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‘A real crisis’: Five takeaways from a new survey on childcare worker pay in Pennsylvania

While parents are struggling to pay for daycare, childcare teachers are getting paid less than a living wage across the state, a new survey by Children First PA found.

Yasmine Williams reads to the 1-year-old children under her care at The Willow School in Norristown, Pa., on November 11, 2021. A new survey shows that childcare teachers don’t make a living wage in any Pa. county.
Yasmine Williams reads to the 1-year-old children under her care at The Willow School in Norristown, Pa., on November 11, 2021. A new survey shows that childcare teachers don’t make a living wage in any Pa. county.Read moreTHOMAS HENGGE / Staff Photographer