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Bivens, Briana M. – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2023
In this article, I position federal policy as a shaper of familial life capable of capacitating new forms of relationality. I review three key child and family provisions in the "Build Back Better" social policy package proposed by the Biden administration: the expanded child tax credit, universal pre-K, and the expansion of federal…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Public Policy, Tax Credits, Access to Education
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Tekin, Erdal; Jones, Jacqueline; Kagan, Sharon L. – National Academies Press, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges in the early care and education (ECE) sector, including: preexisting structural flaws; insufficient funding mechanisms; sector fragmentation; inadequate support for the workforce; and inequalities, such as the lack of access to high-quality care among low-income, rural populations, and communities…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, At Risk Persons, Barriers
American Association of University Women, 2022
While COVID-19 is capable of infecting anyone, the level of risk is far from equal. Data show that Black and Latino communities, already suffering from deep-rooted economic and health inequalities, have borne the brunt of the pandemic. Latinas, in particular, have suffered some of the most egregious economic and health disparities over the past…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Hispanic Americans, Racial Bias
Ackerman, Debra J. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2021
Policymakers, child care providers, and parents face tradeoffs in determining how much to spend on child care, including how many hours to purchase, and the features of programs that might influence quality. Given these tradeoffs, it is useful to understand what constitutes quality, the cost of care features associated with quality, the effects of…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Child Care, At Risk Persons
Bell, Charles – New America, 2022
In April 2021, New America's Open Technology Institute (OTI) and the Philanthropication thru Privatization Project (PtP) released a joint proposal that the federal government should invest a substantial portion of the windfall proceeds from future auctions of public airwaves (spectrum) to seed a new Digital Equity Foundation dedicated to…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Governance, Accountability, Public Agencies
Banghart, Patti; Guerra, Gabriella; Daily, Sarah – Child Trends, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic created a major upheaval to an already fragile early care and education (ECE) system. As a result of the pandemic, families face additional challenges accessing care and child care providers are experiencing greater financial difficulties and struggling to keep their programs open. The pandemic has also exacerbated the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Equity (Finance), Resource Allocation