All you frazzled parents out there searching for the right day care center, with your spreadsheets and checklists (yes, in our house we actually had a spreadsheet), help may be at hand…

There’s a pilot project to rate day cares in Minnesota. It’s limited so far - just St. Paul, north Minneapolis and Wayzata but will expand soon. The centers get one to four stars, based on things like staff training, teaching materials and parent involvement.

Licensed child care facilities have to volunteer to be rated and the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation in St. Paul is the chief backer.

Here’s the story.

What do you think? Useful? Not? What would you like to see in a rating system?

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