Children and Youth

Seven months since the House passed a bill that would have expanded the child tax credit, the Senate has killed it. In Thursday’s long-awaited conclusion to a debate that was supposed…

The bottom line is troubling. Scores on an international math test dropped a record 15 points between 2018 and 2022 — the equivalent of students losing three-quarters of a school year…

A new coalition is on high alert for violations of a landmark Supreme Court ruling that guarantees children the right to a free public education regardless of their immigration status.…

Tiaja Gundy was just 19 years old when she started working at Federal Hill House, an early learning center in Providence, Rhode Island. It was 2016, and back then, she…

When the Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in support of the most significant new online safety rules for children in decades, it delivered a major victory for parents who blame the…

More than three-quarters of Gen Z students agree there’s a stigma associated with going to vocational school and pursuing trade careers over a traditional four-year university, which may influence their…

For lack of a washing machine, a seventh-grader was nearly lost. This student, who lives in temporary housing in the Bronx, missed the first two weeks of class. When his mother…

Prompted by declining enrollment and the impending loss of federal pandemic relief funding, school districts nationwide are wrestling with whether to close schools — and, if so, how many. Seattle…

Long-term suspensions rose during the first half of last school year, fueling a slight rise in students removed from their classrooms, according to long-delayed data released by the Education Department.…

“Don’t forget to count,” Matthew Hill, a percussion teacher at Newark’s AileyCamp said as he used his bare hands to thump a djembe, a West African drum. Tap, tap, tap,…

To date, the report said, charter schools have failed to “consistently address the needs of students with disabilities or, perhaps more importantly, close the gap in educational outcomes between students…

When Los Angeles Unified School District launched a districtwide AI chatbot nicknamed “Ed” in March, officials boasted that it represented a revolutionary new tool that was only possible thanks to…