From Bad to Worse: COVID’s Toll on a Top Child Care Center

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From Bad to Worse: COVID’s Toll on Parents and Teachers (Part 2)

Gloria explores how the child care crisis is impacting the people living it every day by talking to a parent and teacher at Ellis Early Learning in Boston. In the second part of our 2-part premiere, she calls up some familiar faces from last season – Shane Dunn and Kiya Savannah. ...  Show more

Why the Labor Shortage Is Hitting Child Care Hard (with Lea Austin)

Gloria explores the child care labor crisis with Dr. Lea Austin, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at the University of California, Berkeley. They get into why so many early educators are leaving their jobs, where they’re going to get better ...  Show more

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