Kendra Hurley

1 month ago | the74million.org | Kendra Hurley

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter In March 2020, when states and cities ordered widespread school closures in hopes of curbing the spread of COVID-19, many local leaders urged child care programs — especially family child care providers — to stay open for the nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, grocers and other essential workers who needed child care in order to work.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Kendra Hurley

4 hours agoFive years since the pandemic began, covid may now be endemic, experts sayThe coronavirus is now less deadly. But it is more transmissible and expected to continue experiencing waves, experts said, recommending vigilance and vaccination. Five years after the pandemic began, covid-19 is now more consistent with an endemic disease, U.S. health experts said.

1 month ago | earlylearningnation.com | Kendra Hurley

In March 2020, when states and cities ordered widespread school closures in hopes of curbing the spread of COVID-19, many local leaders urged child care programs — especially family child care providers — to stay open for the nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, grocers and other essential workers who needed child care in order to work. So began the United States’ crash course on the importance of child care to its entire economy.

1 month ago | proximate.press | Kendra Hurley

In 2021, when two U.S. senators introduced the Accelerating Charitable Efforts Act to speed up the payout of funds from donor-advised funds, it was the first time many lawmakers became aware of the issue. But the ACE Act was not the first major legislative battle over DAF reform. Before DAFs were debated in the halls of Washington, D.C., they were discussed in the halls of Sacramento.

1 month ago | slate.com | Kendra Hurley

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Something happened the year my son turned 12. He knows it too. He told me as much after hanging out with a friend one winter afternoon. They’d left the basketball court to climb a favorite play structure and had just gotten comfortable up top, chatting, when a woman with a small child ordered them down. The playground was for younger kids, she said, not them.