Investing in women and girls has become the mantra of the day in corporate and private philanthropy. Even the U.S. State Department...
In New York, advocates are holding their breath as the state is poised to fund after-school programs at a much higher level...
NEW YORK — If you’re a kid in Park Slope, Brooklyn, chances are you’ve stumbled into the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. What...
NEW YORK — The tables at Midtown Manhattan’s ornate Cipriani restaurant, with its high, grand arched ceilings, were set with bouquets of...
NEW YORK — Thousands of teachers, administrators and other education professionals from across the country are gathering in midtown Manhattan Friday for...
According to the Human Rights Campaign, 92 percent of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) youth say they hear negative messages about...
Childhood aggression may have more to do with a child’s genes than his or her surroundings, a new study has found. But...
NEW YORK — It was a Friday afternoon in November when schoolchildren carrying orchestra instruments arrived with their parents in the auditorium of...
NEW YORK — When Milan Taylor read reports in New York City tabloids that a local elementary school, Far Rockaway’s P.S. 106, had...
Creatas / Thinkstock From Newsday: The Common Core academic standards and more rigorous curricula and testing stemming from them are subjects of increased...
ATLANTA — People trickled into the multipurpose room at Atlanta’s East Lake YMCA on a Wednesday night, some with children in tow....
WASHINGTON – The number of homeless children enrolled in U.S. public schools rose 10 percent in the 2011-12 school year to...
Thirty years ago, the National Commission on Excellence in Education released the seminal report, “A Nation At Risk,” highlighting a dangerous and...
Check out the full story and art feature on JJIE’s sister site Bokeh: Abandoned Atlanta The sight of decrepit, abandoned buildings can evoke many different...
Suppose that, five years ago, you had a large sum of money to invest and two financial advisors competing for your business....
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