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November's Early Childhood Education in the News


Each month, Groundwork Ohio reads the latest and greatest resources on early education and health from a wide variety of sources. Below is a compilation of the most important articles we have read throughout November 2021.


OHIO NEWS


10TV

Staffing shortage forces north Columbus child care center to close


‘A crisis on multiple levels’: New report reveals central Ohio childcare centers are closing at a rapid rate


Akron Beacon Journal

Akron leaders must carry on GAR Foundation's mission to support early childhood education


Columbus CEO

Working parents tired of jumping through hoops for suitable child care, seeking change


The Columbus Dispatch

Columbus City Council Approves Child Care Worker Recruitment Measure


Opinion: Preschool should not just be for those who can afford it


Columbus City Schools helping preschoolers prepare for kindergarten from home


Downtown church covers child care costs for 35 children for December


Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy

Early childhood study finds that Franklin County lags behind nation


Dayton Daily News

Dayton mayor calls for universal preschool across Ohio in campaign speech


Groundwork Ohio

Build Back Better: A Historic Investment in Young Children and Families


Helping Ohioans Access Affordable Health Coverage Helps Young Children, Too


News 5 Cleveland

Millions of dollars in relief funds for childcare, nursing home facilities untouched in Columbus


Ohio Capital Journal

Dem gubernatorial hopeful Nan Whaley pledges universal pre-K if elected


The Toledo Blade

Whaley, Brown promote universal preschool in Toledo


WDNT

Doctors, advocates address children’s mental health crisis caused by pandemic


WOSU

Central Ohio Child Care Operators Describe Industry In Crisis


NATIONAL NEWS


The 74

Analysis: Early Childhood Education and Care Are Essential Public Infrastructure. Time to Make Bold Investments to Support Them


The Associated Press

US-funded child care aid nearing reality with Biden bill


Bloomberg

How Child Care Became the Most Broken Business in America


How High Child Care Costs Follow Women Throughout Their Lives


Boston Business Journal

Opinion: Child care is our most glaring post-pandemic learned lesson


The Brookings Institute

High-quality early child care and education: The gift that lasts a lifetime


Business Insider

There's a straightforward way for businesses to attract young workers in a competitive labor market: affordable childcare


Childcare centers say they're turning down desperate parents because they don't have enough staff to look after more kids


'Childcare deserts' are a secret driver of the labor shortage — and half of Americans live in one


The Business Journals

America’s child care crisis has become too big to ignore. Working moms are ready for solutions.


Here’s what working moms say needs to change about child care


The Center for Law and Social Policy

7 Things to Know About Child Care and Universal Pre-K in the Build Back Better Act


Crain’s Cleveland Business

Opinion: Future depends on preserving Ohio's early childhood system


Christian Science Monitor

Worker shortages: Is access to child care a key solution?


CNBC

From the enhanced child tax credit to universal pre-K, Build Back Better makes ‘historic investments’ to help parents


Fast Company

This is the true cost of the childcare crisis


Fortune

With Build Back Better, Democrats have finally won on childcare


Fox Business

Surging child care costs forced 26% of parents to relocate, study reveals


The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families

Build Back Better Act: Health Coverage Provisions Explained


The Guardian

‘I don’t have a choice’: childcare cost preventing US women from returning to work


Harper’s Bazaar

We Should All Be Talking About America’s Black Maternal Health Crisis


The Hechinger Report

Opinion: Let’s figure out a new way to talk about early childhood education so we can fix it


The Hill

Opinion: We can't wait another 50 years for high-quality childcare


Investing in Maternal & Infant Health


Los Angeles Times

Democrats aim to dramatically reshape childcare, preschool


Marketplace

Apprenticeships may help build the child care workforce


NBC News

Record number of employers now offering child care benefits


The New York Times

How Public Preschool Can Help, and How to Make Sure It Doesn’t Hurt


How Childhood Trauma Can Affect Your Long-Term Health


Faith Groups Push to Scrap Mandates in Biden’s Child Care Plan


Opinion: Why Is It So Dangerous to Be Pregnant in America?


The Penny Hoarder

How High Are Child Care Costs? 40% of Parents Have Gone Into Debt Over It


POLITICO

How many teachers are needed to make universal pre-K possible?


Quartz

Mothers getting sick or dying in childbirth costs the US more than $30 billion a year


The Seattle Times

Opinion: I’m not the only mom unable to return to work because of child care


US News & World Report

Build Back Better Act a ‘Game-Changer’ for Early Childhood Education


USA Today

Many programs in Biden's budget have expiration dates. What that means for health insurance, preschool


Inflation's wrath hits home: Families struggle to cope amid surging childcare costs


Voice of America

Child Care ‘Crisis’ Slows US Economy


Vox

Democrats’ child care gamble


The Wall Street Journal

Millions of Workers Stay Home to Watch Young Children as Daycares Struggle


Covid-19 Created a Child-Care Crisis, and Big Providers Aim to Fill the Void


The Washington Post

Why haven't U.S. mothers returned to work? The child care infrastructure they need is still missing.


GOP resistance to preschool plan could imperil key Biden proposal in many states


Opinion: The business case for public investment in early-childhood programs


WBUR

Opinion: The child care crisis is a wage crisis


Yahoo! News

Early Childhood Education and Care Are Essential Public Infrastructure

 

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