This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When COVID-19 hit, the work of being a child-care teacher—already challenging and low paying—became even more demanding, dangerous, and emotionally challenging. Prior to the pandemic, teachers left child-care sites at extremely high rates (more than twice as high as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, count day — the time when schools take their snapshot of student enrollment — was especially painful in the Twin Cities. Both the Minneapolis and St. Paul districts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is a mistaken assumption that community service done by high school students occurs almost automatically and that the hours students give to charities and events are a cinch to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than a third of U.S. students live in some form of affordable housing environment — and many of these students face more academic barriers than their peers, according to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Colleges can help single mothers succeed by providing them with basic needs supports, building inclusive environments on campus and giving them flexible educational experiences, according to a new report from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Did you know that college students who are also parents are 10 times less likely than their childless peers to receive their bachelor’s degree? As Congress considers historic investments to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 100 global philanthropic foundations and individual donors on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of human rights advocates who have condemned Israel for its recent decision to label six…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Though the Black and African American population has shown the highest percentage growth rate in Arizona, Black entrepreneurship, investments in Black-owned businesses and wages have not kept pace, according to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Growing up in Charlestown, Rhode Island, Chrystal Baker remembers reading a textbook in history class that said the Narragansett Indigenous people, who have lived in southern New England for tens…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Families, lawmakers, doctors and educators across the political spectrum are in agreement: The kids are not all right. Maryland, Colorado, California and New Jersey are among the states that have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the corner of Sei Batanghari Road in Medan, the capital of Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, kindergarten students run around a building in their school uniforms. The bell to call…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When children visit the doctor, they receive different treatment plans or medicines, all of which goes into a medical record tracking their health. Should the same practice be adopted in…