Daisy Nguyen

@KQED reporter focusing on early childhood education and care. Proud @AP alum and mom. Email:

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

Hello, find me on Blue Sky @daisynguyen.bsky.social where I’ll post more actively about early care and education issues.

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

Tomorrow, @KQED will have more on how the program’s growth will depend on parents opting in.

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

California is in the middle of adding a new grade that guarantees a free year of preschool for all 4-year-olds. By next Fall, it will be the nation’s largest public preschool program. I teamed up @BlancaWrites and @ellywyu to examine the expansion of TK. https://t.co/GJ7wrF9EXF

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

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[DOCLANDS @doc_lands]

Thank you @sfchronicle for highlighting MAKE A CIRCLE, a doc about the CA's childcare system in crisis.

See the film with directors JEN BRADWELL, TODD BOEKELHEIDE and other special guests in convo at DocLands!

📖https://t.co/QOSjVuo2GP

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

Two stories I covered last year are the subjects of two documentaries screening this weekend at the #doclands film festival in San Rafael, CA. It’s wonderful to see the tireless women I met through my reporting are getting their moment in the spotlight. https://t.co/0iSxznTIdH

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

Did you know: Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse and revolutionized food after failing as a Montessori preschool teacher. She joked @KQED Live event that she quit because she bit a biting child. “You learn by doing.”

[KQED Forum @KQEDForum]

🎙️ ON AIR:

We're speaking w/ @daisynguyen, Mind Builder Center's Deo Agustin, @IRLEUCB's Anna Powell, and Senator @MoniqueLimonCA about the future of California childcare.

❓What is your experience finding quality affordable child care?

📻 Listen:
https://t.co/KiLyiv8Trf

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

Assemblymember @PhilTing who heads the budget committee said while that sounds like a lot, those providers haven't received a rate increase since 2016. "This is not even a real raise. This is just keeping up with cost of living."

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

Amid tight budget year, Democratic legislators are putting the pressure on @GavinNewsom to increase pay rates to subsidized child care providers by $1 Billion.
https://t.co/d6UG1w33KK

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

@CCPUCalifornia As one proponent says about #childcare: 'This is not some luxury that you can do without.'

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

@kqednews is delving into the true cost of child care. Spoiler: It costs a lot and in more ways than one. Take Tamarra Hayward, a single mom who has someone different every day to care for her kids while she tries to start a career in #construction. 🧵
https://t.co/RdRHfl0wia

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

@CCPUCalifornia Democrats in the state Senate suggest raising corporate taxes to pay child care workers. @ssanfranciscoDEC is using a business tax to do just that, and has expanded access. https://t.co/zhbOxFzdG4

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

Tomorrow there’s an open house @KQED to celebrate its new headquarters. Here are two @CahillContract1 workers who helped build it. I met them at a construction job fair for women. What does construction have to do with child care? Tune in next week to find out.

[KQED @KQED]

The #KQEDFest lineup is here! ✨

Don't miss @BootsRiley with @KQEDForum, @lyricsborn and @ladona415 at @noisepop's Homegrown Stage, food from @MarleysTreats4u, @cochinitasf, @realveganmob, and more!

📆 April 29
⏰ 11AM-6PM
📍 KQED Headquarters
🎟️ https://t.co/vDUZB7qeRT

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

President Biden's executive orders yesterday to improve access to child care may benefit tens of thousands of California families who receive subsidies. His directives include possibly lowering or getting rid of monthly fees & improve job quality for early educators.

[Senator Monique Limón @MoniqueLimonCA]

Grateful to chat with @daisynguyen on @POTUS' Executive Order to make child care more affordable. @EGReyesCA & I are excited by this news and look forward to bringing revolutionary changes to the child care sector! #SB380 #AB596 @ParentVoicesCA @CAgovernor
https://t.co/jp7bxwegRB

[Daisy Nguyen @daisynguyen]

A new report by @childrennow finds @ContraCostaCnty lost almost 90 child care providers since the start of the pandemic, leaving a big hole in the number of available child care slots. Some 3800 kids eligible for subsidized care are on a wait list. https://t.co/Nige3wMZMn