What We're Reading: February 2023

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 February 2023.

OHIO NEWS

• Gov. Mike DeWine’s education budget proposal provides something for almost anyone. Will the legislature pass it?

• Republican Ohio House Speaker unveils priorities, GOP opponent agrees but pushes back

• ‘Mental health affecting society in many negative ways:’ Boonshoft lands $2.3M to give medical residents additional training

• DeWine child tax deduction leaves poor families out

NATIONAL NEWS

The 19th

• One year of a formula shortage with no end yet in sight

• Child care crisis is causing parents to leave their jobs or get fired, study shows

• Advocates mark the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act

American Progress

• Top 5 Actions Governors Can Take To Address the Child Care Shortage

CNN

• MRIs show racism and poverty may alter brain development of Black children, study says

Ed Note

• As Federal Relief Funding for Early Care and Education Fades, States Step In

The Education Trust

• State of the Union – Child Care as a National Priority

Education Week

• Millions of Students May Lose Medicaid Coverage. Schools Can Help Them Stay Enrolled

The Hill

• What’s behind the US’s worsening child care crisis?

KQED

• New research sees long-term college benefits from Oklahoma's universal pre-K

New York Times

• Childbirth Is Deadlier for Black Families Even When They’re Rich, Expansive Study Finds

Strong Nation

• $122 Billion: The Growing, Annual Cost of the Infant-Toddler Child Care Crisis

TIME

• What Today's Employers Can Learn from a 1960s Daycare

USA Today

• Day care prices database: See how much child care costs in your county (usatoday.com)

VOX

• How has COVID-19 affected children’s education and mental health?

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