Child care is in crisis. New funding aims to bolster workforce, economy

The child care field has a critical worker shortage, and, thanks to a grant, there will soon be training available in Spanish ...
Education Week

NCATE Revising Standards on Child-Development Preparation

Includes updates and/or revisions. An expert panel is drafting recommendations for how teacher colleges can craft courses and curricula so that future educators have a stronger understanding of how ...
Cal Alumni Association

Can Trendy Baby Classes Really Boost a Child’s Development?

Parent and baby classes are increasingly popular, and the choice greater than ever. These days you can even take newborns on courses ranging from massage, yoga, music, and swimming, to “signing” ...
The Herald-Dispatch

Tri-State in Training: Child development classes offered

APPRENTICESHIP FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST: The Apprenticeship for Child Development Specialist Program will start new classes soon at Huntington High School. Registration is at 6:30 p.m.
Purdue University

Purdue Extension offers child development classes to caregivers

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Childcare providers in Indiana have new Purdue University Cooperative Extension resources for learning more about working with young children including professional development ...
EdSource

Child Development

Child development courses in Spanish are opening community college to nannies who had previously been locked out. Science shows that trauma interrupts brain development in young children, which is why ...
Univeristy of Iowa Daily Iowan

Iowa City school districts receive grant to expand child development courses

The Iowa Department of Education approved a $600,000 grant to be split between nine school districts across the state. This grant aims to help expand child care programs and provide students with a ...