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Many Lack Access to Quality Early Education. Home Visiting Programs Are Bringing it to More Families.

ED Surge

The model — and others like it — has provided a lifeline for families, especially those for whom access to quality early education is scarce or out of reach financially. The federal investment in the MIECHV program is set to double from $400 million to $800 million annually, by 2027. Valencia, who came to the U.S.

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Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline?

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It updated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the law that requires state and local governments to supply equal opportunity — including in services like public schools, community colleges and public universities — for people with disabilities. On the Hook Accessibility has become a major focus area in education policy.

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Evidence Shows That Home Visits Support Children and Families. Here’s What to Know.

ED Surge

By connecting families with trained educators, home visiting programs give parents a chance to learn high-quality, developmentally appropriate activities to do with their kids and ask questions about their child’s needs and progress. government invests in home visiting programs, and funding is set to expand. It often is.”

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OPINION: Let’s use the pandemic as a dress-rehearsal for much-needed digital transformation

The Hechinger Report

The certainty of climate change and likelihood of more pandemics and other large-scale disruptions leave us with questions about what the future of education will look like. We should use this moment to catalyze a digital transformation of education that will prepare schools for our uncertain future.

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Canceled classes, sweltering classrooms: How extreme heat impairs learning

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Related: Climate change is sabotaging education for America’s students. “Air Subscribe today!

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The new labor market: No bachelor’s required?

The Hechinger Report

Larry Hogan announced in March that the state government would strip bachelor’s degree requirements from thousands of job listings. Jared Polis directed government agencies in his state to embrace hiring workers for skills , not degrees. between now and 2027. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. requirements too.

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Colleges and states turn their attention to slow-moving part-time students

The Hechinger Report

Kennedy School of Government, Victoria Dzindzichashvili pauses in the Harvard Square subway station and reflects on the decade it took her to get here. So after dropping out for a while, Dzindzichashvili returned to education part time. Dzindzichashvili’s slog through higher education is surprisingly common. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —