23+ hour, 34+ min ago   (655+ words) A top Education Department official overseeing Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ambitious childcare program for 2-year-olds is stepping down. Simone Hawkins, the deputy chancellor of the division of early childhood education, is leaving her post in September, city officials said Friday afternoon....

3+ day, 31+ min ago   (902+ words) New York City Education Department officials in recent months quietly relaxed a controversial curriculum mandate for early childhood education programs, Chalkbeat has learned. The move drew backlash from some educators and early childhood education experts who argued it burdened teachers…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (731+ words) Gov. Kathy Hochul is delaying a plan that would have caused major disruptions to tens of thousands of New York City families who receive childcare vouchers. On Thursday, Hochul announced that the state is giving the city two more years…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (688+ words) Applications opened Tuesday for the inaugural year of New York City’s free childcare program for 2-year-olds. Part of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s affordability campaign for free universal childcare, 2-K will for the first time in the city’s history offer free care…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (919+ words) Two Colorado counties on opposite sides of the political spectrum are the first to use a recent state law to provide property tax relief to childcare businesses, in an effort to help stabilize the industry. Adams County commissioners, who are…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (583+ words) More than 19,000 Colorado childcare teachers and staff have taken advantage of a new $1,200 state tax credit for workers who support young children, older adults, or people with disabilities. The Care Worker Tax Credit was created by a 2024 state law and…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (532+ words) It took years of advocacy to secure guaranteed school bus service for New York City students in foster care. But now, advocates say it can take weeks or more to get that bus service up and running, leaving kids who…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1395+ words) Melissa Reed is the type of childcare provider that Mayor Zohran Mamdani will rely on in his ambitious effort to offer free care to 2-year-olds. Reed runs a daycare out of her home in Brownsville, Brooklyn — one of four high-needs…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (733+ words) Most of the 2,000 initial seats available through Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new free child care program for 2-year-olds will run 10 hours a day, year-round, officials said Thursday. The full-day and full-year coverage sets the 2-K program apart from the city’s 3-K…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (568+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Tuesday the launch of a new, centralized permitting tool for prospective child care providers. Part of the administration’s broader push to expand access to care, the website replaces a “fragmented and outdated” application process that…...