Guaranteeing admission to state universities makes it more likely that academically talented, low-income students will choose colleges that are challenging enough to match their abilities,
This story about the opiod crisis and foster care was produced as part of a series, “Twice Abandoned: how schools and child welfare systems fail
Close to 50% of children and teens didn’t receive the recommended 420 minutes of physical activity per week and 5% didn’t engage in any exercise,
Adolescents from low-income families were at a greater risk of developing heart disease and were more likely to be obese or to smoke, compared with
Programs that address poverty — such as food stamps, insurance and tax credits — also improve students’ academic performance, graduation rates and likelihood of enrolling
High schools that depend the most on credit-recovery programs have large increases in graduation rates, even though many students still perform poorly on standardized tests,
The latest Census numbers indicate that, while conditions may be improving for some children and adults, the overall economic well-being of our nation’s youngest citizens
Researchers found that the frequency of children’s conversational turn-taking at ages 18 months to 24 months accounted for 14% of the variance in IQ scores
Young children who watch more than two hours a day of television show decreased skills in math and executive functioning—the collective term for cognitive abilities
Children whose parents had at least four adverse childhood experiences had increased odds of developing hyperactivity, emotional regulation problems and other behavioral issues, compared with
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