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With little federal support for families, states are stepping up  

The Hechinger Report

After various family support policies were dropped from federal legislation earlier this year, states have been left to their own devices to stabilize child care and boost the economic well-being of their families. And in Nebraska, voters approved a $15 minimum wage , which will support family economic stability.

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

The Hechinger Report

The new Canada-wide system was “very much situated in the context of economic recovery,” said Morna Ballantyne, executive director of Child Care Now, an advocacy association in Canada. In 2021, the country’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S. Children read outside at Heritage Park Child Care Centre.

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

The Hechinger Report

The agency oversees law and justice across Indian Country, as well as agriculture, infrastructure, economic development and tribal governance. Tourism provides an economic bedrock for the Havasupai economy, though many families rely on government assistance. Vides, the teacher, struggled with his decision to quit.

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