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  A number of the decisions Gov. Corbett made in his budget were unsettling, but among the more egregious is a 9.3 percent cut to child-care subsidies for the poor. It will force struggling parents to choose between work and welfare, ultimately increasing the...

Julia Van Houten, 31, a single mother with an 8-year-old girl and a 17-month-old boy, has struggled for years to make ends meet despite working full-time. A child-care teacher for close to nine years at Sonshine Christian Academy in Drexel Hill, Van Houten is paid $10...

AT THE beginning of MSNBC's weeklong Education Nation summit, educators deliberated the state of American education and the many challenges affecting the nation's schools. There was lots of hand-clapping and plenty of "Amen" moments as the teachers, gathered from...

Military officials who are worried about finding future soldiers are lobbying for more early childhood education funding. Their plea for Pre-K programs came in response to a new study that found that up to 90 percent of Philadelphia youth lack the qualifications for...

Early-childhood education is among the best investments a society can make for the future. Students enrolled in pre-K programs, a time when the mind is especially responsive to learning, perform demonstrably better in school later on. Read more...

Thank you for writing about the Nutter administration's efforts to double the percentage of college graduates in Philadelphia ("New city office to focus on college," Monday). While a K-16 framework may be a stretch for readers who think of college preparation as...

Anyone who doubts the hardship caused by the 100-day state budget impasse need only talk to daycare center owner Thelma Peake, who has not received her state funding since July.  For Peake, the president and owner of Peak’s Little Angels, a daycare center in Southwest...

Waiting List for Child Care Works Subsidy Outpaces Demand   Download Press Release  (Philadelphia, PA) July 21, 2009 – Over the past decades dramatic changes in family life and the structure of the economy have increased the demand for affordable child...