Scrutiny from conservatives around teaching about race, gender and sexuality has made many teachers reluctant to discuss issues that touch on cultural...
Along with New Jersey and California, Utah is among a growing number of states that are implementing postsecondary programming for incarcerated youth....
Originally, registries were conceived as a way to inform communities about convicted sexual predators living in their neighborhoods. But researchers, conducting several...
Schools contending with soaring student mental health needs and other challenges have been struggling to determine just how much the pandemic is...
Since many general dentists don’t treat children with disabilities, that means millions of parents may find it challenging to find a dentist...
Dr. Tyeese Gaines gives some helpful advice for parents struggling to find specialized dental care for their children with disabilities.
Connecticut has turned its troubled juvenile facilities into what federal officials have cited as exemplary national models. Staffing is up dramatically, in...
A megadrought has changed the way farmers look at the future of farming.
One of the Biden Administration's signature pieces of legislation — the $13 billion gun safety bill known as the Bipartisan Safer Communities...
“There’s no accountability or transparency. There’s nothing being done,” Sandra Torres said.
Across the country, young people are banding together to undertake surveys and create heat maps that capture their communities’ desire to mitigate...
“The program is looking to close the achievement gaps for kids in foster care,” said Jenna Mendez, Corona-Norco Unified School District's foster...
Last August, teachers and other school staff at Cypress Bay joined what the surgeon’s group says are more than 2.4 million people...
Emergency wound management such as that taught through the American College of Surgeons’ Stop the Bleed program, its proponents say, offers gun-injured individuals a...
Among 18 of the country's largest school districts, 12 started this school year with fewer counselors or psychologists than they had in...
Persistent efforts by North Carolina's legislature to restrict transgender lives cast a shadow over Callum Bradford as he grew up in Chapel...
The number of children separated from their families due to parental substance use has more than doubled in the past two decades...
As schools increasingly monitor students’ online activities, LGBTQ students find themselves at particular risk. The tracking can “out” queer students because the...
Student groups argue that damage to the environment and human health inflicted by the fossil fuel industry conflicts with the schools’ missions...
Social and emotional learning has emerged from the pandemic as a top priority for many schools and afterschool and summer programs in...