Early Childhood

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• COVID Stimulus

Child care gets a boost with new Michigan budget, but structural problems remain

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• Early Childhood

Child care centers provided young students a safe place to learn online. Michigan won’t cover the cost.

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• Coronavirus

Michigan child care providers struggle to stay afloat as fewer children show up and federal aid runs out

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• Early Childhood

Need subsidized child care in Detroit? A new website makes it easier to find.

Michigan’s reopening economy needs child care. This educator’s struggle shows that rebooting centers won’t be easy.

Temperature checks and naked dolls: How Michigan child care providers are reopening as safely as possible

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• Early Childhood

Michigan pledges $130 million to keep child care providers open

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• Coronavirus

What will it take for Michigan child care centers to survive COVID-19 closures? ‘Pay them today.’

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• Politics & Policy

Mayor cheers as Michigan’s governor recommends universal free pre-K in Detroit

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• Early Childhood

Hold your bets on a preschool expansion in Detroit

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• Early Childhood

Q&A: From model preschools to higher pay, Denise Smith has big ideas for early childhood education in Detroit.

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• Early Childhood

Researchers: Detroit could become a national leader in pre-K

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• Early Childhood

Duggan expects funding for free preschool next fall for 4-year-olds, but faces legislative hurdle

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• Early Childhood

This veteran educator and advocate will head a $50 million effort to educate Detroit’s youngest students

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• Early Childhood

Inside 45 minutes of Detroit fun: How artists are helping toddlers dance from home care into kindergarten

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• Early Childhood

After a tumultuous decade, is Head Start in Detroit finding its feet?

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• Early Childhood

‘It makes us better teachers because we’re not carrying it inside’: How a Detroit preschool helps teachers cope with the stress of the job

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• Early Childhood

Defusing tantrums, tying laces, and changing young lives — while living under the poverty line

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• Early Childhood

These foundations have poured millions into Detroit childcare. They’re ready to ‘accelerate’.

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• Early Childhood

The 4-year-olds are alright in Michigan. The 3-year-olds, less so.

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• Early Childhood

Gov. Whitmer wants universal pre-K by the end of her four-year term. Will there be enough teachers?

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• Early Childhood

What Whitmer’s budget means for preschoolers in Michigan — and Detroit

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• Early Childhood

Universal pre-K for Detroit? Affordable child care? How Michigan could spend new federal funds

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• Early Childhood

A silver medal for Detroit pre-K. Now where are the kids?

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• Early Childhood

Here’s how Detroit, Flint, and Grand Rapids advocates are trying to put early childhood education on the state policy agenda in Lansing

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• Early Childhood

A year later, here’s what’s happened with a $50 million effort to improve the lives of young Detroit children

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• Politics & Policy

This growing program is addressing Detroit’s literacy crisis — just don’t say it’s filling a ‘word gap’

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• Early Childhood

Children left in limbo as Detroit Head Start providers stand to lose federal grants

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• Early Childhood

As Michigan’s poorest 4-year-olds wait for classroom seats, free pre-K for all kids seems elusive

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• Early Childhood

Kindergarten ‘boot camp’ aims to ready young Detroit children — and their parents — for school

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• Early Childhood

For Michigan’s 3- and 4-year-olds with special needs, ‘it’s hard’ to find a place to learn

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• Early Childhood

New grant aims to bring programs like arts and nutrition to Detroit preschools and childcare facilities