Moriah Balingit
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I write about early education + childcare for @AP. 🇵🇭-🇺🇸 + @aaja hypewoman. Fmrly @washingtonpost, @peabodyaward winner + middle school basketball champ.
Joined March 2009
RT @ChrisMegerian: Unexplained problems with federal funding are causing chaos for early childhood education, @ByMoriah reports https://t.c….
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Leaders of dozens of Head Start preschools said they might need to close temporarily because they remain locked out of their federal funding, a problem that first surfaced last week during President...
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RT @AaronTorres_: New: North Texas schools, churches could face potential immigration raids under a new directive passed by DHS on Tuesday….
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Public schools, churches and hospitals face the possibility of immigration officials knocking on their doors as a directive President Donald Trump issued...
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Yesterday, we learned that Trump was opening up schools to immigration enforcement. Here's what that could mean for schools and families:
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As President Donald Trump cracks down on immigrants in the U.S. illegally, some families are wondering if it is safe to send their children to school.
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NEW: The Trump administration has thrown out a memo that kept ICE from schools and churches. It's something immigration + education advocates feared would happen by Rebecca Santana.
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Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests...
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Remember White Guys for Harris? Cat Ladies for Harris? Swifties for Harris? @ChrisMegerian dug in to what happened with those groups -- and whether they can help Harris win
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Kamala Harris' candidacy generated a burst of enthusiasm through Zoom meetings this summer. Now organizers are trying to transform that into traditional get-out-the-vote efforts to help the Democra...
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There's a lot of research that shows that Black children do better when they have Black teachers. My story on a program that puts young Black men in preschool classrooms.
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A fellowship program is training young Black men to become literacy aides in preschool classrooms across the country.
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The most important election you've never heard of is this preschool class electing the best @pawpatrol character. Incredible video by @almazabedje .
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If you're serious about saving democracy, a lot of early educators say you should start teaching it in preschool. My dispatch from one in Annandale, Va.
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Preschools around the country are starting students early on civics education. The goal is nothing short of raising good citizens and strengthening democracy. Teachers are working with them on how to...
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RT @sophiatareen: "In many English classrooms across America, assignments to read full-length novels are becoming less common. " https://….
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In many English classrooms across America, assignments to read full-length novels are becoming less common.
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Trump name-dropped Aurora, Colo. again. Make sure you read @BiancaToness's story about the city and the migrants striving to make it.
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Trump has talked a lot recently about the migrant community in Aurora, Colo. @biancavtoness shows us what's actually unfolding, through the eyes of mothers who were living on the streets. An intimate must-read:
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Trump has talked a lot recently about the migrant community in Aurora, Colo. @biancavtoness shows us what's actually unfolding, through the eyes of mothers who were living on the streets. An intimate must-read:
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Over the past two years, an unprecedented number of Venezuelans have traveled to the U.S. border, seeking a better life.
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This clip is making the rounds — but you should also read my story on what @realDonaldTrump and @JDVance have said about child care
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Families are looking for relief from the high cost of caring for children. On this topic, the Democratic and Republican tickets for president have one main commonality: Both Vice President Kamala...
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NEW: If you're a parent, or caring for an elderly or disabled loved one, you'll want to read my story on how @KamalaHarris + @realDonaldTrump plan to tackle the high cost of care
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Families are looking for relief from the high cost of caring for children. On this topic, the Democratic and Republican tickets for president have one main commonality: Both Vice President Kamala...
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RT @rachjuramirez: how it started vs how it’s going. an honor to have the iconic CONNIE CHUNG now in a gala room full of asian americ….
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honestly Olympic track and field just feels like a model casting sometimes.
What’s most impressive about Mondo Duplantis is how he turned his family’s humble Chicago sandwich place into a fine dining restaurant
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NEW: Head Start, which serves the nation's neediest kids, has lost 350,000 slots since 2013. I look at one community in rural Alaska mourning the loss of its Head Start:
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In rural Alaska, the federally funded Head Start preschool program has helped parents earn college degrees.
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Today you're going to read in virtually every news outlet that @KamalaHarris secured enough support to become the nominee. And you know how? Because @AP reporters called/emailed/gathered intel on literally thousands of delegates.
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