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 ...

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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Loretta Johnson beamed as she started talking about her Kindergarten teacher. Mrs. Ann Brooks made such an impression that Johnson said it shaped her love for learning. Loretta Johnson ...