Walla Walla Union Bulletin3dOpinion
Editorial: More investment in child care needed locally and beyond
The child care situation in Walla Walla has improved, but the lack of infant and toddler care remains a challenge for ...
Opinion
Opinion: Child care and early childhood education are in grave danger
Teachers are leaving at an alarming rate, seeking jobs with livable wages. If this trend continues, the future of early childhood education —and the future of our children — is at risk.
Bates College6d
Georgia Nigro
Prof. Nigro is on leave for Winter term in 2019. As a member of Maine’s National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative, Nigro helped draft the state’s guidelines for infant-toddler child care. She ...
The Highland County Press1d
Early childhood dashboard shows slow progress, low rankings for Ohio in child wellbeing
The Groundwork/HPIO early childhood dashboard showed that nearly 30% of Ohio’s youngest children live in households that can’t always afford nutritious meals. This increases the risk for developmental ...
Walla Walla Union Bulletin7d
Future investment: Walla Walla grapples with lack of child care
Area experts discuss the most pressing issues with child care in Walla Walla, including the lack of services for infants and ...
Child care providers face many challenges
Area day care centers and in-home child care providers are trying to provide quality child care, but it’s not easy. Kids Depot in Hutchinson and Stay-n-Play in Litchfield have been mainstay ...