Over time, Colorado has consistently been rated as a state where child care was least affordable for families. On average, in 2016 it cost $11,000 per year for a 4-year-old and nearly $15,000 for an infant in full-time, center-based child care.
“Some people don’t want to give you an opportunity. You have to build your own bridges.”
The bottom line is this: Coloradans need postsecondary training and credentials to enter or stay in the middle class.
Poor outcomes at for-profit schools are hitting low-income students and ethnic and racial minorities the hardest.
This year on Groundhog Day, I’m contemplating a health policy idea that ought to go back into hiding: high-risk pools.
