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PROOF POINTS: Rural American students shift away from math and science during high school, study finds

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, occupations in these fields are projected to grow 8 percent by 2029, more than double the growth rate of non-scientific professions. Many small towns started as market towns or as small manufacturing towns in the industrial era and are now economically struggling. According to the U.S.

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

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To meet that goal they’d have to launch 100,000 new businesses per year from now until 2029. Stories like this are part of what makes businesses like Wonderschool exciting to Louise Stoney, a consultant and co-founder of the Alliance for Early Childhood Finance , which studies financial models for the child care industry.

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