Archive for April 2026

Apprenticeship Week is an opportunity for Child Care Aware of Minnesota, TEACH Early Childhood® Minnesota, and the early childhood field to celebrate the current and past participating employers, apprentices, and mentors. It’s also an opportunity to learn more about TEACH apprenticeship and what the program offers. The TEACH Early Childhood® Minnesota Apprenticeship Program helps newer…

Minnesota’s Great Start Compensation Program has worked to improve wages and support for early care educators, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, titled “Progress Through Persistence and Partnership: Minnesota’s Collaborative Effort to Advance Early Educator Compensation,” demonstrates how Minnesota moved from temporary relief…