As the Trump administration shrinks federal child care programs, Republicans are backing policies they hope will allow more parents to scale back at work. By Caroline Kitchener Caroline Kitchener ...

In northeast Nebraska, the lack of affordable, accessible child care is pushing parents out of the workforce and making it harder for businesses to hire. A new employer-backed initiative in Norfolk ...

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: ...

The number of home-based child care programs is seeing a spike for the first time in five years — but experts remain concerned that with a rising child care crisis, there are still not enough programs ...