Amy Lee Funes puts a hat on her son Leo before walking him home from the bus stop after school. Funes is unable to afford the child care she needs in order to work and assistance has been sporadic. As ...

The Child Care for Working Families Act would make child care more accessible and affordable, promote high-quality care options, and support child care workers. The recently reintroduced Child Care ...

Children learn key life skills in their first five years. But the educators who impart them are often underpaid, particularly in Western Massachusetts. That’s according to Clare Higgins, executive ...

This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. When Payton Kinnison found out she ...

Ms. Booth is a senior policy correspondent for Vox. No major American city has ever built a universal child care system. That means that nearly three-quarters of American parents who are looking for a ...

Carla Brown is among the ranks of those caring for and educating kids from infants to 3-years-old in Michigan. She works hard to build brains in her classroom but gets paid $15 an hour for it. State ...

Raising children is more expensive than it used to be. The cost of living is consistently rising, as are prices for private education, basic recreational sports, and birthday parties. Child-care costs ...

Balancing school and parenthood is challenging due to the rising costs and scarcity of child care. Nearly one in five undergraduate students are parents, with single mothers comprising a significant ...

In southwest Detroit, data shows a lack of available licensed child care seats, leaving some parents to turn to unlicensed care. Advocates say Michigan should make it easier for these informal child ...