Education

4 tactics to help your child put their best foot forward.

So much of parenting takes place in the doldrums of everyday life — planning meals, blowing noses, soothing yet another tantrum and tackling the endless mountain of laundry. Yet, every so often, a magical moment occurs that makes parenting feel…

Student Shane Solis plays a record at The Mix, the teen-only section of the San Francisco Public Library main branch. (Ki Sung/KQED) View the full episode transcript. Public libraries have made significant transformations over the past decade to better serve…

For many Americans, the specter of missing children evokes forlorn images on milk cartons or Amber alerts on cell phones. But a new report from the Brookings Institution suggests that the pandemic may have created a new generation of lost…

In a new court filing, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is asking a federal judge to force the U.S. Department of Education to follow the law and cancel the debts of borrowers who have met longstanding requirements for loan…

Parents who haven’t taken a campus tour since they themselves were applicants need to brace for impact.

An admissions expert at CollegeAdvisor answers a parent’s burning question.

How colleges factor in “demonstrated interest” – and how to demonstrate it.

What if improving children’s mental health — and life outcomes — could be done by teaching kids how their brains work? That’s a key idea behind the approach of teachers at Momentous School in Dallas, a private elementary school that…

Remembering that fateful day.