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Millions of working parents will face a child care emergency after pandemic-era federal funding ends Sept. 30, just two days from now.  Whether you are one of the affected parents or not, you will feel the impact on our nation’s workforce and economy.  According to estimates, up to 70,000 daycare facilities could close, causing three The post Opinion: Our economy is about to meet the childcare cliff — and it will be devastating  appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Her face solemn, Kati Preston held up a postcard-sized, black-and-white photograph, moving it slowly to face the 150 high school students spread across the lecture hall in New Hampshire. She wanted them all to see the image of her father, a handsome man in a dapper suit jacket, as she described searching for him with The post Teachers struggle to teach the Holocaust without running afoul of new ‘divisive concepts’ rules appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

A battle over New Hampshire’s “divisive concepts law” has been brewing in the state since 2021. The measure restricts instruction on topics that might leave students feeling inferior or superior based on race, gender, ethnicity, or another attribute, and also applies to training done by state agencies. This story also appeared in The Boston Globe The post ‘We must talk about this real history’: Reactions to ‘divisive concepts’ ban appeared first on The Hechinger Report.