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Essential worker parents struggle with remote school

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 17, 2020
Those who work outside the home must often rely on family or pay for help to supervise kids.
Dealing with daycare disruptions and remote school have been especially hard on essential worker parents.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

Families are worried about the costs of online learning, study shows

by David Brancaccio , Kristin Schwab and Alex Schroeder
Aug 13, 2020
Parents are concerned about what online learning could to do their finances and their career growth.
The burdens on families include paying for devices, internet connection and lunches, but also concerns about career growth for parents.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

Remote learning boosts back-to-school spending

by Erika Beras
Aug 11, 2020
School will be remote for many kids in the fall, and parents have been scrambling to outfit their homes with schooling furniture and supplies.
A mother helps her home-schooled daughter learn on a laptop. Parents are buying furniture and equipment to help their kids continue their education at home.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

COVID-19 tests the limits of online schooling tech in China

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 21, 2020
Among the challenges: How do you teach gym class to students stuck in tiny apartments?
Ada Lu chats with her classmates in online group discussions every day but she hasn't seen them in person for more than two months and misses playing with her friends.
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Study says support for school principals leads to better test scores

by Erika Beras
Apr 8, 2019
The report is based on a program of investment in 1,100 principals.
The report is based on a program of investment in more than 1,100 principals.
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Back-to-school budgets: How much are you spending?

by Marketplace Staff
Jul 31, 2018
We want to know what your expenses are and how you keep costs down.
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Home day cares are disappearing across California

by Priska Neely
Apr 2, 2018
Finding child care in California, especially for infants, is getting harder to do. The number of licensed home day cares has steeply declined in the state with thousands closing the last decade. Since 2008, the state has seen a 26 percent decline in the number of these small businesses, according to a recent report from […]
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How recess can make students better job candidates

by David Brancaccio
Dec 19, 2017
Giving students short breaks each day can do a lot.
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Could work-based learning help rural towns prepare students for a new economy close to home?

by Marketplace Contributor
Aug 14, 2017
One small fishing town in Maine is trying something new to help the next generation gain valuable work skills: a new charter school focused on the idea of work-based learning — designed to put students into the community and expose them to different kinds of jobs in their state.
Sixth-grader Easton Dundore shovels mulch used to grow vegetables inside a student-designed hoop house at the Harpswell Coastal Academy in Harpswell, Maine.
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Budget standoffs in three states result in government shutdowns

by Marielle Segarra
Jul 3, 2017
Illinois isn't the only state with budget woes.
A view of the New Jersey State House, the area's capitol building.
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