This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past two years, Congress has enacted a series of pandemic relief bills providing federal funds to help American families, businesses, schools, governments, and other institutions regain their footing.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ever talked to a precocious elementary schooler? Then you know all about collective nouns. What do you call more than one dog? A pack! A group of cattle? A herd!…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rural women have less access to maternity and childbirth services, a trend only made worse by the coronavirus pandemic and one that contributes to higher mother and child mortality rates…
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This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My son, nine years old and in third grade, asked me why George Floyd was killed and why so many people were protesting. I asked him what he knew about racism…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In-person schooling is back across the country this school year, but fewer students than normal are regularly attending class, according to data emerging from states and school districts. Statewide daily…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An analysis of all 50 states’ school COVID-19 policies finds widespread discordance and variation. The look at policies about masking in schools, requiring COVID-19 vaccines for eligible students and teachers,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I really want people to know that just because our school has a lot of kids with behavior problems doesn’t mean it’s a bad school,” a fifth-grader whom I’ll call…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite efforts to desegregate schools, “substantial” segregation often still takes place at the classroom level, according to a report from the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Science tells us that unrelenting negative experiences — toxic stress — in early childhood affect a developing brain in ways that can herald lifelong learning and behavior problems. Conversely, research…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A number of factors during the pandemic made it less likely that infants received their recommended vaccinations in the first months of their lives, a new study reveals. The factors…
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…