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Liz Willen Hi all,
If you are a regular Hechinger Report reader — if you're not, you should be — you probably know that we love highlighting solutions to seemingly intractable education problems, such as the desperate shortage of affordable child care in the U.S. Here’s one that is working in Montana’s Missoula County ([link removed]) , where the number of available child care spots meets only 44 percent of total demand, and just 32 percent of the demand for infant care.
Missoula County is finding a way by converting unused public buildings, including schools that were closed due to changing enrollment conditions, throwing a lifeline to working parents in this rural area. None of it was easy.
Nor was it easy, elsewhere in the country, to figure out how, or whether, to teach students ([link removed]) when temperatures stick toward triple digits, as our managing editor Caroline Preston explains. It’s yet another reason to sign up for her new climate change newsletter ([link removed]) .
Also this week, we have the first episode of the new season of our popular “College Uncovered” ([link removed]) podcast, produced in collaboration with GBH News. It’s a stark reminder of the contentious politics roiling college campuses. As always, we appreciate help spreading the news: Become a member ([link removed]) !
Liz Willen, Editor
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** Old school buildings give new life to child care centers ([link removed])
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Like many communities across the country, Missoula County, Montana, has a desperate shortage of affordable child care. But Missoulians have found one part of the solution hiding in plain sight: unused public buildings, such as schools closed to accommodate changing enrollments.
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** College Uncovered, Season 3, Episode 1 ([link removed])
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** An AI tutor helped Harvard students learn more physics in less time ([link removed])
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One intriguing experiment suggests the promise of using the new technology
** Too hot for school ([link removed])
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How to keep kids safe and healthy in a warming world
** 3 takeaways from the Moms for Liberty summit ([link removed])
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Plus, how cell phones contribute to school suspensions
** OPINION: If we don’t do more to help and educate homeless students, we will perpetuate an ongoing crisis ([link removed])
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There are many ways schools can intervene and provide resources and services to give students the future they deserve
** 109 degrees on the first day of school? In some districts, extreme heat is delaying when students go back ([link removed])
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Climate change is heating up the back-to-school season. Some districts hope that pushing back the first day could reduce heat-related cancellations and risks to student health
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SUPERINTENDENT VOICE: As a Latina, my leadership sets me apart and gives me a chance to set an example ([link removed])
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Black and Latino educators can enhance student learning and are key to closing educational gaps; we need more of them
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