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Mississippi Child Care Crisis

Mississippi has some of the lowest standards for child care centers in the country and some of the weakest oversight. The Hechinger Report joined with the Clarion-Ledger to investigate how the state fails to serve all its children well, why it falls short and possible solutions.

Posted inNews

Mississippi suspends pilot child care inspection program

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jackie Mader and Sarah Butrymowicz February 21, 2017June 8, 2021

A pilot program that would have increased the number of inspections of child care centers in nine Mississippi counties, comprising one health district, has been suspended indefinitely as the state Department of Health reviews alternate options, according to an email sent to child care providers last week. This story also appeared in The Clarion Ledger […]

Posted inElementary to High School

Mississippi to double its inspections of child care centers in the Delta

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jackie Mader and Sarah Butrymowicz January 24, 2017October 21, 2020
Posted inNews

Has your child care center left children unattended?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jackie Mader and Sarah Butrymowicz December 18, 2016October 21, 2020
Posted inMississippi, Mississippi Child Care Crisis, News, The South

Mississippi to increase oversight of child care centers

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jackie Mader and Sarah Butrymowicz December 18, 2016October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

What is it like to run a child care center in one of America’s poorest states?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jackie Mader and Sarah Butrymowicz December 11, 2016October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

Where are the missing child care directors?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jackie Mader and Sarah Butrymowicz December 11, 2016October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, Mississippi, Mississippi Child Care Crisis, News, The South

Mississippi defies national trend; decreases scrutiny of early child care quality

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz and Jackie Mader December 4, 2016October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

How child care quality could take a hit when Mississippi’s resource libraries shut down

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz and Jackie Mader December 4, 2016October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

Is Mississippi’s child care system backsliding?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz and Jackie Mader September 25, 2016October 21, 2020
Posted inEarly Education, Elementary to High School, Mississippi, Mississippi Child Care Crisis, News, The South

How we reported ‘Child Care Crisis’

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz and Jackie Mader March 27, 2016October 21, 2020

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