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A state-funded pre-K program led to ‘significantly negative effects’ for kids in Tennessee
Children who attended Tennessee’s state-funded voluntary pre-K program during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years were doing worse than their peers by the end of sixth grade in academic achievement, discipline issues and special education referrals.
Anti-vaccination forces gear up for fight over California vaccine legislation
California is poised to become the front line of America’s vaccination wars.
New bill would add Covid vaccine to list of schools’ required immunizations
The bill, introduced by State Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, who is also a pediatrician, takes Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Covid vaccine mandate a step further. It would require the vaccine regardless of whether the U.S.
Revised Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Adding New Compliance Obligations for Employers Goes Into Effect January 14
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has revised and readopted Cal/OSHA's COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). This readopted ETS maintains much of the prior Cal/OSHA ETS requirements.
Where did all the workers go?
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San Diego child care centers struggle with staffing crisis
Even before COVID there was a real staffing crisis among childcare providers, supporters say the positions are undervalued and poorly paid. Now the situation is far worse. K PBS investigative reporter Claire Traeger looks at what's causing this massive childcare staffing crisis in the region
Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom
"I had a parent tell me to f*** off last week," Cori Berg said. She directs the Hope Day School, a church-affiliated early childhood program in Dallas.
San Diego looks at 72 city buildings as potential child care centers amid the daycare crisis
Child care has become an enormous issue since the pandemic started and now the Downtown San Diego Library is one of the many buildings in the area the city may potentially turn into a child care center.
"It’s a big enough problem where we call it a crisis," said Director of Policy and Strategy
California will distribute Covid test kits to child care providers
California has a statewide distribution of at-home Covid-19 tests for child care providers planned for the end of January, as the LAist reported, which may provide some relief for caregivers scrambling to find tests and masks during the latest surge.