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1.2KMoms to Trump: We want relief on child care costs
A new national campaign encourages Trump to keep and expand the child tax credit.
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6.8KTeens on social media: Red, blue and purple states are all passing laws to restrict and protect adolescents
It remains to be seen if, and how, the federal government will weigh in.
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1.5KParents of premature babies struggle to get help their children are entitled to
Few families with premature babies receive the early intervention services they are eligible for.
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1.4KTrump wants to withhold money from schools teaching ‘discriminatory equity ideology,’ gender identity
Federal law prohibits this. Can this executive order be enforced?
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3.0KTrump’s ‘pause’ on federal funds: It has not been rescinded. Are early learning & nutrition programs in danger?
Programs serving women and children would be hit particularly hard by a funding pause.
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5.5KA dismal report card in math and reading
2024 NAEP test results document large increases in students who lack basic skills.
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10.6KAcross all ages and demographics, test results show Americans are getting dumber
In the last decade, achievement scores have been falling — and gaps have been widening.
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2.5KTrump admin guts school safety committee created to combat mass shootings
The committee functioned as a check on federal government recommendations to solve school violence.
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1.9KFive big obstacles to opening child care facilities in rural Illinois
About 60% of rural Americans live in child care deserts.
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2.5KWriting notes instead of typing pits scholars against each other
A widely cited neuroscience study claims handwriting notes improves learning. Is the research valid?
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2.5K9 education storylines to watch as Trump returns to the White House
How could President Trump's actions on these key issues change education in America's future?
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4.6KQ&A: How a child becomes bilingual — and what can be done to help them get there
Q&A with developmental psychologist and language scientist Adriana Weisleder Kids from immigrant backgrounds in the US often struggle to develop fluency in...
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1.8KTwo families sue after 11-year-old and 13-year-old students were arrested under Tennessee’s school threat law
The lawsuits argue that students’ rights were violated when police were called.
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859Oklahoma plan to check parents’ citizenship could keep kids from going to school
Checking parents’ citizenship violates federal law. Can this policy be enforced?
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2.5KAs public colleges begin to merge or shut down, one state shows how hard it is
Closing colleges and universities face hostilities from communities and politicians.
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1.8K‘Kept in limbo:’ As uncertainty over Trump plans looms, migrant children struggle to find legal aid
Children migrating alone rarely have access to help for navigating the immigration system.
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4.5KIntergenerational care benefits children and seniors. Why is it still so rare?
Intergenerational care has cognitive and physical health benefits for both children and seniors.
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1.4KAbortion bans seem to be driving young people to move out of state
The loss of young people has particular implications for a state’s economic trajectory.
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4.4KThe number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges — and the economy
A long-anticipated demographic cliff caused by the Great Recession will arrive this fall.
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1.7KIn Maryland, a multimillion dollar push to scale up high dosage math tutoring
A Maryland high dosage math tutoring program employs nearly 1,000 college and graduate students.
