The People Who Raise Nashville's Children Are Getting a Hand With Their Own

The Nashville Early Education Coalition has set aside $400,000 for a new scholarship fund, and it goes to the people who spend their working days with the city's youngest children. The money is meant to pay part of what those teachers and caregivers spend to have their own children looked after. It's a trial run, a first version of the idea put out to see how it works. The logic is simple. The people who help a city's children get a good start shouldn't have to wonder who is minding their own. It's a quiet sort of generosity, the kind that goes to people who usually do the looking after. Anyone who has handed a toddler to a patient teacher at the classroom door will see why it matters.

With reporting from Nashville Banner.