childcare

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Politics & society

Abundant California: A Berkeley initiative aims to break gridlock, meet human needs

The Abundance Accelerator at UC Berkeley is bridging left-vs.-right conflict to focus on housing, childcare, medical care and other troubling shortages. “We call ourselves data-driven idealists,” says leader Amy E. Lerman.

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Education

Five years after COVID, child care workforce faces new threats, study finds