October'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 October, 2020.

OHIO NEWS

Akron Beacon Journal

• Commentary: COVID-19 pandemic is hitting marginalized children the hardest

Athens News

• Groundwork’s report addresses crucial areas of policy

Columbus CEO

• Amid the pandemic, South Side Early Learning is innovating

The Columbus Dispatch

• COLUMN: Women voters understand benefits of early childhood education

Cleveland 19 News

• New report on children’s lead levels prompts calls for more rigorous day care inspections

Cleveland.com

• Early-childhood race and rural equity report offers blueprint for change in Ohio

• Ohio schools not proving to be significant source of coronavirus spread, Gov. Mike DeWine says - see latest data

Dayton Daily News

• ‘She-cession’ tsunami for working moms, children

• Reforms proposed to improve child safety, investigations

Fremont News Messenger

• Migrant Head Start programs gets fresh start under GLCAP

Gongwer

• Advocates Seek Collaboration To Prevent Child Lead Poisoning

• Lawmakers Urge Policies To Address Child Development Disparities

• Report Criticizes Low Compensation For Early Childhood Workers

Highland County Press

• With CARES Act funding drying up, Ohio joins nation in finding new sources of child care support

IdeaStream

• Report: Ohio Should Commit To Child Care Center Lead Safety Plans, Support

• Ohio Presidential Debate Slammed, Fighting For Kids Amidst Pandemic

The Observer

• Editorial: Lead poisoning illuminates the contradiction of University Circle

Patch

• Many Ohio Kids Aren't Getting Vaccinated For Preventable Diseases

Spectrum News 1

• Children’s Hunger Alliance Helps Provide Children Nutritious Meals Children Nutritious Meals

• Child Care Providers Struggle with Lack of Staffing

The Vindicator

• Lead testing down in Ohio

WCPO Cincinnati

• Hundreds of open child care positions remain unfilled in the Tri-State

WTVG

• Over 400 Toledo children have been poisoned by lead this year

WVXU

• $3.5M Awarded To Cincinnati To Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning

NATIONAL NEWS

The 74

• Start at the Beginning: New Report Offers Solutions to Rooting Out Racism in Early Education

• Legislators’ View: Working Families Are in Crisis. As We Recover From COVID-19, We Must Rethink Child Care as an Economic and Public Good

Business Insider

• I'm a preschool teacher who is teaching virtually during the pandemic. Here's how my job has changed, and my advice on how parents can best support their kids.

Center for American Progress

• As Election Nears, Millennial and Gen Z Voters Want Action on Child Care

• 6 State Strategies To Improve Child Care Policies During the Pandemic and Beyond

Chicago Tribune

• Child care centers don’t drive coronavirus infections, national study shows

Contemporary Pediatrics

• Utilizing early intervention to improve school readiness for deaf or hard of hearing kids

First Five Years Fund

• Understanding the Importance and Connection Between Early Learning & Care Appropriations Funding and Emergency Stabilization Funding

• Voters Now View Child Care as an Essential Service Like Healthcare and Education

• Chamber of Commerce Foundation Highlights the Impact of COVID-19 on Child Care

Forbes

• 5 Ways Trauma And Poverty Affect Childhood Development

Good Morning America

• Mothers in the workplace at a 'tipping point' amid the pandemic, child care crisis

• This is what it's like to be a child care worker and mom of 2 during the coronavirus pandemic

Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families

• Child Health Care Transformation: Addressing the Triple Crisis of COVID-19, Racial Injustice and the Economic Downturn

• New Urban Institute Estimates of 1.7 Million More Uninsured Children if Supreme Court Overturns Affordable Care Act

Health Affairs

• Connecting The Dots: Improving Child Care Workers’ Conditions Leads To Better Health, Economic Stability, And Greater Equity

The Hechinger Report

• Some child care centers have become more than places that provide care

• OPINION: The invisible toll of mass incarceration on childhood development

• It’s impossibly hard to be a baby or toddler in some parts of the country

The Hill

• Head Start never stops working for children and families, and neither should Congress

• A child care emergency for working families

• Why childcare must be a priority to restart the economy

Moms.com

• Why Childcare Is The Corner Stone Of Our Economy

NeutoscienceNews.com

• Effects of Poverty on Childhood Development Seen in Children as Young as 5

The New York Times

• School Is (Whisper It) a Form of Child Care

• How the Pandemic Is Affecting What Babies and Toddlers Learn

• Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• Research Shows the Importance and Paradox of Early Childhood Care and Education

Salon

• How coronavirus exposed the flaws of the childcare economy

Science Daily

• How long does the preschool advantage last?

The Science Times

• How Do Adverse Childhood Experiences Affect Children's Development?

Time

• The Rise of the ‘Carebnb’: Is This Home-Based Model the Future of the Childcare Industry?

• The Costs of Post-Pandemic Childcare Leave Parents in a Crunch

US Chamber Foundation

• COVID-19 Impact on Childcare

USA Today

• Opening 'so many doors for families': COVID-19 underscores importance of wraparound care for new moms and children

The Wall Street Journal

• Coronavirus Threatens to Push the Child-Care Industry Over the Edge

The Washington Post

• Covid-19 and child care: What the latest research says

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