This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At a Day Without Childcare protest, early childhood workers demanded higher wages. City Council President Kenyatta Johnson promised a new task force will look into the issue.
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The IRS currently excludes early educators from a federal tax deduction offered to K-12 teachers who spend their own money on school supplies.
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The move will restore $112 million for 3-K, the city’s free preschool program for 3-year-olds, and $55 million to help address a chronic shortage of seats for preschool children with disabilities.
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New nature-based learning centers part of a $100 million push across L.A. schools.
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Young children benefit initially from early education programs, but how that benefit affects them long-term is less clear.