Long journey from California to Minsk (186) Nov 12, 2009
After spending three years as a Hebrew kindergarten teacher, Phillips is eager to work at the Mazel Tov early childcare center in Minsk. In addition, she will also help out with programs that aid poor and needy elderly Jews living on the outskirts of the city. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Armona family resource center to close Tuesday Jul 1, 2009
Once settled in, she had a hard time finding a good early childcare program for her 2-year-old son Patrick. With her husband often away on long-term deployment, James said she was faced with the challenge of not just living in a new town where she had no friends or relatives, but also creating an environment where her son could grow up emotionally, intellectually and physically healthy. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Local Racing Notebook: Rookie rewards Trone at Lincoln Speedway May 11, 2009
The Early Childcare Initiative of the United Way of Carlisle and Cumberland County. Contest Apr. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
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Highline Community College announced the closure of both the Early Childcare Learning Center and the Federal Way campus last month as a way to cut costs. At a Feb. 3 forum on the closure of Highline's daycare center, located at the main Des Moines campus, parents asked: What is the amount they need to raise to keep the daycare center open. (Enumclaw Courier Herald, WA)
Nurseries better than grandparents, research shows Feb 12, 2009
The study's findings are reported in an article, Early childcare and child development, which appears in today's new issue of the Journal of Social Policy, published by Cambridge University Press. Sam Smethers, chief executive of the Grandparents Plus charity, said: "We don't think a bidding war on childcare is particularly helpful. Of course families rely on grandparents for childcare because it's seen as the next best thing to parental care."Something like 1. (guardian.co.uk)
