This story was originally published by The 19th. The clouds that blanket Los Angeles in the late spring, keeping temperatures…
As early as preschool, kids’ schools routinely hold intruder, active shooter, or lockdown drills. If you’re a parent, hearing about…
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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Lauren Williams took a job with Paper,…
This story was originally published by The 19th. Heather Gustafson knows what it’s like to struggle to keep money in…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives…
New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams recently announced a new policy for the city’s public schools aimed at improving the…
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On the morning of July 4, 2022, 10-year-old Mason Tepper was in the car with his family when ambulances went…
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and whether your family is of Asian, Pacific Islander, or Native Hawaiian descent…
Teacher Appreciation Week 2023 is from May 8 through 12 this year. Each year, we dedicate this special week to…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters As a product of the Detroit public…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters One morning in late October, 8-year-old Eric…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Long before Dr. Debbie Reese earned her…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Soon after a wave of states moved…
In the months since Amanda Jones, a middle school librarian in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, spoke at a public meeting against…
Part of the big job of parenting is preparing children to become independent, decision-making adults. There are so many life…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Officials in Columbus City Schools were looking…
Direct admissions is a new strategy that some colleges and universities are hoping will broaden their pool of prospective students…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. On a Friday night in early November,…
It’s tempting to think that once kids have “made it” to college, they’ll be just fine. However, while starting college…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Kelly King was able to do something…
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Series: The Price Kids Pay How Schools and Police Work Together to Punish…
About half of the population menstruates or will menstruate, but too many people lack the ability to manage their periods…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. This story was produced as part of…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. For the last two years, any public…
You may have heard of the idea of allowing kids to take “mental health days.” Sounds great in theory, but…
A study at Rutgers University shows Black teens actually experience racial discrimination at a staggering rate of five times per…
On top of all the negative impact climate change has on the health and nutrition of our kids, another one…
Ninth grade teacher Jason Mount refers to this time as “phase three” of the semester for New York City schools.…
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As we hit the one-year mark of the pandemic, many parents have noticed that their kids (particularly teens and tweens)…
Black History Month is a good time to remember that change is not just created by a few exceptional leaders.…
You and your family may have heard about reparations in the context of the larger conversation on racial justice, or…
Remote learning has its advantages (no more rushing to the school bus stop in the morning!), but it definitely has…
The ongoing pandemic is taking a toll on children’s mental health. Kids are suffering from anxiety and fear about the…
Missing Zoom calls, juggling assignment due dates, and generally keeping track of kids’ remote learning schedules is an ongoing pain…
Helping children become independent learners has never been more important than right now, with so many students attending school remotely…
Many of us need to “fall back” for the Daylight Saving Time change on November 1, and now is the…
We all understand that it’s important for everyone over the age of 2 to wear a mask to prevent the…
Lea este artículo en español en La Alianza. For parents whose kids are going back to school in person, one…
About 50 million K-12 public school students have had to switch to remote learning because of the Covid-19 crisis. But…
This wasn’t how high school and college students (or anyone for that matter) imagined their 2020 summer would play out.…
Ask any teacher, student, administrator, or parent of school-aged kids, and they’ll tell you that the end of the 2019-2020…
While no one knows exactly what to expect for this coming school year, distance learning is likely to be at…
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, schools across America were in agreement about one thing: keeping students safe. In a matter…
Of all the parenting memes making the rounds, some of the most liked—by far—focus on the importance of going easy…
Parents are always concerned with their children’s nutrition, but did you know there are certain foods that can help our…
At the University of California, Berkeley, a new class on “adulting” is so popular that it’s turning students away. The…
Before even completing their own high school educations, Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo set out to transform curriculums throughout the…
A Virginia school district, one of the largest in the U.S., has announced that it will allow its students one…
In so many states, Native American history, cultures, and issues are rarely talked about in schools—and when they are, it…
Teachers are known to go above and beyond to help students any way they can, but Keisha Yearby of Chesapeake,…
Last month, Merriam-Webster dictionary named “they” the word of the year as a way to recognize the gender-fluid linguistics that…
Parents with children in the special education system often struggle to balance work with the many appointments and school meetings…
Schools all over the country are placing new emphasis on children being able to read by third grade, with some…
American students did not show any improvement in the last round of international reading and math testing. In fact, math…
When a principal in Iowa saw the number of students spending their lunch hours with their faces in their phones,…
To date, thousands of migrant children are still in U.S. detention centers. Two students in the San Francisco Bay area…
Failure can actually be a good thing — because if you don’t fail, you don’t learn. But how much failure…
For parents whose children turn 5 near the beginning of the school year, the struggle over when to start them…
Even though limiting screen time is a common pain point for parents, many kids can’t easily access the internet at…
In Cincinnati on Thursday, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals heard testimony about the terrible conditions in Detroit schools. These…
Students of all ages are subjected to different teaching methods, not all of which have been backed by rigorous scientific…
There are a few (million) kids who will be happy to read the findings of a recent study on screen…
Imagine if your child could bike, bounce, balance, and swing—in the middle of a math or reading lesson.
Students across the U.S. and the world walked out of school to participate in a massive “Climate Strike” — a protest against the government’s inaction on climate change.