Corrected: An earlier version of this article used an incorrect title for Maud Abeel. She is a director for Jobs for the Future. A robust STEM education is becoming increasingly important as more jobs ...

Almost 20 years ago, psychologist Ellie Brown was looking to do research on a Head Start preschool program, to examine how it affected kids from low-income families. Brown, a professor of psychology ...

Rising inflation heightens families' sensitivity to child care costs. Connect4Care Kids, a program by United Way for Southeastern Michigan, aids Wayne County families in discovering affordable child ...

The Kansas City Urban Youth Academy offers unique educational programs for students of all ages. Check out what is available now through their registration platform. The club offers the Royals ...

Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS News Chicago covering breaking, local and community news in Chicago. She previously worked as a digital producer and senior digital producer for ...

School is out, the mercury is climbing at a record pace, and young people across America are at risk of losing the reading and math skills they learned during the academic year. In an average year, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 8, 2025) — Save the Children and its advocacy arm, Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), are deeply concerned about the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to withhold ...

Tables and chairs arranged in a classroom. Senior Correspondent The after-school program disappeared from the Utah school where Jessica Langford sends her two older children, ages 7 and 9, in October ...

On May 2, 2025, at the age of 30, the grant that funded much of PBS KIDS’ content—the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (now defunct, too) and Public Broadcasting Service’s (PBS) Ready to ...

Every parent of multiple children will tell you that each child does things at their own pace and in their own way. For instance, one child might love baseball and excel at throwing one while another ...

For the past half-century, school choice initiatives have been intensifying across the globe. Choice policies emphasize school competition and increasing families’ opportunities to select among ...