Proposed legislation would bar most homeowners associations in Nevada from prohibiting licensed home-based childcare operations within their communities. (Getty Images) Deetra Stewart provided ...

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Home-based child care is too often misunderstood and undervalued. It’s not babysitting — it’s early childhood education. Home-based providers are trained professionals, licensed small business owners ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Loretta Johnson beamed as she started talking about her Kindergarten teacher. Mrs. Ann Brooks made such an impression that Johnson said it shaped her love for learning. Loretta Johnson ...

Luisa wakes up before the sun rises in the Bronx. She’s checking the day’s schedule: an infant arriving at 6 a.m., a toddler who will stay until 7:30 p.m., a preschooler whose mother picks him up ...

Deetra Stewart provided home-based child care for more than two decades before her homeowners association decided they had a problem with it. She recalled being “shocked and horrified” by what felt ...