President Trump's crackdown has had an outsize effect on the child-care field, which is heavily reliant on immigrants and ...

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 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 ...

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Amid a tight labor market and lack of sustainable funding, the child care sector’s shortage of good jobs persists, exacerbating its challenge to attract and retain workers. A teacher leads a morning ...

In a dimly-lit classroom in downtown Milwaukee, nine aspiring early childhood teachers scribbled notes as they watched a video about the capabilities of 4-month-olds. Babies at that age “can now ...

Child care providers are leaving the field not because they don’t have a passion for taking care of and educating children but because they can’t afford to live with the low wages of a child care ...