Wonderschool is changing child care. Here’s how
The US child care system is a hot mess. Parents don’t have federally-protected time off to bond with their children, despite hoards of research showing how relationships formed in the earliest years of life shape babies’ brains—laying the foundations for children’s future emotional, educational and physical well-being. When parents go back to work, often sooner than they’d like, their child care options are limited. Meanwhile, early childhood teachers and day care workers are woefully underpaid, yet it’s all increasingly unaffordable.
Wonderschool, a platform that helps licensed educators and caretakers launch in-home preschools or day cares, just raised $20 million in series A financing. Wonderschool has raised $24 million in total. TechCrunch says the company aspires to be the Airbnb of day care: It lets professional caregivers and teachers set up shop at home, while Wonderschool handles the administration and logistics…