Daisy Nguyen

1 month ago | laist.com | Elly Yu |Daisy Nguyen

When Humberto Estratalán’s daughter started transitional kindergarten last fall in the Coachella Valley city of La Quinta, he was surprised to hear she’d be in a combination class with kindergartners — with only one teacher. He said the classroom held about 30 kids, but no dedicated aide to help the teacher manage them. His daughter would come home, deflated. “She was struggling emotionally. We could tell she was just a little, not herself, not as happy to be at school,” Estratalán said.

1 month ago | samoaobserver.ws | John Antczak |Daisy Nguyen |Marcio Sanchez

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Japan called Monday for increased pressure on North Korea, saying this is not a time for dialogue. Government spokesman Norio Maruyama said North Korea reached "a new level" with its latest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile as Americans celebrated Independence Day on July 4. The test marked a significant step toward the goal of North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un to develop a missile with a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the United States.

1 month ago | kqed.org | Daisy Nguyen

Failed to save articlePlease try againLisa Zarodney talks to Ryden, 1, Kane, 2, and Hudson, 3, at her home in Livermore, where she runs a child care operation, on March 7, 2025. A plan to spend the $500 million dollars to improve access to child care and kids health care per Measure C could come in June. Alameda County supervisors agreed Tuesday to delay spending some of the $500 million collected from a sales tax measure to support child care providers in order to avoid a potential lawsuit.

1 month ago | kqed.org | Daisy Nguyen

Failed to save articlePlease try againFour-year-old students head back to their transitional kindergarten class at Tule Elk Park Early Educational School in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2001. San Francisco public schools received the largest number of applications in more than a decade thanks to a statewide initiative to offer a free year of prekindergarten to all 4-year-olds this fall.

2 months ago | kqed.org | Daisy Nguyen

Mar 11Failed to save articlePlease try againLisa Zarodney lets Hudson, 3, and Ryden, 1, out to play at her home in Livermore, where she runs a childcare operation, on March 7, 2025. (Gina Castro/KQED)Since 2021, Alameda County has collected roughly $500 million in sales tax revenue to improve access to child care and pediatric health care for lower-income families. But not a single dollar has been spent.