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This final piece in The Century Foundation’s focus group series with teachers of English learners (ELs) discusses the evolving practices around literacy.

Immigrants play a crucial role in home-based child care, as well as America’s broader child care system of more than 2 million predominantly female workers. Caregivers are notoriously difficult to find and keep, not only because the work is difficult, but because of poverty-level wages and limited benefits. Nationwide, immigrants make up nearly 20 percent of the child care workforce.

A school leader explains how he uses the summer to reflect on what has worked well and how to adjust where necessary.

With billions of federal dollars frozen by the Trump administration, 85% of school district leaders say they now have to find alternative sources to pay for contracts they have already entered into. Half those leaders say they will have to cut staff to make ends meet if the money doesn’t arrive, according to a new survey.

The Trump administration told states Friday that it will send every state on Monday their formula funding allocations for before- and after-school programs nationwide — but the funding will come with a new requirement for states to certify compliance with federal civil rights laws.

English learners and their families in the Roanoke City public school district in Virginia rely on specially trained tutors who help students improve their English-language proficiency during and after the school day. But these tutors are funded through federal Title III formula grants, a $890 million program that is part of the billions in congressionally appropriated dollars the Trump administration is currently withholding from schools.

Monterey County offers the children of agricultural workers a fun summer filled with innovative science projects, dance and ceramics, in addition to beefing up their math and English skills. It’s one of dozens of these programs statewide and even more across the nation. But this could be the last summer the program is offered. President Donald Trump froze funds for the program and wants to eliminate it entirely.

Nory Sontay Ramos thought her immigration check-in was routine. Five days later, she and her mother were swiftly deported to Guatemala — a country she barely remembers.

Several state Head Start associations and parent groups are fighting a Trump administration effort to bar undocumented children from the federally funded Head Start program.

Gen X and millennial parents grew up on the gentle rhythms of “Sesame Street” and “Between the Lions.” But sweeping cuts to public broadcasting could leave their children facing a different entertainment landscape. Legislation that slashes billions from the federal budget, including funding for NPR and PBS, will put beloved PBS Kids shows in jeopardy, the network says.