Child Care
Early Childhood
Chinese Preschool Provider Partners with Chicago Early-Childhood Institute
RYB, China's largest private daycare and preschool provider, is partnering with the Erikson Institute to train its employees in best practices.
Early Childhood
Washington State Early-Ed. Bill Passes, Funding Debate Continues
A bill to expand early-learning opportunities gets approval from both the GOP-controlled Senate and the Democratically-controlled House, but the budget remains up in the air.
Federal
Democrats Introduce Legislation To Increase Child-Care Tax Credit
Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., have introduced separate plans to increase the federal child-care tax credit.
Education Funding
S.C. Ruling on Funding May Open Way for More Early Education, Advocates Say
Early childhood education advocates in South Carolina see an opportunity to expand services now that a 21-year-old legal battle has been decided in favor of better funding for poor and rural regions of the state.
Early Childhood
Study: Low Salaries Leave Many Child-Care Workers Near Poverty
An update to a 25-year-old report on child-care worker salaries shows that those who work with the youngest children tend to earn the least, regardless of educational level.
Early Childhood
A Look Inside the Revised Child Care Development Block Grant Bill
The newly-passed legislation, headed to the president's desk, would implement quality and access improvements to a law that hasn't been modified in nearly 20 years.
Early Childhood
Study: Unionizing Child-Care Providers Could Lead to Higher-Quality Care
Unionized child-care providers are more likely to seek state-regulated licenses, a proxy for program quality, according to a new study.
Federal
Senate Plans to Vote on Updates to Child Care Development Block Grant
Child-care providers would be required to get background checks, and parents would be given more information about child-care options, under the revised program.
Early Childhood
Report: States Make Small Gains in Improving Access to Child-Care Assistance
In more than half of the states, families are receiving larger benefit amounts, or it is easier for them to access the benefits that they qualify for, according to a survey from the National Women's Law Center.
Early Childhood
Minority Babies in Oregon Face Higher Risks Than White Peers, Report Finds
New data out of Oregon's Multnomah County show that minority babies born there face significantly higher health risks than their white peers.
Early Childhood
HHS Releases Competition Guidelines on Early Head Start Partnership Grants
Early Head Start programs and private child-care programs have an opportunity to receive grants to serve more low-income children through a $500 million federal funding boost.
Early Childhood
Flash-Mob Event Aims to Spotlight Early-Childhood Issues, Coordinator Says
Organizers in Indiana hope that preschoolers across the state will take part Thursday in simultaneous dancing at preschools and day-care centers to raise awareness about early-childhood education.
Early Childhood
Child-Care Workers Aim to Unionize, Face Opposition, Study States
Fourteen states now allow home-based child-care providers in state-funded operations to unionize, but there is much opposition to the movement, a new study states.
Early Childhood
Examining the Competition for Children Between Public Preschools and Private Providers
Public preschool programs, while welcomed by early education advocates, could put pressure on private providers if the system does not take their needs into account, early education finance experts say.