Early Childhood Education

The pandemic is worsening California's income inequality, but how to assist those in poverty remains a puzzle.

California’s new “Master Plan for Early Learning and Care” creates an equitable and inclusive Early Learning and Care system for all children.

California spent millions for hospital beds it hasn't needed. Jobs held by immigrant women hit hardest during pandemic. Big cuts to early childhood budget.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget reveals proposed cuts and takeaways for preschool and child care programs, eliminating about $1 billion. If approved, the cuts would crater plans to create 20,000 new preschool slots and offer more child care subsidies to low-income working families.

Battle for control of PG&E takes shape. Pay raises missing in budget increase for child care. Professors want UC to divest from oil and gas industry.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has ambitious plans to improve California's early childhood education, but experts say he's forgetting a key: preschool teacher salaries.

Less tax-and-spendy than expected, California's $215 billion budget delivers more for working and poor families, but avoids most new taxes and stops short of health care for all.

From family leave to tax-free diapers to expanded preschool, Gov. Gavin Newsom's revised budget proposal aims to support kids and parents—and to contrast with Jerry Brown's policies.

Legislation that would significantly expand California’s subsidized preschool program cleared its first committee hearing Wednesday, leaving early childhood education advocates increasingly optimistic that at least the first phase of their long-sought effort will cross the finish line this year. For years, pressure has mounted at the Capitol to increase access to preschool for the state’s […]

On a big week at California's Capitol, lawmakers consider bills on transit-oriented housing, family leave, police shootings, the National Guard and more.