Education

The two-year Rural Library Fellowship, funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Save the Children, is attempting to boost the capacity of libraries and “activate libraries…

Reading is essential — not just for school success, but for life. When children have trouble learning to read, it can kick off a devastating downward spiral. Struggling readers are…

Following a steady increase throughout most of the 20th century, arts education opportunities in the United States have been in steady decline since the 1980s (Hamilton et al., 2007; Rabkin…

Students feeling valued, seen, heard, and included should not be left to chance. It should not depend on the teacher, school site or school district. Rather, this should be the…

In the pursuit of achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) – Quality Education, A Child’s Notebook, an organization dedicated to empowering rural villages in Laos, stands as a shining…

Positive psychology focuses on science-based ideas about how to increase your happiness and live a satisfying life. Studies are following how school-based interventions affect students.

For many girls across Africa, getting their period means staying home from school, exposure to negative social stigma, and the risk of significant health issues all because they don’t have access…

While disparities have long existed in education, the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have made them even more apparent. K–12 education took a hard hit during the pandemic. The 2022 National Assessment of Education Progress scores reflect declines in both reading and math, with historically…

For homeless students, chronic absenteeism is dismayingly high.The number of students who regularly miss school has risen since the pandemic, but for …

Good literacy plans in California are rare and wasted opportunities abound.

For the past two years, I have had the honor to serve on an advisory board for the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) as they continue to study the effects of…

Growing numbers of students need special education services. Yet there are fewer qualified clinicians who are willing and able to work in school buildings full time. A new solution that exists: teletherapy.