Access to one additional opportunity, like after-school programs, was correlated with improved outcomes for low-income children, a new study found. Credit: Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one ...

A new study has found evidence of big gains in students’ reading ability from using one specific phonics program—and suggests that consistent implementation is key to getting the strongest results.

Black youth in the United States disproportionately experience fatal drowning at rates up to five times higher than their ...

Tables and chairs arranged in a classroom. Senior Correspondent The after-school program disappeared from the Utah school where Jessica Langford sends her two older children, ages 7 and 9, in October ...

Rigorous new research appears to show that monthly checks intended to help disadvantaged children did little for their well-being, adding a new element to a dispute over expanded government aid. By ...

Zachary Gillen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

A major new meta-analysis finds that vegetarian and vegan diets can support healthy growth in children when properly planned.