Preschool Franchise Company to Accelerate Real Estate Growth in 2017

ATLANTA, Feb. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Primrose Schools, a national preschool franchise company, is on track to experience its seventh consecutive year of real estate growth by opening a record 34 new schools in 2017. With 135 schools currently in its development pipeline, the high-quality early education and care provider shows no signs of slowing down. […]

Bill Would Provide Mainers With Free Day Care and Home Health Services

Progressive lawmakers and caregiving advocates launched a campaign Monday to establish a Universal Family Care System in Maine. If approved by the Legislature, the system would provide childcare and home care services for all children, seniors and individuals with disabilities, regardless of income. Supporters say the goal is to solve persistent problems facing Maine families […]

Report: Daycare owner left 5-year-old special needs child on a bus for an extended period of time

The owner of a local day care was charged Monday after police said she left a 5-year-old special needs child in a bus unattended for an “extended period of time” on Friday, reports stated. According to Floyd County Jail reports: Debra Brooks McDaniel, 58, of 22 Westover Drive, owner of Superkids Early Learning Center is […]

Loaded Guns Found on Childcare Playground. See how this teacher handled it and what you need to know.

Loaded Guns Found on Childcare Playground. See how this teacher handled it and what you need to know.

Two loaded guns were found on the playground of Educare Childcare at 246 Fair Avenue. One of the boys playing in the field found one of the guns and picked it up while the teacher found the other. The teacher immediately called San Antonio police to pick the guns. Later on, the workers at the […]

Feds want a $10M refund from Newark Head Start, but the money’s most likely gone

Federal auditors want the Newark non-profit that ran the city’s Head Start program for a half century to refund $10 million in taxpayer money, claiming the agency “inflated” its enrollment numbers. But officials with the now-defunct Newark Preschool Council Inc. say the group is bankrupt and has no way to return money already paid to […]

Tension grips Banepa-based school following mysterious death of student

Feb 20, 2017- Banepa-Gyankunj Shikshik Prathisthan became tense on Monday following mysterious death of a school student. Parents and relatives of Krishna Ram Purkuti, 17, a 10th grader at the school, took to vandalism at the school blaming the school negligence for his death. Police had to fire seven rounds of bullets to take the […]

Numerous Factors Causing Wisconsin Preschool Teacher Shortage

Low hourly wages, the lack of professional development opportunities and a high turnover rate are major factors contributing to the state’s preschool teacher shortage, experts say. “If you know that 52 percent of the childcare workforce in Wisconsin has at least an associate degree and that the average wage is $10 an hour, it’s not […]