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Massachusetts Is Investing Big in Early Care and Education. It’s Paying Off.

ED Surge

Through a state program called Commonwealth Cares for Children (C3), which was funded at $475 million for fiscal year 2024 and which the governor has recommended be renewed at the same level for fiscal year 2025, nearly 93 percent of licensed providers in the state are receiving monthly stipends. It all has to come together for it to work.”

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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

The entire district had just one teacher certified to teach English as a second language, no interpreters and very little by way of professional development. “We The district also invested in professional development for teachers, ensuring that it happened during work hours, said Ezzell. It has been scrapped.

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Connecting the past and present: Political scientist brings expertise to Wikipedia during election year

MPSA

During the Democratic National Convention, one of the speakers mentioned Comstock (because Project 2025 recommends using Comstock to make mailing abortion related material illegal). For example, I read that the Comstock Act was mentioned in Project 2025 but I could not find it when I scanned the 900+ page document.

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The dark future of American child care

The Hechinger Report

Legislators also sought to cut professional development requirements in half for child care workers, from 16 hours a year to eight. Sixteen-year-olds, previously required to be supervised by an adult, would be able to work unsupervised. And they wanted to give these potentially younger caregivers more children to care for on their own.