Over the past six months, I have been looking into the rising influence of profit-seeking investors -- particularly private equity firms -- in the child care sector. What I found is a cascade of risks that call for policymaker attention. @EarlyLearnNatn earlylearningnation.…

If you’re curious, @guidepostschool is owned by @to_higherground, which is in turn backed by several venture capital funds including Learn Capital and Venn Growth Partners. www.kgw.com/article/…

Appreciated hearing Caitlin Codella Low, VP of Policy at the @USCCFoundation, affirm that "once thing we're not hearing is that employers want [child care] to be the new health care benefit." Avoiding that should be a guiding principle in any employer-focused child care policy.

Skeptical as I am about employer-sponsored child care in general, there are definitely better or worse ways for employers who do offer these benefits to design them. I absolutely agree with @JulieKashen @_lea9223 @TCFdotorg on this part: tcf.org/content/comm…