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.

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

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

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

Male loneliness is climbing as male reading and writing scores drop. Are these trends correlated, and if so, can reading help address loneliness?

The learning losses grew as temperatures rose. Students who took tests on 101-degree days scored roughly 0.06 standard deviations below students who tested when temperatures were 60 degrees, the ...

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 ...