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Inside Canada’s 50-year fight for national child care

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The new system aims to provide child care for an average of $10 a day in licensed settings, with plans to create an additional 250,000 spots for children by 2026. This movement came after decades of structured, organized advocacy , much of which started after the commission’s report.

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With little federal support for families, states are stepping up  

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But November election results show that several states are stepping up : In New Mexico, voters passed an amendment to increase funding for early childhood education, making funding early childhood education part of the state’s constitution. Those laws will go into effect between 2023 and 2026.

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What America can learn from Canada’s new ‘$10 a Day’ child care system

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The “$10 a Day” child care initiative, as it’s known in British Columbia, has been life-changing for parents. The new Canada-wide system was “very much situated in the context of economic recovery,” said Morna Ballantyne, executive director of Child Care Now, an advocacy association in Canada.

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College Uncovered, Season 2, Episode 4

The Hechinger Report

I’m Jon Marcus with The Hechinger Report … Kirk: And I’m Kirk Carapezza with GBH. That’s according to an analysis by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, which tracks these things. Jon: This is College Uncovered. About 80 percent of them were for-profits. It’s not going to be less.

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For Families Needing the Most Help, Child Care Costs Are About to Drop

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All will need to be in compliance by 2026. Only about 14 percent of families eligible for the child care subsidies are actually enrolled in the program, according to a report from the First Five Years Fund, a child care and early learning advocacy group. The new rule is effective April 30.

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Short on financial knowledge, some school districts get bad deals on bonds

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Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. In the 109-page report, the school board was singled out for special scorn for allegations that it failed in its duty to vet the district’s spending.

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Universities and colleges that need to fill seats start offering a helping hand to student-parents

The Hechinger Report

She began her college education in her early 20s, balancing it with raising two sons and working retail jobs. Keischa Taylor, who began her college education in her 20s, balanced it with raising two sons and working retail jobs. You’ve got this. You didn’t come this far to stop. It’s a rare success story. More than a third of the 40.4

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