Child Care
Early Childhood
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Caring for the Emotional Health of Military Children
The child-care centers at Camp Lejeune focus on creating a safe and stable place for young children of military families who deploy and relocate frequently.
School Choice & Charters
As Trump Renews Push for School Choice, Specifics Still Scarce
President Donald Trump makes clear that he remains serious in concept about his pledge to expand school choice.
Federal
Clinton Would Double Child Tax Credit for Low, Middle-Income Families
The proposal by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would double, to $2,000, a current tax break for families with children ages 4 and under.
Early Childhood
Publicly Funded Child Care Gets New Health, Safety Guidelines
Programs that receive funds through the Child Care Development Block Grant must meet guidelines based on new knowledge on child development, said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Federal
New Plan From Donald Trump Aims to Address Costs of Child Care
Trump, accompanied by his daughter Ivanka, outlined a proposal that includes child care as a deductible business expense and incentives for businesses to provide on-site day care.
Federal
Trump Unveils Child Care Plan of Tax Cuts, Expanded Credits
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign said that his plan will support families across the income spectrum.
Federal
Donald Trump Proposes Tax Deduction for Child-Care Costs
Speaking at the Detroit Economic Club Monday, Donald Trump's proposal also calls for scrapping the federal Child and Dependent Care tax credit.
Federal
Donald Trump Proposes Making Parents' Child-Care Costs Fully Tax-Deductible
Details have yet to be released, but the GOP presidential nominee's proposal would appear to significantly depart from current tax policy governing child-care costs.
Early Childhood
New Report: Early Childhood Teaching Conditions Catalogued, State-by-State
Qualification requirements and better pay must go hand-in-hand, says a new report by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley.
Early Childhood
How Much Does Child Care Really Cost? Don't Forget Lost Raises, Benefits
New parents are often stymied by the question of whether to stay home or to continue working while forking over a significant portion of their salaries to cover child care. Now, there's an interactive calculator for that.
Early Childhood
White House Spotlights Wage Gap for Child-Care Workers
Early-educators play an essential role in the lives of young children, but their pay fails to reflect that, says a new White House report.
Early Childhood
What Do We Know About Pre-K? That We Should Start Sooner, Says Report
The strongest early-childhood research suggests that high-quality child care and home-visiting programs have stronger positive effects on children than prekindergarten for 4-year-olds, according to an analysis from the American Enterprise Institute.
Early Childhood
Beyond Pre-K: District of Columbia-Area Foundation Aids Infants and Toddlers
The Bainum Family Foundation, based in suburban Washington, D.C., is working to support better programs for infants and toddlers in low-income city neighborhoods.
Early Childhood
Lack of Oversight Found in Mississippi Child Care System
An investigation by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit education news outlet, found "minimal expectations, inconsistent rule enforcement and little help for [child care] centers that break safety regulations" in Mississippi.
