Katie Dukes

Student parents at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, North Carolina can drop their kids off for up to four hours of free child care.

North Carolina's Task Force on Child Care and Early Education heard that the supply of child care presents major challenges statewide.

The JES Avanti Foundation donated funds to help Woodland Elementary School participate in the Books on Break Program from Book Harvest.

A parent describes the experience of suddenly losing licensed child care on Hatteras Island in North Carolina.

Child care academies provide flexibility to communities in North Carolina facing a shortage of child care educators.

Profiles in Care | QuaShawnda Everett educates early childhood educators

The number of licensed family child care homes in NC has decreased by 22% since before the pandemic and 3% in the most recent quarter.

EdNC's Profiles in Care connect the experiences of early care and learning stakeholders with the policies that affect them.

The military's child care system has lessons for North Carolina's policymakers who are seeking to solve the state's child care crisis.

Dr. Elizabeth "Ellie" Erickson uses her position as a pediatrician to help nurture bonds between parents and children through reading.

A question about family child care homes

Operating statutes, program evaluation, and funding streams affect the integration of family child care into publicly funded pre-K programs.

Sara Sampson leads the Children and Youth Partnership for Dare County, which offers programs that support early childhood education.

Head Start was created in 1965 to combat poverty through early childhood education and has served 40 million children and their families.

A survey from RAND compares the experiences of public school-based pre-K teachers to those of public K–12 teachers and similar working adults.

The latest from Gov. Stein’s Task Force on Child Care and Early Education

The Task Force on Child Care and Early Education discussed child care for public sector workers, and issues facing the early care workforce.

NIEER's 2024 State of Preschool Yearbook has North Carolina moving up a bit in national rankings, but largely due to temporary federal funds.

Stabilization grants have propped up child care in North Carolina for five years. They ended in March, and without them, programs may close.

Child care providers in North Carolina support a proposal to make child care workers automatically eligible for child care subsidy.