EPISODE · Oct 18, 2021 · 37 MIN
'One word? Horrible.' The pre-pandemic causes of the child care crisis and how it gets fixed
from The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio · host Audacy
Child care is in crisis in the US. There's not enough of it, it's incredibly expensive, and the ripple effects of this crisis are significant, even extending to keeping parents out of the labor pool. So how bad is the problem really? How much of a factor has the pandemic been in this crisis? And most importantly, how do we start to address and fix the situation? Dr. Tom Conway, Chairperson of the Teacher Education Department and Associate Professor at Cabrini University breaks down the root causes of the problem, why it's so bad in the US, and what can be done to fix it.
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Child care is in crisis in the US. There's not enough of it, it's incredibly expensive, and the ripple effects of this crisis are significant, even extending to keeping parents out of the labor pool. So how bad is the problem really? How much of a factor has the pandemic been in this crisis? And most importantly, how do we start to address and fix the situation? Dr. Tom Conway, Chairperson of the Teacher Education Department and Associate Professor at Cabrini University breaks down the root causes of the problem, why it's so bad in the US, and what can be done to fix it.
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'One word? Horrible.' The pre-pandemic causes of the child care crisis and how it gets fixed
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