EdSurge

This Observation Tool Is Helping Teachers Improve Their Interactions with Children

NEW ORLEANS —A little boy with a plastic dinosaur toddles over to his teacher at Clara's Little Lambs Preschool Academy, in the Algiers neighborhood on the west bank of the Mississippi. “Oooooh! That's a scary dinosaur,” gasps the teacher Tracy ...
Fierce Healthcare

Observation vs. Inpatient: How to Manage Level of Care

Observation care carries various definitions, and is implemented inconsistently, but sits right at the center of the inpatient admission decision made millions of times a day that serves as one of the major friction points between payers and providers.
The New York Times

With Pandemic Money Gone, Child Care Is an Industry on the Brink

Five months after the expiration of federal funds, running a child care business is more precarious than ever, and many parents struggle to pay tuition, surveys show. By Claire Cain Miller Running a child care business has long been a very challenging math ...
Center for American Progress

Data Dashboard: An Overview of Child Care and Early Learning in the United States

The Center for American Progress has developed a data dashboard that allows users to explore national- and state-level data trends on a range of child care and early learning topics, including access to affordable care, the child care workforce, Head Start ...
Pew Research Center

5 facts about child care costs in the U.S.

Child care costs have been a hot topic in the 2024 presidential race. Here are key facts about the issue, based on data from the federal government and Pew Research Center surveys. How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to examine ...
CBS News

Child care in the U.S. today can cost more than families pay for rent, a mortgage or college tuition

The soaring cost of child care in the U.S. can now exceed what families pay for housing or college. That's according to recently released data that outlines the heavy financial burden on the nearly 14 million American parents who rely on paid caregivers to ...
The New York Times

Mamdani’s Child Care Plan Is Audacious. Here’s How It Could Work.

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 way to take care of their children are struggling to ...
USA Today

Trump's sweeping law increases child care tax credits. Here's how much and who benefits.

Sarah Foster, 35, quit her job in the summer of 2024 after the stress of parenting and working full time led to anxiety, depression, vascular disease and chronic pain in her neck and shoulders. She said she was constantly cobbling together child care plans ...
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