Key points: For as long as school has existed, so has the parental question: How are my kids doing? For nearly two centuries, educators have used some type…
Read more The grade gap: Helping parents understand students’ academic progressSPRINGFIELD, Mass. — As Pete Hall kicked off a four-day unit on gambling prevention in April, he asked his high school health class what comes to mind when…
Read more Schools doubling down on education to protect boys from gambling problemsEarly prenatal care improves the chances of having a healthy pregnancy and baby. But a new federal report shows it’s been on the decline.The share of U.S. births…
Read more Early prenatal care, considered best for moms and babies, is on the decline in the US, data shows(GREENVILLE, Wis.) February 16, 2026 – School Specialty, a leading provider of learning environments, instructional solutions, and supplies for preK-12 education, is proud to celebrate outstanding educators with…
Read more Celebrating Teachers: Nominate Outstanding Educators for Crystal Apple AwardsMamdani and Hochul had delivered a political victory. The people delivering the actual service would be New York’s child-care workers, who number some forty thousand, seventy-five per cent…
Read more The People Who Will Actually Make Universal Child Care HappenThe Center for Transforming Lives Arlington Child Development Center provides childcare in a March 28, 2025 archive photo. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com Parents are faced with several options when…
Read more What toys should parents buy for infants, school-age children? These guides helpBOSTON, Mass. — For months, Karian had tried to make it on her own in New York. After the birth of her second daughter, she was diagnosed with…
Read more Infants and toddlers are a growing group among homeless childrenConservatives have long argued that unwed motherhood and single parenting are major drivers of poor student achievement. They contend that traditional two-parent families — ideally with a married…
Read more Conservatives see married parents as a solution to low student achievement. It’s not that simpleThe West Shore school board policy committee meeting came to a halt almost as soon as it began. As a board member started going over the agenda on…
Read more How a legal group’s anti-LGBTQ policies took root in school districts across a statePEACHAM, Vt. — Early on a chilly fall morning in this small Vermont town, Principal Lydia Cochrane watched a gaggle of kids chase one another and a soccer ball…
Read more School closures are accelerating in rural America. But research on whether they help students is mixedIn the nearly 13 years since I wrote my first early childhood story for The Hechinger Report, I have never experienced a year quite like 2025. From the…
Read more 5 early childhood education highlights of 2025The morning I decided not to send my 14-year-old daughter back to school, she was vomiting from anxiety. Again. It wasn’t a dramatic moment. There was no big…
Read more My Daughter Woke Up Every Morning Sick With Anxiety — Until I Cut This 1 Thing From Her LifeWhen my oldest child was a 2-year-old, we relocated to a new state and I found myself back at square one with my search for child care. In…
Read more 5 cheat sheets for parents of preschoolersKey points: When middle school students make the leap to high school, they are expected to have a career path in mind so their classes and goals align…
Read more The end of one-direction career pathways: Why empowering students sets the best course for future successThis story was produced by the Associated Press and reprinted with permission. ATLANTA — It was the worst summer in years. Sechita McNair’s family took no vacations. Her…
Read more Eviction sets single mom on a quest to keep her kids in their schoolsParents upset by the news that two elementary schools are likely to close at the end of the school year crammed into the Grapevine-Colleyville school board meeting Monday…
Read more Angry parents crowd GCISD board meeting over school closure recommendationsKey points: In the world of K-12 education, teachers are constantly making decisions that affect their students and families. In contrast, administrators are tasked with something even bigger:…
Read more Truth vs. risk management: How to move forwardKey points: A revolution quietly underway in American education: the rise of homeschooling. In the past decade, there’s been a 61 percent increase in homeschool students across the…
Read more More parents are homeschooling–and turning to podcasts for syllabus supportby Laura Pappano, The Hechinger Report November 6, 2025 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As principal of Hartsfield Elementary School in the Leon County School District, John Olson is not…
Read more Universal vouchers have public schools worried about market shareby Terry Heick You care but it’s a tired cliche–limps out of your mouth, barely alive: “How was school?” You might use a slight variation like, “What’d you…
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