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Early Educators Deserve Better, Starting With Health Care and Retirement Benefits

Edsurge

According to a survey administered to more than 350 early childhood educators by the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) — a nonprofit that supports home-based early learning programs like mine — only 16 percent of respondents reported that their income allowed them to afford essential benefits like retirement and health insurance.

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OPINION: Women education leaders need better support and sponsorships to help catch up

The Hechinger Report

New survey data and research illuminates the experiences and perspectives of women who confront this bias and demonstrates the need for systemic change to dismantle the bias driving the gender gap. These relationships can be game-changers, results from the first annual Women Leading Ed insight survey found. Data from the U.S.

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With little federal support for families, states are stepping up  

The Hechinger Report

After various family support policies were dropped from federal legislation earlier this year, states have been left to their own devices to stabilize child care and boost the economic well-being of their families. In the same time period, an additional eight states fully launched at least one of the policies. Subscribe today!

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Can you take algebra in eighth grade? In many cases, the answer is no

eSchool News

According to a new nationally representative survey released Tuesday, 65% of U.S. The findings, based on surveys conducted last spring by the RAND Corporation, shed light on the uneven access students have to advanced math classes in middle school, which can have lasting effects on their higher education and job prospects.

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As Child Care Challenges Threaten the American Workforce, Business Leaders Call for Action

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Also in May, Marshall Plan for Moms, a non-profit organization focused on women’s economic empowerment and promoting public and private sector policies that support mothers, organized a national business coalition for child care with the aim of expanding child care support for employees. on the impact of the U.S.

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Colleges Are Missing Out on Students Who Start — But Don’t Finish — Their Applications

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It’s one relevant to past research about barriers preventing students from enrolling in college, said Taylor Odle, an assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of the “non-submitters” study. The Hope Center regularly conducts surveys assessing students’ basic needs.

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New Report: Equity, Cybersecurity Top List of State Education Technology Priorities

eSchool News

As students return to another school-year impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report sheds light on how state education agencies and policy-makers are adapting to an increasingly digital, post-pandemic world. Survey respondents emphasized the need for greater focus on the effective use of technology.

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