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Amy Lee Funes, who lives in New York City, struggled to get child care assistance for her son Leo, even though her job paid only $35,000 annually.

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Bonnie Albrecht’s path to accessing a government child care assistance program was lon...


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Students expect that their degree will open the door to opportunity.

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Every fall, millions of American parents and caregivers make extraordinary sacrifices to send a child to college. They work overtime, postpone retirement...


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The morning after Edythe Smith gave birth to her daughter, she got some bad news. State funding for a government program that helps low- and moderate-income families pay for child care had just been frozen in Syracuse, New York, where she lives.

Smith is a single parent who works full time from home as an auto claims insurance adjuster. When her maternity leave end...


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CINCINNATI — The meeting with staff members of Cincinnati Christian Schools began with a prayer. Then they told Mike Grimmer and Linda Kelly that their granddaughter could no longer attend the private school.

Annabelle Kelly had enrolled there three months earlier, in August 2025, in a program specifically for students who struggle in mainstream classrooms. Annabel...


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Every community college reformer wants to help more students earn degrees and get through college faster. A much-admired City University of New York support program has done that, some say brilliantly — but a recent 14-year study finds that ...


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