high as 50% after one year, a factor that likely contributes to the long waiting lists for care, ...
KQED

As Public Transitional Kindergarten Thrives, Child Care Centers Are Closing

California finally rolled out free preschool for all 4-year-olds in the 2025-26 school year, after more than a decade of expanding what the state calls transitional kindergarten. Many advocates hoped ...
The Atlantic

One Obvious, Underused Child-Care Solution

Something was off at preschool pickup. I had been living in Singapore for a month, and every day, I was the only mother waiting outside the school for her kids. Instead, the parking lot was filled ...
Oregonian

Access to child care is expanding in Oregon, researchers found. Still, there’s not enough

Access to child care in Oregon has slowly expanded, according to a new study from Oregon State University, but it remains far from adequate to serve even half the state’s children. A child care spot ...