November 13, 2020
| NATIONAL NEWS The mounting costs of child care Axios | 11/13/20 The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on how much working parents are able to contribute to their jobs and the economy. Now, businesses are facing a reckoning: fill the gap and help working parents with child care or risk hurting their own bottom lines. COVID Is Pushing Black Mothers Out of the Workforce at a Staggering Rate The Cut | 11/12/20 iThe report, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, found that while women in general were more likely to leave the pandemic-era labor force — likely due to the increased child-care responsibilities of having their children at home… University Scholars Plant Seeds In a New Field of Study: Early Childhood Policy Edsurge | 11/12/20 Their effort, called the Early Childhood Policy in Institutions of Higher Education Initiative, also aims to establish early childhood policy as a field of inquiry, including at universities, which serve as training grounds for policymakers and hubs of research. The $2 trillion question: how to spend on education for the future Wall Street Journal | 11/12/20 The Wall Street Journal spoke with education experts for their ideas on how to improve the return on investment. Their recommendations? Early-childhood education with a bigger focus on children’s health… Why Biden’s free childcare plan is a worthy feminist reform Salon | 11/12/20 This is all to say that the Biden-Harris administration’s focus on reviving the economy will largely hinge on whether it prioritizes making it easier to get women back to work, and that means universal childcare. |
| IN THE STATES MASSACHUSETTS Baker-Polito Administration Awards $6.5 Million for Early Education Programs Framingham Source | 11/12/20 The Baker-Polito Administration and the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) today announced $6.5 million in Early Education and Out-of-School Time (EEOST) grant funding awarded to seven organizations… MICHIGAN COVID-19 pandemic causing problems with preschool programs WZZM | 11/12/20 Since March, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges for educators and students across the state. Now, it is causing problems with some of West Michigan’s youngest and most vulnerable school kids — preschoolers. NEW MEXICO Experts: Neglect prevention key to better childhood outcomes KOB 4 | 11/13/20 Any efforts in New Mexico to build a successful early childhood education system will depend on the state’s ability to prevent child neglect and abuse. OREGON Can I Talk to You About Preschool for All? The Cut | 11/12/20 Shortly before the pandemic started, I began volunteering with a coalition to get universal preschool and higher wages for teachers on the ballot. By the time COVID summer was in full swing, I was accosting strangers to sign a petition in order to do so. TEXAS Texas Lags in Early Childhood Learning; Advocates Seek More Funding Reform Austin | 11/12/20 A new report shows that the Texas Early Childhood Intervention program is under-enrolling infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays as state funding for the program continues to lag behind previous funding levels. |
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