Letters: If we want to improve our country, start with the children
Aug. 7, 2026 5 AM PT To the editor: The article about possible changes to the Head Start…
Head Start explained: How changes to early education program affect California families
HEAD START, the federal program providing free early education for low-income children, has benefited from strong bipartisan support…
Measure C has sent $53M to Alameda County childcare centers
The crisis of childcare affordability and availability has become so acute that cities and states across the country…
California expands subsidized child care after threat of cuts
California will expand the number of state-subsidized child-care spaces by 22,770 following months of uncertainty and threatened cuts…
Kidango Opens San Jose’s First Multilingual Early Learning
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hundreds of San Jose families, elected officials, and community…
On a ‘Day Without Childcare,’ providers call for higher pay and more subsidies
In California, childcare workers, those who teach and care for the state’s youngest residents, earn a median wage…
More 4-year-olds are in publicly funded preschool than ever — in Oakland and across the state
This story was reported in part by EdSource. In its drive to achieve universal pre-kindergarten, California has made…
The education of Marquitta Eddings
The preschool at Merritt College, in the Oakland Hills, occupies what was once the school’s auto shop, a…
With immigration crackdown, CA child care hard to find
By Carolyn Jones, CalMatters An empty classroom for pre-K and kindergarten students in Burnt Ranch on Dec. 13,…
California second in nation for child care costs, study shows | California
(The Center Square) – A study by the financial organization SmartAsset places California as the second-most expensive state…
Fresno EOC Head Start fully open while centers close across the country
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — While dozens of Head Start programs across the country are missing out on federal…
Shutdown forces CA Head Start centers to begin closing
By Carolyn Jones, CalMatters Children listen during storytime at the Ralph Hawley Head Start Center at the YMCA…