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How a Culture of Caring Is Helping These Schools Improve Student Mental Health

ED Surge

Districts have taken a wide range of approaches, as documented by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit that studies how government policies impact low-income families. It’s not just a feeling that has Cole-Ochoa believing that the culture of caring is working at his school — numbers are backing it up.

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Parents are quitting jobs, passing on raises — to qualify for child care

The Hechinger Report

In a city where child care can easily consume more than half of that, Funes was optimistic that she would qualify for a government-funded subsidy to help her afford the cost. She arrived at a city office in Queens one winter afternoon in 2019 armed with evidence of her living situation and meager income.

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