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Maine Draft State Broadband Action Plan Focuses On Closing Affordability Gap

Education Superhighway

Engage with our partners to explore best practices and other policy solutions, programs, and pilots that could provide support if the ACP is not funded beyond 2024. Through the ACP4ME campaign, MCA aims to increase enrollment in the Affordable Connectivity Program to 54% of eligible households by 2029.

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OPINION: Why we must invest in new, innovative workforce training to fill a skills gap

The Hechinger Report

Through 2029, growth in the IT sector is expected to rise 11 percent and add over half a million jobs to the U.S. Chavous, a former District of Columbia City Council member, is an attorney, author, education reform activist and president of Academic Policy and External Affairs at Stride, Inc. Our shared future depends on it.

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Decoding the price of college: Complexity of figuring out costs holds students back

The Hechinger Report

Lindsay Page, an associate professor of education policy at Brown University, said argued for investing in college counselors so that they can provide better advice and support in the incredibly complex process of applying to college.

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‘We’re aides, not maids.’ How one high-demand job shows education system’s failings

The Hechinger Report

The need for home health aides is projected to grow by 34 percent between 2019 and 2029. And the need is expected to grow, up by 34 percent between 2019 and 2029 , according to the U.S. Uvin said this moment presents an opportunity to change things not just at the grass roots, but also at the policy level. For years the U.S.

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

The Hechinger Report

To meet that goal they’d have to launch 100,000 new businesses per year from now until 2029. WeeCare also offers help with business tasks including licensing and billing and, like Wonderschool, offers mentorship and the chance to be part of a community of providers. Meredith Bunyard, home-based child care owner and Wonderschool client.

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Like it or not, Trump is the next president — Now, here’s how he can improve higher ed

The Hechinger Report

We need to pull together and galvanize the recommendations of our higher education leadership into real, positive policy change for our public universities. As higher education leaders and concerned citizens, we must take hold of this moment and leverage it into policy changes that will have widespread impact.

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Democratic wish list includes billions to help students finish their degrees

The Hechinger Report

If it’s included in the reconciliation package, it could fund programs like Degrees When Due, the umbrella initiative organized by the Institute for Higher Education Policy that Bishop State was participating in to reenroll students. The program would run from the 2023-2024 academic year, through 2029-2030.