Day Care

Aerial view of Escuelita Del Alma, showing its proximity to I-35.

I-35 expansion will force out Spanish-immersion day care, scrambling plans for 200 kids

Nathan Bernier

Escuelita del Alma has been at I-35 and 32nd Street since 2008, when the day care was forced to leave its Congress Avenue location to make way for a hotel.

Day cares in Texas are losing staff, and center owners are urging the Texas Legislature to address the problem by spending $2 billion on services.

Education

Day cares are losing educators to higher paying jobs. Owners say it’s creating a crisis in Texas.

Julián Aguilar

Child care center owners and business leaders are urging budget writers at the state Capitol to consider spending more than $2 billion for early education and childcare services. If not, they’ll continue to lose employees to industries that are able to pay higher wages.

Cori Berg is executive director of the Hope Day School early childhood program in Dallas.

COVID-19

Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom

Anya Kamenetz

The people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old, who are too young to be vaccinated, are in a special kind of hell right now.

Texas

Nearly 90 Children Have Died In Texas Day Care Centers In The Past Decade

From Texas Standard:Many parents count on day cares to provide a safe place for their children while they're at work. But a yearlong investigation by the…

Department of Family and Protective Services encourage parents to seek regulated childcare as the summer comes to a close.

Austin

State Urges Parents To Seek Regulated Day Cares

Kelsey Sheridan

There are more than 25,000 daycare operations and homes in the state of Texas. And as the school year looms, parents have to choose among them to find…