This story was originally published by The Daily Yonder. Chris Nelson teaches preschool in rural Vermont, just a few miles from the Canadian border, but not in the school or child care center most ...

Home-based child care is too often misunderstood and undervalued. It’s not babysitting — it’s early childhood education. Home-based providers are trained professionals, licensed small business owners ...

Angelica Cervantes, a family child care educator in Waterbury, plays doctor with one of the children in her program. SHAHRZAD RASEKH / CT MIRROR A nonprofit network supporting home-based private child ...

At 5:15 a.m., while most of Albuquerque is still asleep, María locks the door of her home. Her 2-year-old son, bundled against the cold and still half-asleep, rides across town to Rosa’s house, a ...

SmartStart, which started in South Africa in 2015, trains community members in how to create high-quality child care programs. Credit: Courtesy SmartStart The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Lakethia Clark has spent most of her adult life taking care of children, first at a church day care and later in a child care center. She loves children, but after 15 years, she was ...