A Guide to Storytime 2021

A Guide to Story Time is Reading by 9's annual bilingual reading guide for parents and educators.

Why child care could be ‘at a standstill’ as California plans not to expand financial assistance

Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed budget lacks funding for additional subsidized child-care slots, stalling progress on getting thousands of families access to affordable care.

'We want a change to happen.' L.A. County students walk out over ICE raids

Middle and high schoolers walked out of classrooms across L.A., Long Beach and Pasadena districts to protest the Trump administration's ICE crackdowns. UCLA, USC, Cal State and other college campuses...

Light boxes, braille writers and smell: How this child care center serves visually impaired kids

Educational support for infants, toddlers and preschoolers with visual impairments requires highly individualized learning plans to avoid potential development delays. How this child care center...

Indiscriminate ICE raids in L.A. can resume: What rights do you have?

What are your rights after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for federal authorities to resume immigration raids in L.A.

Fun shaped sandwiches? Cute lunch boxes? Stickers? How to pack a lunch kids will actually eat

As kids head back to school, parents brace for a common lunchtime challenge: ensuring their child actually eats their food and doesn't return home with a full lunch box.

Campus patrols, volunteer escorts: Fears of immigration raids cloud LAUSD’s first day of school

LAUSD students head back to school amid ongoing ICE raids, casting a layer of fear among immigrant families over potential risk to their safety.

Campus patrols, volunteer escorts: Fears of immigration raids cloud LAUSD’s first day of school

LAUSD students head back to school amid ongoing ICE raids, casting a layer of fear among immigrant families over potential risk to their safety.

Dealing with extreme heat is a full-time job for parents of young kids — and their schools

Extreme heat can have huge effects on the health and well-being of young kids — it's a major concern for parents amid high temperatures and wildfires.

How to ease kids' fears about the ICE raids

Will mom get detained? Is dad going to work? Answering kids' big questions amid ICE raids

As fear over ICE raids mounts across Los Angeles, undocumented families are grappling with how to handle crucial conversations with their children.

Will mom get detained? Is dad going to work? Answering kids' big questions amid ICE raids

As fear over ICE raids mounts across Los Angeles, undocumented families are grappling with how to handle crucial conversations with their children.

Will mom get detained? Is dad going to work? Answering kids' big questions amid ICE raids

As fear over ICE raids mounts across Los Angeles, undocumented families are grappling with how to handle crucial conversations with their children.

Could phonics solve California's reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

With Head Start in jeopardy, Trump administration threatens child care for 800,000 kids

California Head Start programs are in panic as the Trump administration threatens to cut the program, ending child care for 80,000 low-income families.

With Head Start in jeopardy, Trump administration threatens child care for 800,000 kids

California Head Start programs are in panic as the Trump administration threatens to cut the program, ending child care for 80,000 low-income families.

L.A. fires upend fragile child-care industry, sending providers, families scrambling

More than 300 child-care facilities are closed amid the L.A. fires, sending thousands of families scrambling to find care.