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Adolescence is a time for students to form their identity, but quarantines and school shutdowns disrupt that process, for good or bad.

As the new school year approached, Susan Graham wanted to know: Would her California school district have a remote learning option for her fifth grader?  State lawmakers put strict limits on virtual learning this year, so her son’s district wasn’t offering…

Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see the global emergency as an opportunity and a challenge. …

Children's advocacy groups are making the case that school-based health centers are a worthy investment for Ohio's kids.  Tracy Najera, executive director of the Children's Defense Fund-Ohio, said being able to get health-care needs met at school gives children and families…

Nevada scored a D-plus for children's mental health, according to a new report from the Children's Advocacy Alliance.  Researchers evaluated the Silver State on a series of mental-health indicators including depression, substance abuse, developmental disorders, suicide and access to care. Dr.…

A new program aims to give underserved students of color extra support to close education and workforce training gaps that have grown worse during the pandemic.  The Racial Equity for Adult Credentials in Higher Education (REACH) program helps Black, Hispanic…

Becoming a first-generation homebuyer was a meaningful step for Erin. Her parents came to the United States from Cape Verde and had never been able to purchase a house. She was excited for the stability it would provide and the…

American Indian Graduate Center is now accepting  applications for the Miller Indigenous Economic Development Fellowship, a research grant geared  toward funding Native doctoral research in economics and economic development. Applications for the fellowship are due November 19, 2021.

Lucy Calkins and Jennifer Serravallo are among those releasing updates that move away from unproven techniques like three-cueing.

Caroline Simmonds recently spotted an advertisement on Facebook for free learning pods in New Hampshire. The mom of two eagerly signed up to learn more.   “The pandemic pushed me over the edge,” says Ms. Simmonds, in an interview after attending…

With the vast majority of U.S. students once again learning in classrooms, 180 of the largest 500 U.S. school districts have enacted requirements for their staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to an analysis published Monday by Burbio, an…

Baltimore public schools are using software that alerts officials when a student using one of the system’s laptops might be considering suicide. Since March, GoGuardian’s Beacon software has identified nine students as having a severe mental health crisis. All were…

Alabama schools are continuing to face food shortages, education officials say. Disruptions in the workforce needed to serve and deliver meals — along with supplies of food and packaging materials — are behind the shortages, Al.com reported.

Families fed up with their traditional public schools left that system in droves since the start of the pandemic, and new data shows just how many of them have settled on publicly funded, privately run charter schools as an alternative.

The football coach at a Minnesota high school has resigned amid a police investigation into player misconduct on his team. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Derek Parendo resigned from his coaching and teaching jobs at Proctor High School on Monday.…

More than three-quarters of district leaders and principals say they’re experiencing at least moderate staffing shortages in their school buildings this year, according to the newly published results of a nationally representative EdWeek Research Center survey.