High curiosity levels among kindergartners may be linked to higher math and literacy skills — no matter the child’s socioeconomic background — according to recent
Many young children across the city of Baltimore—and the entire state of Maryland—are facing significant barriers to academic success, starting with unequal access to high-quality
Nearly every weekday during the summer break, a giant truck from the Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha, Neb., loads up hot meals and
When schools let out for summer break, some of the country’s poorest students—who rely on federally subsidized school meals—lose their key source of nutrition. Federally
States that rank high on Quality Counts’ annual report card—including this year’s top five—typically share common strengths when it comes to supporting their education systems.
Summer breaks may be increasing the learning gap, as higher-income families give their children access to summer learning opportunities that lower-income families can’t afford. Communities
As part of each state’s overall school finance grade, Quality Counts 2018 looks at per-pupil spending adjusted for regional cost differences across states. It captures
Our teacher recruitment system has been blinking red for a long time, with the past decade catapulting the United States into crisis mode
Coastal Carolina University’s new residency program for aspiring teachers is aimed at easing educator shortages in South Carolina. College officials say they hope the program
Alternative education settings are designed to better reflect and support students not served well by the traditional school setting. Often these schools are striving to
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