MORIAH BALINGIT

Early education reporter

Balingit is an Associated Press national reporter focused on child care, preschool and the early grades.

Labor laws largely exclude nannies. Some are banding together to protect themselves

Nannies, housekeepers, and home care workers are excluded from many federal workplace protections in the United States, and the private, home-based nature of the work means abuse tends to happen behind closed doors.

Day care prices aren’t getting better. So states are stepping in

Child care has long been expensive for families, hard to find and financially precarious for day care owners and workers.

Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some US college graduations marked by defiant acts

Despite pro-Palestinian protests roiling some U.S. college campuses this spring, graduation ceremonies are going off largely peacefully so far.

Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as US college graduations are marked by defiant acts

Despite pro-Palestinian protests roiling some U.S. college campuses this spring, graduation ceremonies are going off largely peacefully so far.

Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs

President Joe Biden is pushing proposals to help families pay for child care, preschool and elder care while he’s running for reelection this year.

America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees

The high costs and limited availability of quality child care are holding back American moms without college degrees.

Head Start preschools aim to fight poverty, but their teachers struggle to make ends meet

Teachers at Head Start child care centers are paid far less than public school teachers, even though they have similar credentials.

The CDC has relaxed COVID guidelines. Will schools and day cares follow suit?

Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses.

More Republicans back spending on child care, saying it’s an economic issue

More Republican lawmakers in states around the U.S. are getting behind the idea of using taxpayer money to subsidize child care.

Plagiarism charges downed Harvard’s president. A conservative attack helped to fan the outrage

Accusations of plagiarism have ruined the careers of academics and undergraduates alike. The latest target is Harvard President Claudine Gay, who resigned Tuesday.

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