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North Carolina spent decades building an early childhood system. What will it take to sustain it?
31+ min ago (329+ words) Hello, Early Bird readers! This is Mebane, EdNC’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief. I’ll be taking the lead on Early Bird, which is expanding to include literacy. This year, Amy Rhyne, the former senior director of the Office of Early Learning at…...
Universal Childcare: Lessons from the State Level
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (163+ words) Recent state-level policy innovations are showing that it’s possible to do it all: pay childcare workers thriving wages and provide high-quality and affordable services to families. A new report from Roosevelt’s Lena Bilik shares successes from Connecticut, New Mexico, and…...
Childfree Women Rise As Motherhood Costs Climb
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (536+ words) Baby Fever Is Cooling Off: More Women Are Choosing Money, Freedom And A Life Without Kids Still, delay does not explain everything. According to a 2024 Pew Research Center survey, 47 percent of adults under 50 who did not have children said they…...
Childcare center at Walla Walla Center for Children and Families breaks ground on infant-toddler expansion
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (194+ words) WALLA WALLA — Construction has begun on a new private childcare facility at the Walla Walla Center for Children and Families designed to expand early learning capacity for infants and toddlers in the region. The project involves renovating four existing classrooms…...
10 Fascinating "Baby-sitters Club" BTS Stories From Ann M. Martin As It Turns 40
6+ hour, 56+ min ago (1838+ words) In August of 1986, Kristy's Great Idea was published, eventually launching hundreds of titles, spin-off series, movies, graphic novels, and television adaptations. Growing up, I loved immersing myself in the town of Stoneybrook. Ann built a rich world within these 176-page…...
Nearly a Year In, Universal Childcare Is Reshaping Work for Moms in New Mexico
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (195+ words) The 74 Million Using data collected monthly by the U.S. Census Bureau between May 2019 and August 2026, Herbst compared labor supply for mothers in New Mexico, before and after the policy took effect, and also compared that data to mothers outside the state....
New flexible childcare centre in Alloa could support around 150 families a week
5+ hour, 21+ min ago (360+ words) A new flexible childcare centre supporting around 150 families a week could be created in Alloa under new plans. The proposal would see the ground floor of Hilton House at Alloa Business Centre on Whins Road converted from office accommodation into…...
Kansas Launches Community Supports Waiver
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (193+ words) Posted by Trish Svoboda/Image courtesy of Canva Kansas has officially launched a new Medicaid waiver designed to provide additional support for Kansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Gov. Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services,…...
Bluebird Care plans children’s care expansion
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (556+ words) Bluebird Care?s national team has also highlighted the role care providers can play alongside schools and families. Picture: Bluebird Care A BOROUGH-wide community care provider is preparing to expand its services into children’s care. Bluebird Care Reading, Wokingham, Windsor,…...