Child care

AP Poll Birth Rates

FILE - A doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago, Aug. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)

Child care

US adults want the government to focus on child care costs, not birth rates, AP-NORC poll finds

JULY 8, 2025

FILE - Delaney Griffin, center, plays with toddlers at the child care center where she works, March 13, 2024, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File)

FILE - Delaney Griffin, center, plays with toddlers at the child care center where she works, March 13, 2024, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File)

Child care

Scholarships for child care are drying up. Now families are paying the price

APRIL 8, 2025

Education Head Start Closure

The day of the school's closure is marked on a calendar as children, including Mariah Wallen, 5, march in a circle to music in the Stars classroom at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Wasilla, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Child care

This preschool in Alaska changed lives for parents and kids alike. Why did it have to close?

AUG. 5, 2024

Careers

AP examines troubling trend of women dropping out of the workforce

SEPT. 11, 2020

Business

APNewsBreak: Au pairs win $65.5M in suit over US pay

JAN. 18, 2019

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