This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It feels as if schools have now entered a third phase of the pandemic filled with child vaccines, adult boosters, rolling quarantines and learning recovery efforts — and of course…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the road to economic mobility in the United States, inequitable education, health, and employment systems, designed to benefit the few, leave many children and families of color behind, stuck…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Children of color have been the most impacted by this compounded trauma of the pandemic: a study co-led by Harvard professor of pediatrics Charles Nelson found that about one in four children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Previous research has revealed different forms of racial inequality within the US schooling system, including that youth of color tend to be taught by less experienced and credentialed teachers, but…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. ‘Philanthropy has consistently under-funded Indigenous communities and, particularly, Indigenous-led organizations,’ said Edgar Villanueva, chair of Native Americans in Philanthropy’s board and author of Decolonizing Wealth. Over the last 30 years, the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One-third of American families don’t have the diapers they need to keep babies clean, dry, and healthy. With diapers costing roughly $1,000 a year, many families struggle to afford (PDF) this necessity—especially families with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The troubling enrollment losses that school districts reported last year have in many places continued this fall, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt public education across the country, an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From staffing shortages to stumbles with school-based COVID testing, Chicago Public Schools has faced a number of challenges as it reopened campuses this fall. The city’s board of education heard a rundown of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. State education officials are pushing the federal Department of Education to clarify expectations for state school accountability systems that have been largely halted by two years of pandemic disruption and cancelled state…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since COVID-19 vaccines became available for children ages 5 to 11 in early November 2021, many families have been lining up to get their school-age kids vaccinated prior to holiday…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A study conducted by the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis shows that among surveyed parents in Israel, only 37 percent intended to vaccinate their child (aged…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just two, online single-session interventions can help curb teen depression, a new study of more than 2,400 adolescents ages 13 to 16 shows. The tool is very much needed given…