The Child Care Disconnect
Better Life Lab’s Brigid Schulte on What Americans Are Thinking
It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard
A Substack on caregiving, writing and reporting - and the policies that make parenting in America so hard.
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Did Pandemic Funding Save Childcare?
So what happens when it ends?
Big Lessons from the Lone Star State
San Antonio sold the voters on early education, could this be a playbook for the rest of us?
The You-Can-Do-It Guide to Childcare Policy
Think it's not possible? Think again.
Is D.C. About To Make a Huge Mistake?
D.C.’s Early Educators Face Pay Major Pay Cuts in Mayor’s Budget
The Not-So-Secret Tax Break To Upend Child Poverty
And the answer is....
What's Missing at the Olympics? Child Care
For mom athletes at Milano-Cortina, there will be no nursery option
Can Child Care Make You Rich?
Maybe. With state investment, the economics of child care change
They’re Back: Caregiving Reporting Grants
For 2025, the Better Life Lab at New America is bringing back reporting grants for journalists who can tell the story of the caregiving crisis
Rethinking Language Around "Daycare" and "Quality"
Ivana Greco gives a good insight into what policymakers and writers who cover daycare miss when we talk about quality.