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OPINION: During civic learning week, let’s push for national progress toward a more perfect union

The Hechinger Report

The solution, one that has strong bipartisan support, is as prominent as John Hancocks signature: a generational investment in teaching students how the government works. When it comes to civics, the federal government usually plays a limited role, reasonably restricted from imposing a national curriculum.

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

The Hechinger Report

In 2021, Canada’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S. This movement came after decades of structured, organized advocacy , much of which started after the commission’s report. That argument has helped build support, said Morna Ballantyne, executive director of Child Care Now, an advocacy association in Canada.

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What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

ED Surge

State match to local investments A partnership between local and state governments with revenue from sin taxes like those on gambling is expanding access to child care for those who need the most help. About 13% of children who qualified for assistance were accessing the program in 2021. Alabama has the flexibility to do so.

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

The Hechinger Report

They were notified that there was a spot for them in a nearby child care center that had recently signed on to a government-led initiative to lower parent fees to just $10 a day. In 2021, the country’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S. Then, in September 2022, the family experienced a dramatic shift in fortune.

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COLUMN: The FAFSA fiasco could roll back years of progress. It must be fixed immediately

The Hechinger Report

Related: Simpler FAFSA complicates college plans for students and families “As much staff as government has, it’s not enough for students right now,” said Yolanda Watson Spiva, president of the national advocacy group Complete College America. Even before the FAFSA fiasco, that’s been happening.

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A federal definition of ‘homeless’ leaves some kids out in the cold. One state is trying to help

The Hechinger Report

That triggered a series of financial setbacks and, by October 2021, she owed more than $10,000 in back rent. Once a school identifies a student as homeless, the federal government requires districts to pay to transport the student to their preferred school, regardless of cost or distance.

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OPINION: We need targeted funding for racial equity in our public schools. California may have some lessons for all of us

The Hechinger Report

Yet the reality is that government funding decisions about education have long been a way to install and preserve racial inequality in our society. And since these inequalities have origins in funding malpractice, to remedy them, the government must use targeted funding for racial equity going forward.