Perspective: Women are having to get creative about child care. But what happens when they can’t?

It’s never been easy to be a working mother — before COVID-19, during COVID-19 or now, in the post-COVID-19 economy.

The pandemic child care crisis is still here

Families are now grappling with inflation and a shortage of day care staff. On the Senate floor in early August, just two days before lawmakers voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, four senior Democrats came out to lament what they believed to be the bill’s biggest omission: child care.

California Bill Would Require Pay Range in Job Ads

​A proposed bill in California would make pay more transparent. Under the bill, employers with 15 or more employees would have to include pay range in all of their job postings and publicly report how much certain groups of employees are paid.

Teachers, Nurses, and Child-Care Workers Have Had Enough

The country is in the midst of a burnout crisis.

The Pandemic Rise in Self-Employment: Who Is Working for Themselves Now?

Key Findings The increase in self-employment was disproportionately among women and especially non-white women.  The rise in self-employment is much larger among workers with young children (under age 6) in the household than those without young children.

What’s next for child care after Senate bailed on reforms

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More parents hiring nannies amid big shift in child care

It’s a pandemic-driven change that’s had staying power

Newsom vetoes bill to make kindergarten mandatory, citing costs

Despite a tenure that has focused on early education, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Sunday that would have made kindergarten mandatory in California.

Governor vetoes full-day and mandatory kindergarten bills

California won’t be making kindergarten mandatory or extending the kindergarten school day, at least not any time soon.  Gov.