Columbus Dispatch

Child care centers often reject kids with disabilities. Ohio is working to change that

When Selina Likely became director of the Edwards Creative Learning Center six years ago, she knew there was one longstanding practice that she wanted to change. For as long as she had taught at the ...
Marketplace

Why is child care so expensive when child care providers are paid so little? Let’s do the math

Melissa Colagrosso and her husband have struggled to make a profit during the nearly three decades they’ve owned A Place To Grow Children’s Center in West Virginia. “We borrowed a lot of money. We ...
The Hechinger Report

Curbing the expulsion of kids with disabilities at child care

Selina Likely, the director of Edwards Creative Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio, was motivated to pursue a career in child care after a program expelled her 1-year-old daughter for biting. Credit: ...
Center for American Progress

Data on Child Care and Early Learning in the United States

The Center for American Progress’ data dashboard allows users to explore national- and state-level data trends on a range of child care and early learning topics. Read more and explore additional ...
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 ...
Yahoo

Child care burst into the national spotlight at the Vance-Walz debate. Here's why.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Youngsters paint pumpkins in a child care center classroom at Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach in March. (Brian van der Brug/Los ...