early childhood education

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Matt Damschroder visited the Murtis Taylor Child Care Center at the Kathryn R. Tyler Center in Cleveland Thursday to see the impact of new upgrades to the building, paid for, in part, by the local nonprofit PRE4CLE’s Early Learning Spaces program.

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and a host of other civic and nonprofit leaders announced Tuesday a new $4.4 million investment to boost parents’ access to early childhood education, and improve retainment of teaching staff.

A group of business leaders and child care advocates are asking state lawmakers to keep the Step Up To Quality rating system.

Preschool got walloped in the pandemic, and kids disappeared from classrooms. The loss was greatest in communities of color and poverty, but coming out of the shutdown, efforts are underway to recover and, perhaps, grow preschool post-pandemic.