No more tinkering around the edges, transformational change needed
September 2024For years, advocates have been working on an incremental basis to improve child care and early education in Minnesota. We've had some important successes. Early Learning Scholarships have been funded for some children in low-income families, and child care subsidy rates have been increased.
As important as those improvements are, this incremental approach isn't proving sufficient to fix a child care "system" that is completely melting down. Just look at the recent closure of three centers in Duluth ("Duluth in 'near-crisis' with child care shortage, task force says," StarTribune.com, Sept. 18).
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