Health

Luke Thornhill is scheduled to be released from an Oregon prison in four years. He’s terrified he might die before then due to medical delays in prison. He has family waiting for…

Receiving opioid treatment, particularly opioid agonist treatment (OAT), in prison and after release into the community substantially cuts the risk of death among people who use drugs, a new study…

Another person has died in Los Angeles County jails, marking the 23rd in-custody death in an LA jail so far this year and the 68th since the start of 2023.…

In most states, people incarcerated in prisons must pay medical copays and fees for physician visits, medications, dental treatment, and other health services. While they may be as little as…

School is all about giving students the skills they need to succeed. That certainly applies to reading, writing, and math, but there’s a growing understanding among elementary teachers that schools…

Accountability is crucial in education. As educational leaders, we must ensure students meet high learning standards. However, our single-minded focus on standardized testing is extinguishing the joy of learning for…

When one of our sons (then a third grader) lost access to recess privileges for a week last school year, he came home cranky and irritable. As he put it,…

Rhea Maniar has been “hooked” on politics since she was 9, when, donning a shirt that said “Future President,” she attended a 2016 Hillary Clinton rally with her parents. Now,…

I had my first suicidal ideations at age 8 due to bullying in school. I forced those feelings aside, but I still wanted to kill myself until I was 14…

No requests from states to extend spending deadlines for COVID-19 federal emergency funds for K-12 schools have been denied so far, according to the U.S. Department of Education, which has…