The Hechinger Report

Curbing private equity’s expansion into child care

Some early childhood advocates are arguing for tighter regulations on investor-driven firms that own child care providers. Currently about one in 10 child care centers are owned by private equity ...
The Economist

Private equity is reshaping American child care

A SPOT AT Little Friends, an independent child-care centre in Greenwich, Connecticut, is highly sought-after. Parent testimonials are glowing. The waiting list is years long. Yet the competition for ...
The Denver Post

As private equity invests in child care, Colorado lawmakers seek guardrails

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Colorado. Last July, families at a Highlands Ranch child care center received startling news: The center was ...
Boulder Weekly

Private equity moves into Colo. child care

Eva Pietri was at work when she got a notification from Pathways Learning Academy in Boulder. The infant care program where her 6-month-old son had been enrolled for a little more than a week would ...
The Washington Post

Private equity role in soaring child care prices under investigation

A Democratic senator launched an investigation Monday into the nation’s two largest for-profit child care providers, as rising child care prices squeeze voters already concerned about the cost of ...