didn t raise tuition prices? we couldn t survive. we wouldn t stay open. reporter: programs nationwide are raising rates for the same reasons. it s happening everywhere. to keep the doors open this is what has to happen and it s going to continue to get worse. reporter: inflation is just part of it. at least 15,000 programs have closed with 11% fewer child care workers than pre-pandemic leaving an industry with a median wage just over $13 an hour, now many parents face longer wait lists and tuition hikes. revenue is going down even though there s demand for it. because we just don t have enough teachers to be able to get the amount of children that we used to have into our buildings. reporter: sean toner owns beach babies in louis, delaware, a child care desert. he s raising tuition 8% to 10% for the second straight year to offset inflation and raise teacher wages to roughly $14 an hour. i don t want to be that person that s driving away the
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low-wage working. the salary is $35,000 a year, and this is better than last year. they got a tiny raise recently, and now, they are, i forget the ranking, but 11th or 12th in the country now, but behind a whole lot of states. behind the ranking states in terms of the teacher wages that you wouldea expect. but it is the cost of living, because the new york teachers have a great starting salary, but it is new york, and thert ct ofne living there is much different. so it is eye-opening for me, because ing had no idea how bad the teachers in some parts of theac country are really, reall struggling. they are looking at duplicating the program in other place, and companies are looking at trying to followok the model. kate, thank you very much as always. kate snow. thank you. and could president trump s attacks on the whistle-blower get him into trouble? first, hundreds of inmates being released today, and the largest commutation day in american history. we are live in oklahoma
infrastructures. that s why the model we re creating is so important. and flint provides a very important lesson when you look at the time line. the state of michigan, it poisoned children for at least 18 months. and it denied that it was doing so. and in october of 2015, or the fall of 2015 when they finally publicly acknowledged that there was a crisis, that was the key moment. that was the inflection point to funnel resources into the school, to prepare for needs. not only did the state of michigan fail to do that. in fact, they forced the district to freeze teacher wages, making it noncompetitive, and three years later, by october 2018 we ended up with a district where one in five children need special education services, and one in four special education teacher positions is unfilled. yeah. so lindsey, now that we re all fired up, what can people do about it to learn more ar to help people in flint affected