Schools May Get Sued Over COVID-19. 7 Things to Know About Managing That Risk
As school begins in earnest, districts are struggling to get their arms around an elusive but potentially costly challenge: risk management in the age of coronavirus.
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Child care providers weigh the costs and benefits of reopening
Jason Gindele runs Mainspring Schools in Austin, Texas. It’s a nonprofit child care center for children up to age 5, mostly from low-income families, and it has been closed since March. He’s aware of how crucial his center is to those families.
Public pre-K programs are facing another lost decade
In California, a plan to expand state-funded pre-K to 10,000 children has been canceled due to a state budget crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In Wyoming, a public preschool program for children with disabilities and developmental delays will lose $8.8 million in funding.
Senate’s “Skinny” COVID-19 Package Includes $15 Billion for Child Care from HEALS Act
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced a paired-down economic relief package, which includes $15 billion in emergency funding for the child care industry.
The True Cost of Providing Safe Child Care During the Coronavirus Pandemic
As the nation continues to grapple with the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic, child care is among the hardest-hit and least supported industries.
COVID-19 Has Nearly Destroyed the Childcare Industry—and It Might Be Too Late to Save It
Jenna Antico, a 31-year-old childcare operator in Sarasota, Fla., thought 2020 would be a pivotal year for her business. The daycare facility she started building in 2015 was turning a steady profit, so she leased a second building in October 2019, then purchased a third in late February 2020.
Residents in 22 Northern California counties could lose power for up to 2 days, PG&E says
CALIFORNIA, USA — Update: 6:15 p.m. PG&E said they could be turning off power to parts of the Sierra Foothills and North Bay, impacting up to 172,000 customers in 22 counties.
Why some California classrooms will reopen for child care, though barred from in-person instruction
Some California students may find themselves in child care this fall in the very same classrooms they are barred from entering for in-person instruction.
Many parents fill in gaps for preschoolers unable to go to in-person programs
In the five months since most Californians were ordered to shelter in place, parents and caretakers of preschool students have largely been left to fill the learning gap that began to widen when schools closed in the spring.
'Galvanize this moment': California lawmaker hopes newborn speech will propel family leave
SACRAMENTO — It was a revolution with a baby and a blanket.