2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (1775+ words) For two weeks after President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day, A. Hernandez did not set foot outside her home in Chicago. She stopped grocery shopping. She stopped taking her grandson to preschool " all in fear that federal immigration agents would detain her....

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (579+ words) Michael Hayden is superintendent of schools in the Clyde-Savannah Central School District in upstate New York, a role he has filled since 2014. For a small school district, recruiting and retaining educators is a never-ending challenge, especially when competing against large…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (46+ words) The 74 Child care during nontraditional hours " including early mornings, evenings, nights and weekends " is a growing need for American families. Flexible care with variable hours from week to week is also in demand....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (325+ words) Rebecca Gale is a writer with the Better Life Lab at New America where she covers child care, and is also the author of It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard, a newsletter on caregiving writing and reporting. After the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1731+ words) In New York City, a family needs to make over $330, 000 a year " the equivalent of 10 minimum wage jobs "to afford the average cost of child care for a single 2-year-old. During his successful bid for mayor, Zohran Mamdani argued these…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (290+ words) While these percentages aren't massive, they are meaningful when applied across the board to the 13 million American families with young children. These data also track with a trend of mothers of young children dropping out of the workforce as they…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (132+ words) Did you use this article in your work? We'd love to hear how The 74's reporting is helping educators, researchers, and policymakers. Tell us how Elliot Haspel is a senior fellow at the think tank Capita and author of "Raising…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (324+ words) Did you use this article in your work? We'd love to hear how The 74's reporting is helping educators, researchers, and policymakers. Tell us how Articles by Ann Schimke Colorado parents will soon be able to get partial refunds on…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (477+ words) Did you use this article in your work? We'd love to hear how The 74's reporting is helping educators, researchers, and policymakers. Tell us how Kendra Hurley is a journalist and researcher focused on cities, families, policy and economic issues....

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (430+ words) Did you use this article in your work? We'd love to hear how The 74's reporting is helping educators, researchers, and policymakers. Tell us how Michelle Kang is chief executive officer of the National Association for the Education of Young…...