Teachers whose careers are impacted by a lack of affordable, quality childcare: We want to hear from you

Carly Flandro | 01/15/2024

Idaho Education News is joining forces with national media partners to investigate the impacts of a nationwide childcare shortage on parents in the workforce, including the teaching profession.

If you’re a teacher and your career has been impacted by a lack of affordable, quality childcare, we want to hear from you.

That could look like:

Stepping back from teaching for months or years
Turning down or not pursuing promotions
Cutting down to part-time work
Requesting fewer or simpler preps
Resigning from or turning down supplementary, paid roles, like coaching or advising

While our main focus is on teachers, if you hold another role in education, we’d love to hear from you, too.

Your story could become part of a nationwide series created in partnership with the Education Reporting Collaborative, a groundbreaking, eight-member media group that aims to cover the most urgent education issues of the day with more depth and reach. Partners include The Hechinger Report, the Associated Press, and The Christian Science Monitor.

To share your story, please email reporter Carly Flandro: [email protected]. You can also call or text her at (208) 317-4287.

Carly Flandro

Carly Flandro reports from her hometown of Pocatello. Prior to joining EdNews, she taught English at Century High and was a reporter for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. She has won state and regional journalism awards, and her work has appeared in newspapers throughout the West. Flandro has a bachelor’s degree in print journalism and Spanish from the University of Montana, and a master’s degree in English from Idaho State University. You can email her at [email protected] or call or text her at (208) 317-4287.