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Grandparents, neighbors and friends are propping up the child care industry. They need help

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Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report Tūtū and Me is one of several family-child interaction learning programsin Hawaii that offers support to the state’s large number of non-parental caregivers who provide child care each day. A grandfather watches his grandchild build with blocks during activity time at Tūtū and Me.

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The potential, promise and pitfalls of blended learning in India

The Hechinger Report

And many of the public, government-run schools – where 70 percent of all children study – have no computers or tablets. So why is there so much optimism about blended learning as a solution? The new digital efforts come at a time of deep concern over the decline of education standards in India, both in government and private schools.