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High school seniors reveal choices in joyous ‘signing day’ ceremony

The Hechinger Report

The class of 2029 — currently in kindergarten — read touching letters of encouragement and advice for the largely low-income, minority upperclassmen, most of them the first in their families to attend college. On this spring day at Boston University “we celebrate seniors on their journey to college and life beyond!” Tutors danced.

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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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What education could look like under Harris and Walz

The Hechinger Report

Pre-K In 2021, the Biden administration proposed a universal preschool program as part of a multi-trillion-dollar social spending plan called Build Back Better. one of which expands the state’s public pre-K program by 9,000 seats and provides pay for teachers who attend structured literacy training. —

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