What We're Reading: March 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 March 2023.

OHIO NEWS

• Gov. DeWine's proposed budget includes teaching children how to read that's backed by science

• Ohio House Reps, Senators reintroduce bipartisan doula services bill

• We all need childcare. Cleveland, let’s solve a crisis

• Fostering Equity: Ohio pays kinship foster families less than non-relatives

• Federal mandate too much for employers

NATIONAL NEWS

American Progress

• States Can Improve Child Care Assistance Programs Through Cost Modeling

Bloomberg

• International Women's Day: We Need Affordable Child Care

The Center for Law and Social Policy

• Equitable Discipline through Improved Data Policies in Child Care

CNN

• US maternal death rate rose for another year, CDC data shows

First Five Years Fund

• First Five Things to Know: The Impact of the Child Care Crisis on Women

• The First Five Things to Know: Child Care in the President’s Budget Proposal

Motherly

• State of Motherhood Report: Black Mothering in America

NPR

• The government has a new plan to fix child care. It involves semiconductors

Psychology Today

• New Research Shows Why Kids Need Play for Mental Health

Reuters

• Biden's budget plan would boost childcare funding by billions of dollars

WAMU

• D.C. Gave Preschool Teachers A Pay Bump. Here's How It's Helping

Youth Today

• US has a teacher shortage. HBCUs are helping to change that

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