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Early Childhood Education
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For many California parents, paying for childcare means racking up credit card debt
Though childcare is often among the biggest expenses in a family’s monthly budget, economists say it's hard to know just how big of a problem it is.
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Local providers worry Trump’s Head Start proposal will gut the program
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California offers free money for college. Less than 20% of kids in LA County have claimed it
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Riverside is a ‘childcare desert.’ A new initiative could offer relief
The state approved money in this year’s budget to help with startup costs for a 'childcare special district' in Riverside County.
This Inglewood parent co-op is reimagining childcare
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UCLA is closing its on-campus childcare centers. Now parents are scrambling in a bleak market
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Why child care in California may get harder to find
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Trump administration proposes deregulating Head Start. Here’s what parents need to know
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