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After the release of NAEP revealed the worst-ever decline in math scores, the Khan Academy founder is sounding the alarm…

Declaring that children’s “lives and education have been turned upside-down,” President Joe Biden used his first State of the Union address Tuesday night to highlight the pandemic’s blow to student mental health…

Kindergarten enrollment remained down 5.2 percent in 2022-2023 school compared with 2019-2020, as fewer families consider it an assumed first step in a child’s formal education.

The lack of child care stifles rural growth. (Shutterstock photo) The lack of child care has plagued many U.S. families, but the gap is more…

The gap exists across industries but is bigger in higher-paying fields, leading to more calls for policies that aid women in the workforce.

When Homelessness Rates Rise In 2016, national reductions in homelessness came to an end. While homelessness response systems continued to house more and more people each year, the increasing cost…

A new study shows flooding’s impact on human health is much greater than is typically recognized, going beyond health issues such as the risk of accidental injury, and exposure to…

Informal childcare is common, but often invisible in broader policy discussions.

The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project is a five-year peer-to-peer funder initiative designed to address the inherent power imbalances between foundations and nonprofits. It’s an initiative built around action and immediacy. A quick perusal…

As 2023 winds down, the latest episode of “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” looks at what’s next for the food movement.

For companies and nonprofits planning days of service, here are a few questions I encourage you to ask yourselves before planning.

Few truths are as essential to being human as receiving and giving care.At some point in our lives, we all need to be cared for and need to assume the role of caregiver. Children require caregiving…