Too many end up homeless. Stability is critical, and far more can be done to create supportive environments.
Approved coverage for more than 40,000 children remains on hold amid legal disputes and policy disagreements.
New laws aim to streamline guardianship and prevent children from being placed in foster care when parents are detained.
Officials are exploring federal funding and new testing efforts as parents demand faster cleanup of unsafe park conditions.
It depends on the quality of the program and on what the children would be doing if they weren’t in care. Both political parties have failed to capture these nuances.
A new on-site center for infants and toddlers marks an early step toward expanding universal child care.
The state now has 21 virtual charter academies as education officials debate funding incentives and how to measure school performance.
The notion that we can assume people suffering from substance use disorders will freely choose what is best for them and their children is regularly undermined by reality. Too many children have paid the price.
Critical infrastructure that holds up the state’s foster care system is quietly collapsing, leaving children at risk. A well-meaning reform for sexual abuse survivors is contributing to the crisis.
An Indiana district is experimenting with small, flexible learning environments to counter declining enrollment.
Lawmakers halted a proposal to bar unvaccinated children from schools as the state faces its largest measles outbreak in two decades.
Nearly 70 percent of traditional districts reported declines amid family self-deportations and lingering immigration fears, a trend that could affect funding and student support.
Intensive instruction and test retakes helped thousands of students improve and move on to fourth grade.
Soil testing shows dozens of city parks expose children to hazardous lead levels years after officials pledged to fix the problem.
A new federal survey finds roughly a 20 percent difference in school readiness between children from the poorest and wealthiest families.
With a multibillion-dollar deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget leaves tens of thousands of promised subsidized slots unfunded, keeping families on waitlists for years.
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