Roxana Contreras, shown here in a 2021 file photo, reopened a daycare center in a rental space after she was forced her to sell her home when the pandemic began. Credit: Noah Willman for The Hechinger ...

Last fall, Gisela Sance’s landlord approached her family about raising the rent. He wanted $2,000 a month, an astonishing hike over the $1,300 she and her husband were paying for the house they lived ...

Running a home child-care facility is a major responsibility. With it comes responsibility to supervise, nurture and keep safe the children in your care. Part of this responsibility is creating ...

Thinking that you do not need a business license to run a daycare from your home is a common misconception. The fact is that most states do require daycares to be licensed. Your city or county may ...

Christina Parker should be able to live comfortably in Mill Valley, California, a leafy suburb north of San Francisco on her six-figure salary working for a real estate developer. Instead, she watches ...

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 ...

Mr. Bruenig is the founder of People’s Policy Project, a think tank that focuses on research and advocacy for progressive policy ideas. In some European countries, parents can choose between sending ...

Beth Bye (left), commissioner of the state Office of Early Childhood, and child care provider Cureene Blake of Aalia and Ricardo Family Childcare talk after the announcement of Connecticut's Staffed ...