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Child Care
Commentary
September 17, 2020

America’s economic recovery will stall without child-care relief

Policymakers must provide at least $50 billion in federal pandemic relief funding to stabilize the child-care sector.

Savitha Moorthy and Richard Raya
Commentary
September 4, 2020

My child care business needs state support now to survive the pandemic

Child care providers are the backbone of a working economy.

Ellen Dressman
Early Learning
September 2, 2020

Many parents fill in gaps for preschoolers unable to go to in-person programs

Preschool students facing a learning loss because Covid-19 closed their nursery school and child care programs are getting help from parents and teachers trying to keep them learning.

Betty Márquez Rosales
Coronavirus
August 13, 2020

Ask a reporter: Back to school in California during Covid-19

EdSource reporters and readers met Wednesday in a virtual town hall to discuss what education will look like this fall in California. 

Sydney Johnson
Coronavirus
August 11, 2020

Why some California classrooms will reopen for child care, though barred from in-person instruction

Some California students may find themselves in child care in the very classrooms they are barred from entering for in-person instruction.

Zaidee Stavely
Early Learning
August 3, 2020

California child care providers losing money, risking health during pandemic

Many providers are missing rent payments and racking up credit card debt, in addition to worrying they will be infected with the coronavirus.

Zaidee Stavely
Early Learning
July 27, 2020

California family child care providers vote to join union

In addition to advocating for higher pay per subsidized child, providers say they will call for more training and more access to subsidies.

Zaidee Stavely