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Can start-up companies profit off one of the lowest paid professions: home-based child care?

The Hechinger Report

Bunyard can connect with Wonderschool staff and other providers on Slack, an online chat app, and has access to virtual professional development opportunities. Providers who sign up for WeeCare get access to a curriculum developed in-house, and are encouraged to use it. Those that do are ranked higher on WeeCare’s app.

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Aging states to college graduates: We’ll pay you to stay

The Hechinger Report

Maine has projected a need for 75,000 more workers in the 10 years ending 2029. The influx of younger workers to the labor force has been far outpaced by the growth in the number of Americans 65 and older nationwide , which is up by 34 percent since 2010, according to the Census Bureau. Unemployment in Vermont is just 1.8

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