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The number of grandparents raising grandchildren is up, thanks in part to the opioid epidemic

The Hechinger Report

The Census Bureau’s 2005 American Community Survey counted 2.4 million in 2005 to 7.1 The number of kids in foster care also started rising in 2013, Sprow said, ending a years-long decline. Eschman first discovered the Clayton County program in 2005. million in 2014. “We That’s a common restriction nationwide.

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A ‘shockingly broken system’: More than a dozen states are failing to meet child care safety regulations

The Hechinger Report

A 2005 report by researchers at the City University of New York Graduate Center put together the first — and so far only — comprehensive national study of deaths in child care , cobbling together reports published in media outlets, legal cases and some state records.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

Since 1970, DeVos family members have invested at least $200 million in a host of right-wing causes – think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. Despite the common invocation of the Internet as a world-wide network, “net neutrality” is not recognized globally. (And