This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a growing recognition that many of the gains of the last quarter century for children, particularly for the most vulnerable and marginalized children, are stagnating or reversing. Increasingly, philanthropy has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Thirteen-year-old Erikah didn’t like turning on their computer camera and talking during remote math class this last year. They missed being able to raise their hand to call the teacher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. K-12 schools that cut instructional time by switching to a four-day week see meaningful reductions in student learning, according to recently published research. The effects are similar to those resulting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For millions of children in child care, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) acts as a key nutritional support by reimbursing child care providers for the cost of snacks…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hospitalizations and deaths among young people are increasing as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates in the Americas, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), warned on Wednesday. “Adults…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Special education means that students with disabilities require specialized support to thrive. Parents, advocates, lawmakers, and educators have raised concerns that this support has been disrupted during the pandemic, causing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “With disruptions resulting from the pandemic, I worry that schools want to play ‘catch up’ rather quickly and … undermine [children’s] social and emotional learning and mental health,” said Chin…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Founded in 1993, BAMA Kids, Inc. (Better Activities Make All-Around Kids) began with a coalition for youth development which was formed to address the needs of low-resource youth in Camden,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the U.S., only about 31.6 percent of eligible people were fully vaccinated as of Monday morning, and that number varies a lot from place to place — 23.8 percent of Alabamians…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Some would-be first-year students stayed home out of fear they’d contract the virus or spread it to vulnerable family members. Others stuck around to support siblings with online learning. And…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On any given day in the United States, about 400,000 children are in foster care, living with and cared for by people who aren’t their biological parents. Many have suffered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the Frontline documentary “Growing Up Poor in America,” 13-year old Ohioan Shawn and his mother and baby sister were subsisting on $885 a month in benefits during the early…