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Liz Willen Dear reader,

Here’s a little-known fact about our country’s sprawling, chaotic system of child care: Friends, family and neighbors overwhelmingly provide most of it.

That’s why, in our ongoing coverage of the U.S. child care crisis, Jackie Mader’s detailed look at the help these caregivers need is so important ([link removed]) . The state of Hawaii – where such care is not only valued culturally but is also an economic necessity – has the highest percentage of families, 72 percent, that use federal funds to pay for such unlicensed care.

Hawaii is also becoming something of a role model when it comes to the training and support these caregivers need, Mader found, in an intensive look at what can be learned from one state’s progress, also published with our partners at Honolulu Civil Beat. This week Mader also looks at struggles families of children with disabilities ([link removed]) are having when it comes to accessing quality childcare, while Jill Barshay dives into our ongoing coverage of math with a new debate ([link removed]) around the ‘science of math.’

Finally, learn more about the latest population left behind ([link removed]) in higher education – men – and efforts to get more of them into college classrooms. Please share widely, let us know what you think and remind friends and colleagues to sign up ([link removed]) for our newsletters and become a member. ([link removed])
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** Grandparents, neighbors and friends are propping up the child care industry. They need help ([link removed])
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Millions of unlicensed, informal caregivers care for children each day with limited support and funding
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** PROOF POINTS: How a debate over the science of math could reignite the math wars ([link removed])
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Special education researchers copy the science of reading playbook



** The latest group to get special attention from college admissions offices: men ([link removed])
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Men continue to bypass college, but the declines are steepest among Black men



** For kids with disabilities, child care options are worse than ever ([link removed])
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Pandemic funding is drying up, leaving fewer child care teachers, spots for children with disabilities



** OPINION: Algebra matters, so let’s stop attacking it and work together to make it clearer and more accessible ([link removed])
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It’s time for algebra to consistently be seen and experienced as more than a meandering stream of abstract variables and procedures



** OPINION: Palestinian American educators deserve support from their peers ([link removed])
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These teachers are often vilified, diminished or made unwelcome



** A boost for Chicago’s neediest students ([link removed])
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The city’s community college system is working with a local nonprofit to better support students 



** OPINION: We did not need the Nation’s ‘Report Card’ to tell us we must invest in civic education ([link removed])
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Scores have been lackluster for years due to a dearth of dedicated civics instruction, but more money can make a difference
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