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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 […] The post Record high waitlists for child care assistance have shut women out of work, promotions appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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. […] The post Parents of students with disabilities find private school vouchers come with a catch appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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 those additional degrees haven’t translated into higher earnings. That’s a puzzle. College graduates generally earn more […] The post More degrees but not higher earnings: Puzzling data from CUNY’s famed ASAP program appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

SEWARD, Alaska — It was 2018 when Casie Warner first realized there was a major problem in this popular cruise port, nestled on an inlet about a two-hour drive south of Anchorage. At the time, Warner worked as a home visitor, providing advice, support and resources to low-income parents with young children. Time and time […] The post When this small Alaska town was given $1 million, child care was the top priority appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Mikiah Roberson expected to receive her federal $6,700 student loan disbursement sometime between May 27 and June 3, just in time to make her rent and car payments. Instead, June 3 came and went. Days, weeks and finally over a month passed. Roberson, a graduate student in the University of Maryland Global Campus’s digital forensics […] The post Colleges are scrambling to figure out new student loan rules. Students are paying the price appeared first on The Hechinger Report.