Bay Area child care providers, parents, labor organizers, and advocates convened this week as part of the nationwide "Day ...

On a Thursday evening in October, a virtual meeting about early learning in San Francisco captured both the strain and the determination shaping the rollout of universal prekindergarten in California.

Free child care is starting to take root in the U.S. But is it good for kids? Last year, New Mexico became the first state to offer free universal child care. This year, New York began offering free ...

New Mexico is set to become the first state in the nation to offer no-cost universal child care beginning Saturday, saving families an average of $12,000 per child annually. The Early Childhood ...

When Mayor Mamdani rolled out his preliminary budget, he made the trade‑offs painfully clear. New York is staring down a $5.5 billion shortfall. He said that we can either raise property taxes, or Gov ...

Luisa wakes up before the sun rises in the Bronx. She’s checking the day’s schedule: an infant arriving at 6 a.m., a toddler who will stay until 7:30 p.m., a preschooler whose mother picks him up ...

State Sen. Jabari Brisport has championed affordable and accessible child care for much of his career in the state Legislature. So you could be forgiven for expecting him to stand up and clap when Gov ...

Home-based programs are seeing barriers removed six months into New Mexico's universal free child care program.

Zohran Mamdani, then New York City’s mayor-elect, reads a Christmas book to students at a child care center on Dec. 11, 2025. In his campaign, Mamdani promised universal free child care for the city. ...