Child care oversight lax in many states
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Many states are distressingly lax in their regulation and oversight of child care centers, according to a new nationwide survey which gives its lowest marks to Idaho and Louisiana and its highest grade to the far-flung system run by the U.S. military.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- A long-term study of the health and development of children in the United States will include about 100,000 children and their families in 96 counties in 36 states.
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Florida has launched a new Web site allowing parents to check on the disciplinary records of teachers. Other states may follow suit.
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Authorities crack down on many of the schools, which operate outside the public system and whose quality varies.
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Changing course, the Education Department will allow states to count teachers as highly qualified even under standards that may do little to ensure quality.
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Though laws in every state say government records and meetings must be open to all, reality often falls far short: Laws are sporadically enforced, penalties for failure to comply are mild and violators almost always walk away with nothing more than a reprimand, an Associated Press survey of all 50 states has found.
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The article &quot;Report Faults Child Mental Health Care&quot; [Metro in Brief, Sept. 28] misrepresents the focus and findings of a Government Accountability Office study, &quot;DC Child and Family Services Agency: More
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AUSTIN -- Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn is investigating foster care and possible Medicaid prescription drug fraud. Strayhorn said Texas is spending about $4 million per year on mind-altering drugs for foster care children.
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MARK COLVIN: Teachers, doctors, police and childcare workers are the people we trust with our children. But members of those professions are among more than 150 people arrested in the biggest child pornography crackdown that Australia has ever seen.
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More than a quarter of all working families in the United States, including 20 million children, are considered low-income or poor, an independent report said yesterday.
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(HealthDay News) -- Child-care centers are often breeding grounds for germs.
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A bipartisan panel of governors has recommended that states expand access to pre-kindergarten and push for early childhood education efforts if they want to properly prepare kids for school.
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Nearly 200 childcare providers in England are no longer registered after failing their Ofsted inspections.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - Squabbling over national day care could sidetrack efforts to get a program up and running, Social Development Minister Ken Dryden warned Friday.
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Florida libraries ban adults in kid's area, women object to intrusive patdowns, and Montana mandates funding for Indian education.
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A bill to create an independent panel of experts and municipal workers to probe child-care deaths was introduced into the City Council yesterday as lawmakers move to tackle the rising fatality rates.
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Almost half of care homes for the elderly and a third for children fall short of national standards, experts claim.