This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A lack of data on student-parents, specifically, inspired the study, said Sara Gorman, director of research and knowledge dissemination at the Jed Foundation, during a webinar Wednesday. Just over one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Do you remember Hydra, the multi-headed, snakelike water monster from Greek mythology? According to the myth, Hydra possesses multiple heads and has a regeneration capacity. For each head that is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. India is still home to one-third of the stunted children in the world, and has the highest number of wasted children globally. Stunting impairs cognitive potential and productivity, and wasting,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Whatever you’ve heard about student absenteeism during the pandemic, it’s likely worse than you thought. Not only are more students missing school, but they’re missing far more days than in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People I meet always want to know how I survived the systems. Until recently, it was a question I dreaded to be asked. I wanted to avoid being retraumatized, looked…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As educators plan how they will address lost student learning during the next school year, they should forgo the traditional remedy of remediation in favor of a strategy known as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The cost of higher education in the United States is a major barrier to entry, especially for racial and ethnic minorities and for students who are the first generation in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Emergency and transitional housing programs for families serve more young children than any other age group. In 2017, across the U.S., about half of all children and adolescents staying in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This Q&A is part of a series highlighting the work of Black education leaders in partnership with the 1954 Project. Adrian Mims didn’t set out to be a nonprofit leader.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. School superintendents are hearing two urgent and contradictory messages as the nation works to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re being told to help their students and systems “recover” quickly.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Children and Youth Cabinet (CYC) of Rhode Island was founded in 2011, its mission was to gather, analyze, and disseminate data and best practices to support Providence’s children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last week, the U.K.’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, and Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, visited primary schools in each of their countries. They did this to raise awareness about the importance…