by Alisa Nelson | Mar 13, 2023 | Business, Education, News, Politics / Govt, Show Me Today
At least 51% of Missouri lacks access to a daycare provider and the state is tackling its severe childcare provider shortage head-on. To help increase the number of early childhood education centers and boost the state’s workforce, Missouri is offering grants to some...
by Alisa Nelson | Sep 14, 2022 | Business, Education, News
The U.S. Chamber Foundation says one-third of Missouri families report that they or someone in their household left a job, did not take a job, or greatly changed jobs because of problems with childcare in the last 12 months. It says Missouri’s economy loses an...
by Alisa Nelson | Sep 12, 2022 | Education, News
The father of country music artist Dolly Parton could not read or write. “He was the smartest man I have ever known but I know in my heart his inability to read probably kept him from fulfilling all of his dreams,” Parton said on Imagination Library’s website....