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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 8, 2025
The law passed in 2024 alongside a spate of bills aimed at boosting the states labor participation rate, which at 58 percent as of January remained below the national rate of 63 percent. adults have a lot of confidence in higher education, according to a 2024 Gallup poll. Simply put, Alabama wants to get more of its residents working.
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FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Policymakers across the political spectrum ran for office on child care issues in 2024. It has resulted in more than a billion dollars leaving the public school system and actually not serving additional kids in private schools, Jones said. Since the program came into effect in April 2024 under Republican Gov.
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 22, 2018
But since it wasn’t our house, they could use the bathroom first,” Kimberly, 12, told the child advocacy organization Children’s Defense Fund for their The State of America’s Children 2014 report. But at school, she was labeled truant. “I public school students was highest in city school districts at 3.7
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 9, 2024
One out of 10 Black students in the eighth grade math scores were scoring basic or above,” saidKristen Hengtgen, a senior policy analyst at the nonprofit advocacy group EdTrust, referring to last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation’s Report Card. Mims has helped develop similar models in Florida and Texas.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 28, 2024
public school teachers with the same credentials. The program has been able to pay teachers more without passing the costs directly to parents, said the center’s advocacy manager, Adam Barragan-Smith. The program has been funded through a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year. A classroom at Educare DC.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 24, 2024
The disparity is rooted in race, class and gender : Child care teachers are more likely to be female, less likely to be white, and more likely to come from lower-income backgrounds than public school teachers. And we’re working toward ensuring people are receiving more than pennies on the dollar. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
At the start of the pandemic, only 12 percent of low-income students , and 25 percent of all students, in Oakland’s public schools had devices at home and a strong internet connection. Once the pandemic hit, suddenly everyone was paying attention, said Silver, a former Oakland public school teacher and principal.
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