A new apprenticeship program aimed at addressing a shortage in Michigan’s early childhood education workforce launched last month, after a yearlong pilot resulted in success, enrolling around 200 ...
About six years ago, an apprentice training to be a machinist in Washington state told her supervisor she would probably have to drop out of the training program after having her baby: She couldn’t ...
Tiaja Gundy was just 19 years old when she started working at Federal Hill House, an early learning center in Providence, Rhode Island. It was 2016, and back then, she lacked experience and expertise ...
A typical career trajectory in early care and education might follow like this: start as an assistant teacher in a classroom, eventually gain the experience to move up to lead teacher, and if you’re ...
A new apprenticeship program called MiEarly Apprentice, piloted throughout 2025, officially launched at the end of February. The newest cohort is open for applications through May 1. The program ...
Children play at the playground of the YMCA of the East Bay’s Richmond Parkway Early Learning Center in Richmond, Calif. Credit: Emmanuel Guillén Lozano for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...