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Federal Government Launches First-of-Its-Kind Center for Early Childhood Workforce

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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been following the situation — with eyes, especially, on the early care and education workforce, says Katie Hamm, deputy assistant secretary for early childhood development at the department’s Administration for Children and Families (ACF). government.

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How can we close the digital divide?

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The newly released National Education Technology Plan from the U.S. Department of Education aims to highlight that disparity and many other inequities in the use and design of ed tech, as well as access to it. The report also offers ways that those digital divides can be mitigated. “We Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Microchip Companies Create Child Care Programs to Win Federal Funds

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They’re not in the business of sustaining this beyond their grant from the federal government,” she said. Creating this rule is one way to give the government more oversight, she said. It’s a way to say: “Let the child care experts take this, and you be the experts on building semiconductors,” she said. “The

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How ‘Climate Anxiety’ Affects Students — and What We Can Do About It

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The Yale survey of more than 300 undergrad and graduate students ages 18 to 35 found that students who participate in “collective action” — like involvement in advocacy groups or educating others about climate change — report lower levels of climate anxiety than those who only take part in individual actions like recycling or saving energy.

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Aspen Institute’s Newest Ascend Fellows Represent a Tightening Focus on Early Childhood

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This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy. The local level is where the rubber meets the road.

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How a Culture of Caring Is Helping These Schools Improve Student Mental Health

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Districts have taken a wide range of approaches, as documented by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit that studies how government policies impact low-income families. Others are applied more broadly, like mentorship programs or culturally responsive curriculum.

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Fresh Food, Dance Class, and Nap Mats: What's Lost Without Federal Money for Child Care

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Child care, Gale explains, was essential to allowing these workers to do their jobs, and during the emergency phase of the pandemic, the federal government seemed to agree, sending between $30 and $34 per day per child of each essential worker directly to the providers who cared for them.

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