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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.
Apprenticeships can help a divided Congress find common ground on economic mobility Apprenticeships could provide millions of Americans with rewarding job and training opportunities—a shared goal of nearly every policymaker.What explains the homeownership gap between black and white young adults? Between 1999 and 2015, 42 percent of white young adults owned a home, while only 18 percent of black young adults were homeowners.In some New York City districts, nearly one in four students experience homelessness Student homelessness in New York City is at a record high.New measures of student poverty solve some challenges—and create others Free and reduced-price lunch status is in decline as a measure of student need, and states are turning to alternatives.Can the private sector help address the global refugee crisis? Conflicts and instability have expelled more than 68 million men, women, and children from their homes around the world.How local philanthropy is addressing Fresno, California’s severe economic inequities Fresno is one of America's youngest, most diverse, and fastest-growing cities, but it also has a high rate of concentrated poverty.
