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DC business leaders praise the District’s innovative, family-friendly child care policies and offer recommendations for how the child care and business sectors can overcome persistent affordability challenges.
Promoting college access and success: It's not just about money A big barrier to closing the college completion gap is helping students finish college, not just get into college.Declining state expenditures on public universities are in fact driving tuition increases A recent New York Times article misrepresented a key issue in rising tuition ratesFour million mortgage loans missing from 2009 to 2013 due to tight credit standards Tight lending standards are harming the economyHow to simplify the complicated process of applying for federal student aid Many students get left out of the valuable Pell Grant process due to its opacity. Here's how to fix thatHigh costs may explain crumbling support for US infrastructure Why is building rail transit in the US so expensive? Answering that question is important if we want more infrastructure investment