Stories Tagged as
Daycare
Five child care workers on the joys and frustrations of a struggling industry
by
Carrie Jung
Mar 30, 2023
Staffing shortages and high turnover have dogged the early education and child care field for years. The pandemic has made them acute issues.
How a Buffalo child care center saved itself by closing temporarily
Nov 25, 2022
The worker-owned co-op shut down in the spring due to staffing shortages. It reopened by raising wages and tuition.
Owner of child care center hopeful about rebounding from pandemic setbacks
by
Minju Park
Sep 30, 2021
Milli Pintacsi's child care operation was expanding, and enrollment had reached full capacity. Then the pandemic shut down the business.
An epidemiologist reflects on her pandemic child care decision
Apr 5, 2021
“I think I made the best decision I could,” said Whitney Robinson, a professor and public health expert.
"Looking after children during the pandemic is uplifting"
by
Sean McHenry
Jan 13, 2021
Roopam Carroll runs a day care center in Nottingham, England. She explains how caregivers enable other kinds of work.
A crisis for caregivers
Dec 30, 2020
Many working parents were already struggling. Then the pandemic hit.
Women three times more likely than men to not work during pandemic because of child care
Aug 21, 2020
COVID-19 has driven women's unemployment rate higher than men's and could worsen the gender pay gap in the long term.
For public good, not for profit.
Do parents still pay when daycare is closed for weeks, or months, because of COVID-19?
Mar 30, 2020
With many daycares facing extended closures because of COVID-19, parents and child care providers alike are grappling with that question.
Millions of workers don't do 9 to 5. So where's the child care?
by
Erika Beras
Jan 14, 2019
There's a growing need for round-the-clock child care centers.
In an effort to save money, day care centers in New England are forming purchasing groups
by
Carrie Jung
Oct 24, 2018
A pilot program is underway in Massachusetts, while New Hampshire already has 200 day care centers participating in its purchasing group program.