If you’ve been following the discussion about how to solve inequality, you’ve doubtless heard a lot about preschool. Social scientists such as best-selling Our Kids author Robert Putnam and Nobel Prize–winning economist James Heckman have promoted preschool as an inequality buster. President Obama and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, along with Red states […]
COVID-19 has only added to challenges many child care providers face, especially in rural areas. New partnerships are helping some groups address those challenges, like staffing and funding, to make more high-quality care available. But rural providers are mostly on their own to solve a growing list of problems, and many say it s up to their communities to support child care or face the fallout from a lack of options.
The Indiana House votes to effectively ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates, sending it to the Senate. Indiana hits one year since it fully vaccinated its first resident. And Indiana surpassed 1.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, with some early signs of slowing.