Michael Collier
Michael Collier was a contributing writer and editor at EdSource.
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Child care costs featured in State of the Union speech
President Barack Obama, addressing the surging cost of child care that burdens most parents, proposed in his State of the Union speech to significantly expand child tax credits to help ease the costs to middle-class families.
Michael Collier
January 21, 2015
California creates system for rating early childhood centers
For the first time in California, thousands of early-learning centers across the state, from preschools to licensed child-care centers and homes, are in the process of implementing a common system to rate the quality of their programs.
Michael Collier
January 19, 2015
San Francisco to expand preschool program
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced Tuesday that he will expand the city’s Preschool for All program after voters in November approved a ballot measure to help fund public education and children’s services for a quarter-century.