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policy

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Sep 2Accounts

Index: Childcare Now Costs More Than Rent in 31 States

Our analysis of federal childcare price data against fair-market rents finds infant care outrunning a two-bedroom in thirty-one states — plus a four-day school week spreading, a benefit cliff in committee, and the studies worth your time.

IndexDavid Nkemelu3 min

Aug 19Dependents

The Phone-Free School Year: What Three Districts Learned

Bell-to-bell phone bans went from a fringe policy to the default in a few short years. We asked three districts a year in — and, more usefully, asked the parents what changed at home, which is the part nobody measures.

Priya Raman3 min