COMMENTARY : Child care access is key to pandemic recovery for California’s children, working families

This past March marked the two-year anniversary of unprecedented and necessary actions to stop the spread of Covid-19.  Now, as we contemplate how to live with and move beyond the virus, it is time to focus on recovery, especially for those most impacted by the pandemic.

The pandemic’s toll: study documents fatality rates of teachers, child care workers in 2020

Child care workers were more likely than the typical American worker to die of COVID in 2020, according to new research. Among over 1 million child care workers, 405 died from COVID in 2020, the study found, using data from nearly every state.

California education news: What’s the latest?

California State University, Los Angeles has received a $300,000 grant to improve the success of student transfers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM fields).

How to Write Magnetic Job Descriptions That Attract Candidates 🧲

Most employers fail to write job descriptions that attract talent. But when they write them well, their hiring is more successful. Here's a brief on how to write better job descriptions.

If cleared, Covid shots for children under 5 could be available as soon as June 21, a White House official says.

Updated June 3, 2022, 12:11 a.m. ETJune 3, 2022, 12:11 a.m. ETDaily Covid BriefingVideoDr. Ashish Jha, the White House Covid-19 response coordinator, said preparations are contingent on federal regulatory action.CreditCredit...

Universal Preschool- What's the latest?

Since February, CQEL has sponsored and supported SB-976, the Universal Preschool Act, in coalition with childcare and family advocacy groups. The bill will bring massive support to children, families, and providers.

The case for revolutionizing child care in America

Parents of the world, unite! OK, so Dana Suskind's call to arms doesn't have quite that revolutionary zeal. But it comes close.

The F.D.A. authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech boosters for children ages 5 to 11.

More than eight million of the 28 million children in that age group in the United States have received two vaccine shots.

Two U.S. senators push a more modest proposal on child care

Amid the deepening child care crisis, two Democratic senators, Patty Murray of Washington and Tim Kaine of Virginia, are joining forces to push a scaled-back version of the ambitious child care program that was part of President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation, as HuffPost reported