On-Campus Child Care: A Valuable but Dwindling Support for Student Parents
How access to on-campus child care can make postsecondary completion easier for student parents.
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To Support Student Parents, Colleges Need to Know Who They Are
New America will join efforts to improve colleges' data collection on student parents.
Access to Child Care is a Major Source of Stress for Student Parents
Finding child care is a constant source of stress for student parents, which has led some to give up on their dreams of a new career.
A Nation of Paid Family Leave Have- and Have-Nots Characterizes the United States in 2023
Experiment No. 36: The Chore Check-In
How much do you think you do? Take the quiz to find out if you and your partner are on the same page
Experiment No. 35: Think Systems Change
Passing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Leaves Lessons for the Future
NEW: New Round of Child Care Innovation Reporting Grants Now Available!
Stories to Drive Policy Change: Better Life Lab’s Child Care Innovation Reporting Grants
Re-Scripting Hollywood Stories to Shift Culture: A Q&A with Sanaz Alesafar, Executive Director of Storyline Partners
Together with Storyline Partners, the Better Life Lab works to shift narratives and culture through inclusive storytelling on TV and film.
“Child Care Services Would Cease to Happen Without Immigrant Child Care Workers”
New research finds anti-immigrant policies harm the child care sector and vulnerable families.
America’s New Reality: Forcing Birth With No Support
One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, the Better Life Lab team talks about the urgent need for paid leave and abortion rights.
Senate HELP Committee Executive Session Addresses Working Families’ Needs
The Senate HELP Committee wants to close the wage gap, guarantee paid sick days and aid collective action - much needed and long overdue.
Why Saving New York City’s Universal Preschool Matters for the Country
New York City’s universal pre-K and 3-K programs are struggling. Here’s why it matters for the care crisis in the United States.
America Has A Black Maternal Health Problem
Black women die at nearly three times the rate of white women during childbirth and the postpartum period.