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Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ Bill Could Decimate the Child-Care Landscape
Rules could cut faith-based providers out of the picture
Federal Policy
How Federal Government Writes the Rules for Schools
"Too many people are not even aware that these regulations are being developed, much less that they can have a say in the end result."
Federal Policy
Families Are Using New Child Tax Credit for K-12 School Costs, Census Shows
Forty percent of low-income recipients say they spent the money on tuition, books, tutoring, or other education-related expenses.
Federal Policy
Ed Finance Guru Marguerite Roza on How Schools Can Best Spend Covid Aid
One concern: using the money to backfill budgets that should have been rightsized years ago for enrollment drops that started long before the pandemic.
Federal Policy
“The Choice Engine Is Revving While the Accountability Engine Is Stalling,” Says Troublemaker Checker Finn
"Couldn’t be more disappointed" in Biden agenda
Federal Policy
Don’t Plan on That Federal Education Spending Spree
Ambitious plans to make community college “free” or pre-K “universal” will have to be radically downsized.
Federal Policy
The Problems With Biden’s Universal Pre-K Proposal
"The proposed new investments in universal pre-K are not in step with the realities of the existing mixed-delivery system."
Federal Policy
Manchin Just Downsized the Democrats’ Massive Education Spending Plans
Free community college, universal pre-k may be trimmed to win passage of package.
Federal Policy
New Federal Money is Coming to Schools. There Are Other Options for Spending it Than Hiring Lots More Staff.
Try tutoring, time, technology, or other new ideas instead.
Federal Policy
Let schools, not district offices, decide how to spend some federal aid
Pushing dollars directly to individual schools would increase transparency, public engagement
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