The Playing Field

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We love our school family.

Come on out! Texas Roadhouse!

Our midtown/west side location has an upcoming opening for a DPI licensed 4-K teacher.

Our program offers competitive wages and generous benefits including health, dental, vision, life, short and long term disability coverages as well as generous PTO and extensive professional development.

The classroom ratios are kept low so that staff can invest in individual children. There are a maximum of 14 children in the room with the DPI licensed teacher and another lead-qualified teacher.

The Playing Field believes that caring for children begins with caring for staff. If you would like to learn more about joining our school family, please contact [email protected].

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This op-ed is no longer behind a paywall for those who didn’t have the opportunity to read it.

https://madison.com/opinion/column/article_fc49f1b4-423f-41a0-98ac-e3b8106c1d71.html?fbclid=IwZnRzaASx31pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe4F-qAEYuQukhzpsoiCq5eR5gI-fTAiLroXGSuf_9Fw5U_B3-SWbCLuBuFo0_aem_zc93_F9cb7fGnCkZ_0Afag

Childcare providers face funding cliff across Wisconsin | Abbi Kruse Child care programs in Wisconsin struggle with the reduction and elimination of vital state bridge payments after investing in quality and wages during the pandemic, now facing operational crises and potential closures.

https://www.wmtv15news.com/2026/06/29/wisconsin-childcare-bridge-payments-expire-leaving-providers-facing-closures-rate-hikes/?outputType=amp

Wisconsin childcare bridge payments to expire, leaving providers facing closures and rate hikes A pandemic-era program that has provided $110 million to Wisconsin childcare providers expires June 30, and a quarter of the state’s childcare centers say they may not survive without it.

One of the "solutions" being offered for the child care crisis is de-regulation of programs. Proponents of this idea point to the fact that child care is most expensive in states with the most regulation- as if regulation is the problem.

Regulations are put in place to keep children safe.

In this case, a fence was beyond repair. A child slipped out and was found wandering the streets.

The child care funding issues can not be solved by offering children worse care.

Child found in middle of the road after escaping daycare A child who escaped her daycare was returned to her mother after she was found in the middle of a nearby road.