Trump administration freezes child care payments to Minnesota amid federal investigation into alleged fraud

The US Department of Health and Human Services says it has frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota, as the FBI and Department of Homeland Security investigate allegations of fraud, ...

'We're serving the children' | A look inside a Minneapolis child care center accused of fraud in now-viral video

The video has been viewed millions of times and garnered attention from people and politicians across the country.
The New York Times

Mamdani’s Child Care Plan Is Audacious. Here’s How It Could Work.

Ms. Booth is a senior policy correspondent for Vox. No major American city has ever built a universal child care system. That means that nearly three-quarters of American parents who are looking for a ...
EdSurge

More States Adopt ‘Tri-Share’ for Child Care, Even As Some Question Its Merits

Michigan’s Tri-Share program recently reached a key milestone: serving more than 1,000 children in the state. By splitting the costs of child care equally among working families, their employers and ...
The Economist

Universal child care can harm children

Across the rich world, parents of young children face a problem. In America, one of many countries with few subsidies, a household with two working parents and two young children can spend as much on ...
NBC News

In U.S. first, New Mexico launches free child care for all

TAOS, New Mexico — New Mexico on Saturday became the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the ...
Reuters

In US first, New Mexico launches free child care for all

Program aims to improve education, child welfare in New Mexico Other Democratic-run areas eye similar steps Critics argue against free child care for wealthy families TAOS, New Mexico, Nov 1 (Reuters) ...
Newsweek

Map Shows States With the Highest—and Lowest—Child Care Costs

Massachusetts is the state with the highest child care costs in the country, according to new data from the North Carolina law office DeMayo Law. The new data highlights which states have some of the ...
Princeton University

In the hallways of Princeton, a fascination with the human mind unlocked the power of deep learning

When Fei-Fei Li arrived in Princeton in January 2007 as an assistant professor, she was assigned an office on the second floor of the computer science building. Her neighbor was Christiane Fellbaum.
Education Week

This State Is the First to Offer Universal Child Care. Here’s How It Works

As a growing number of states establish universal pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds, New Mexico is taking it one step further and offering universal child care—the first in the nation to do so ...
The New York Times

How Universal Child Care Could Change the Economy

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, has proposed no-cost, universal child care, helping to reignite a national conversation. By Sydney Ember Universal child care has long ...