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

The Hechinger Report

This idea — that parents should pay an average of $10 a day for child care and that public funds should underwrite child care programs — is now a cornerstone of a new national child care system rolling out across the country. In 2021, the country’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S.

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It’s budget season: How are you preparing for the fiscal cliff?

eSchool News

The imminent end of ESSER funding has pushed school districts to a critical juncture, compelling them to confront budget deficits for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year before the “fiscal cliff” hits in 2025-2026. For three years, school districts nationwide have relied on a temporary financial cushion to soften the blow from the pandemic.

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5 Strategies to Improve Your Learning Management System

Kitaboo on EdTech

Research and Markets predicts that by 2026, the worldwide online learning sector will hit $336.98 within the period of 2018 and 2026. . As more and more educational institutions and corporate entities rely on e-learning, especially in the wake of a global pandemic, the need for the perfect learning management system rises.

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

The Hechinger Report

dollars) over five years to the country’s first federally-funded child care system. 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. Now, an offshoot of that recommendation has come to fruition.

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Educational Technology Trends to Look Out For in 2022

EdTech4Beginners

between 2021 and 2026. In 2022, we’ll move ever closer to highly evolved and more sophisticated systems that will enable facilitators to personalise education like never before. The Use of Augmented Reality in Teaching. The Last Word.

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Higher Ed Is Investing in Student Success Tech. Is It a ‘New Golden Age’ or Just Vague Talk?

Edsurge

And as a result there’s been a surge in investments, particularly as institutions modernize by moving digital operations to the cloud and as they pour money into student success systems that link all the digital tools used to help learners progress from recruitment through commencement.

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Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

eSchool News

If funds are allotted, however, districts can request an extension to use them through March of 2026 in some cases). Funds they have come to rely on for staffing and technology will end in September if not allotted. (If For many districts, the relief funding was significant.

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