The $39 billion investment in child care through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was a critically needed lifeline for an already underfunded sector during an incredibly challenging time. As the ...

Joan Nguyen has spent her career being the boss: In her early 20s, she built and ran MeriEducation, a global test prep and educational consulting company, that she launched with just $3,000 to start.

Inside one of the hundreds of day care centers that have recently closed in one state, forcing parents to make difficult decisions about their careers. Aimee Aranda comforted her daughter, Zennett, at ...

NEW GLARUS, Wis. — Half an hour after the last parents picked up their children, Brooke Skidmore grabbed a laptop, settled on her front porch, then yawned. It was a Monday in late September, and she’d ...