4+ hour, 38+ min ago  (763+ words) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to change the role of parent coordinators in the city's schools " making each one "a meaningful organizer of parents, rather than an administrative coordinator reporting to a principal." Chalkbeat asked parent coordinators how…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1096+ words) When Maria Santana first started dropping off her son Anthony at FirstStepNYC, an early education center in Brownsville, Brooklyn, he would cry for hours, refusing to eat or nap until she picked him up. Santana, who was working as a…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (605+ words) New York City received more than 50,000 applications for its free preschool programs in just two weeks, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Friday. That number is about half of the total applications the city received last year for its 3-K and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (827+ words) When Emmy Liss publicly accepted her appointment as head of the Office of Child Care at the New York City Mayor's Office, she acknowledged the people taking care of her own kids. "I would not be standing here today without…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (628+ words) New York State will fund the first two years of a free child care program for 2-year-olds in New York City, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday. The program, known as 2-Care, was central to Mamdani's campaign…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (427+ words) Colorado parents will soon be able to get partial refunds on certain upfront fees they've paid to child care centers if their children don't land a seat there within six months. A new Colorado law that takes effect on Jan…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (709+ words) A record number of children are enrolled in Michigan's free preschool program this year, the second in which the state has invested in making it available for all children regardless of income. But programs across the state still have plenty…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1811+ words) Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has been clear on how he wants New Yorkers to evaluate his tenure: by whether he can achieve his ambitious campaign promises, including free child care starting at 6 weeks old. "Being right in and of itself is…...

9+ mon, 4+ week ago  (857+ words) A funding shortfall in the state budget forced New York City to freeze enrollment for a popular child care voucher program for low-income families. New York City has stopped enrolling low-income families in a popular child care voucher program because…...