Early Learning

Val Thomas-Matson, producer and star of “Look, Listen and Learn,” smiling while holding Emmy and Telly Awards.

How Seattle’s ‘Look, Listen and Learn’ is changing children’s TV

Award-winning series uplifts BIPOC kids and families

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immigrant child care providers Seattle kids

Immigrant providers are critical to achieving universal child care

Equity in child care access depends on it

Seattle universal child care DEEL

What’s the DEEL? Seattle’s path to universal child care

DEEL Director Dwane Chappelle discusses where we are and what it will take

Washington state child care funding

‘We need long-term funding not short-term fixes’

City and state leaders say they'll keep working to address the state's child care crisis

Seattle employer child care benefits

In Seattle, few employers significantly subsidize child care

Outlier YMCA considers child care 'not a perk, but a foundation for equity and opportunity

Seattle child care costs and assistance

Child care by the numbers—and where to turn for help

Seattle is a ways away from universal child care, but assists thousands with care

Washington free preschool funding

Ballmer Group pledges up to $170M a year for free preschool in WA

Former Microsoft CEO's gift could add 10,000 preschool slots

Early learning programs Skagit

WA early-learning programs struggle with ample uncertainty

A 'no-win' situation for families & providers

Seattle’s NAAM opens new Math Room for kids to play & learn

Hands-on learning inspired by Benjamin Banneker

Headstart funding lawsuit

Thousands of Washington children at risk if Head Start ends, lawsuit alleges

Program is a lifeline for working parents

Woman, man and two children sit posed for a family photo on a beach.

Cutting early learning program hurts families like mine | Op-Ed

Lawmakers must protect these programs, not cut vital family support

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