The United Voice trade union used a walkout by some childcare staff yesterday to promote the lie that the election of a federal Labor government will resolve the issues confronting low-paid workers. The afternoon stoppage was the fourth in 12 months, involving up to 7,000 childcare workers across the country. The partial strikes are part […]
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How could this happen? Multiple agencies investigating toddler’s death in daycare van
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The death of 3-year-old Raymond Pryer has left a family and law enforcement searching for answers for how something like this could happen. Right now, no one is charged in connection with the death and no one is in custody.
Geoff Johnson: Learn from others’ mistakes on child care
It probably seems disingenuous to be writing about childcare policy and the United States of America in the same sentence. Even not taking into account the cruelty being inflicted on undocumented immigrant children by that country’s ruling political party, it seems that, generally speaking, early-childhood programs across the U.S. suffer from the lack of a […]
Jon Hamm Was a Human Jungle Gym as a Daycare Teacher | ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’
Emmy winner Jon Hamm stopped by to talk with Ellen about his first acting job on ‘Ally McBeal,’ his whitewater rafting plans, and how he was used as a human jungle gym while teaching kids in daycare.
Preschooler mistakenly released from head start
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Two teachers from a head start program are now on suspension after the program says they mistakenly released a three-year-old girl, to a daycare that was not authorized to take care of the girl. Clarisa Williams is nine months pregnant, but it’s her three-year-old daughter, a student at Frost Head Start, […]
More families choosing online preschool to prepare children for kindergarten
If online school is acceptable for K-12 students, why not take advantage of virtual classrooms for younger children? That’s what some parents are doing in hopes of equipping their preschoolers with academic skills while avoiding the high costs of private preschool, according to a PBS News Hour report. Online preschool programs, such as those provided […]