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Early Childhood Education
California Botanic Garden opens Children’s Woodland, a free-form nature play space that emphasizes connections to native plants.
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In 2025, the state increased payments for people who took time off to care for a child or a family member.
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First 5 Orange County was recently awarded $75,000 from O.C. Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento.
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Experts say California isn't studying its own transitional kindergarten program, despite research that has shown a public preschool program doesn’t guarantee better outcomes.
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California requires every school district to offer the preschool program to all 4-year-olds. But uptake has been uneven.
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Stanford economists estimate it would cost the state up to $21 billion to offer universal child care for kids 3 and under in California.
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The U.S. Senate has until Friday night to approve a package of funding measures or else risk another government shutdown.
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The Governor’s proposal uses cannabis tax revenues to support child care infrastructure affected by the January 2025 fires.
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Last year, homelessness declined overall in the region, but not for families with children. And service providers say even that was an undercount.
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Transitional kindergarten is forcing a change in the way elementary schools operate in California.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will now recommend vaccines against only 11 diseases.
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For our second annual Super-Fun Saturday, we partnered with more than two dozen community partners, along with local Los Angeles authors and performers.
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Minimum wage for many California fast workers is now $20. Those who work in child care say they feel left behind.
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The governor's revised proposal makes cuts to funding for transitional kindergarten facilities, state preschool slots, and home visiting programs.
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Research shows that early intervention for children with developmental delays is key. But less than a third of children on Medi-Cal are receiving state-mandated developmental screenings.
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Parents and maternal health advocates share advice for expecting parents, from listening to grandmas to making your voice heard.
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An organized bus tour takes Black pregnant people to hospitals and clinics around Los Angeles to help them make informed decisions about their healthcare.
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There’s a shortage of early childhood educators across the country. To help, Los Angeles County is training parents who have their kids in Head Start to become teachers themselves.
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Few babies and toddlers were enrolled in early childhood development programs, which experts say can stem the negative effects of homelessness.
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Starting next year, California will set up trust funds for kids in low-income families who lost a parent to COVID. The state doesn’t know who all those kids are, though.
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Clocks spring forward on Sunday, meaning we'll lose an hour of sleep. Here are some tips for parents of young kids to help them adjust.
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Bow Wizzle, voiced by rapper Snoop Dogg, teaches kids how to breathe through stress in his children's animated series on YouTube.
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New legislation would require hospitals to report implicit bias training compliance each year.
