As states brace for less federal money, some are cutting child care spending to balance their budgets. Experts warn these cuts will be disastrous for families and the economy.

And after more than five decades, New York’s experience offers a case study in how elusive it can be to identify children as gifted before they even start school.

Young men in America today are feeling lonely and socially isolated. They are not going to college, entering the workplace or going on dates as often as young men did in prior generations. In my years ...

American boys are being read to and reading for fun less frequently than in the past. Credit: Allison Shelley for EDUimages The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...

In a new book, researcher Timothy Shanahan argues that giving students easy texts is holding back US reading achievement ...

Adrian Torres’ obsession with race cars began when he was 11 years old. He got hooked watching a YouTube video of someone ...

Over 3 million student-parents across the nation are pursuing higher education. Colleges should make them — and their families — feel welcome.

Too many student-parents never make it to graduation, in no small part because their campuses don’t adequately help them fit college into their lives — or even just fit in. Yet over 3 million ...