The child care crisis facing our country

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No matter how you are faring during these difficult days, pause for a moment to consider the plight of child care providers, who are struggling to keep their businesses alive. Without them, working parents are lost, and yet many families could well find their child care centers closed when they return to work, according to an investigation we published this week with USA Today.

We also took a look at how college seniors are coping as they face a dismal job market, and considered lessons from the last recession. Week after week, you can find all our coronavirus stories here. We wish you good health – and remind you that we love to hear from readers.

Liz Willen, Editor

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Her daycare center was already on the brink — then coronavirus struck

In the world of child care, businesses, most of them run by women, often struggle to survive. This is especially true for child care providers who accept children from low-income families. Now, coronavirus threatens to topple the daycare industry.

Reading List

Anybody got a job? These college seniors are sure going to need one

High anxiety among both four-year grads and community college students as unemployment skyrockets.

Our fragile child care ‘system’ may be about to shatter

Child care programs across the country are ‘afraid to stay open and afraid to close,’ caught between fear of the coronavirus and fear of financial ruin.

How the last recession affected higher education. Will history repeat?

A recap of what happened to colleges and universities during the Great Recession of 2008 to help us think through what might and might not repeat this time around.

Planning ahead to catch up students when school reopens after coronavirus

Mississippi students may not return to school this year. Experts say now is the time to start thinking of ways districts can help kids who are falling far behind their peers catch up, including ramping up summer school.

OPINION: It’s time for some frank talk about abrupt college closures

Presidents and boards need to think about the best interests of their students, and transparent, honest communications should be central to that thinking.

Solutions

"Memphis teachers turn to TV to air lessons with classrooms closed due to coronavirus ," Chalkbeat.

"Coronavirus kindness: South Bay teens create tutor network for hundreds of students ," KGO-TV.

This week’s solutions section came from SolutionsU powered by Solutions Journalism Network and their database of solutions journalism. Search for more solutions.

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The child care crisis facing our country

Her daycare center was already on the brink — then coronavirus struck

Anybody got a job? These college seniors are sure going to need one

Our fragile child care ‘system’ may be about to shatter

How the last recession affected higher education. Will history repeat?

Planning ahead to catch up students when school reopens after coronavirus

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