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Child Care Providers Deserve More Than Thanks. They Need Action.

ED Surge

While some of these providers, known as family child care providers, hold child care licenses and operate as small businesses, the vast majority are family members and neighbors who offer care to support members of their community. million children ages 0-5 in a home setting. Think: a child’s aunt or retired grandmother.

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Fabulous and fashionable: how the FAB Lab is encouraging fashion entrepreneurs

Futurum

“In addition to the difficulties that come with running a business, they often face unique challenges, due to racism and gender bias, that can get in the way of their success.” While current trends indicate there is a rise in entrepreneurship among people of colour, minorities still make up just 15% of small business owners in the US.

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“With the resources that are available online, there’s nothing stopping anyone from learning electronics, mechanics, programming, entrepreneurship, or how to build prototypes.”

Futurum

The first Iron Man movie was released in 2008, just as I was about to start university, which brought robotics to the mainstream and made it more accessible. I felt that this was preventing bionic hands from becoming accessible and that contributing to that accessibility would be a noble pursuit.

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The Best Subscription Boxes for Homeschoolers: In-Depth Reviews

STEM Education Guide

Why we love it: Their materials are easy to understand and accessible for children to navigate independently. GIGIL STEM is a small business subscription company owned and operated by a mom and former preschool teacher. You can support a small business and save money rather than purchasing through a retail store.

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5 Rewarding Online STEM Programs for a Better Career in the IT Sector

Career in STEM

AI research is divided into subfields focusing on specific problems or approaches. It has become popular because it gives users access to powerful computers that would be costly or difficult to set up in-house. It is a subfield of artificial intelligence and machine learning, which are parts of the broader field of computer science.

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A Looming Crisis

ED Surge

This crisis has severely limited affordable and accessible child care options for families, and the burden falls particularly heavily on working parents, especially mothers, who have had to juggle work and child care responsibilities. That's critical because more American children spend time in home-based child care than any other setting.

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New summit, plan and more building STEM network in Virginia

STEMx

It helped that we were asking for a STEM Education Commission while we were getting high marks for STEM job growth, small business development and education outcomes at the same time. The plan will need to reach a wide range of audiences, from urban and tech-oriented to rural with limited broadband access.

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