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Can start-up companies profit off one of the lowest paid professions: home-based child care?

The Hechinger Report

To meet that goal they’d have to launch 100,000 new businesses per year from now until 2029. As of December 2018, only 12 percent of Wonderschool families paid for child care with government vouchers, which are regulated by states and are usually only available to families making less than the state median income.

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Democratic wish list includes billions to help students finish their degrees

The Hechinger Report

The program would run from the 2023-2024 academic year, through 2029-2030. Systems like Bishop State’s still “look like something out of an 80s movie,” she said, and they are failing individuals who would likely be able to reenroll, earn a degree and achieve a greater level of social and economic mobility. “In

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What education could look like under Harris and Walz

The Hechinger Report

Walz also required every state agency, including the department of education , to appoint tribal-state liaisons and formally consult with tribal governments. But Congress has never come close to meeting that goal, and today the federal government distributes only about 15 percent of the total cost of educating students with disabilities.

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