SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools. Legislation that […]
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Got cold symptoms? Here’s when kids should take a sick day from school
PHOENIX — As schools reopen for another year, they are focused on improving student attendance. But back-to-school is hitting just as COVID-19 cases are increasing, […]
Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak with a surge of vaccinations
CAIRO — The threat of polio is rising fast in the Gaza Strip, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the war […]
Make eye exams part of the back-to-school checklist. Your kids and their teachers will thank you
When a little boy burst into tears in her third-grade classroom last fall, Audrey Jost pulled him aside while the other kids were at recess. […]
Palestinian health officials say first case of polio confirmed in Gaza, in a 10-month-old child
FILE – Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip, walk past sewage flowing into the streets of the southern […]
Biden administration hikes pay for Head Start teachers to address workforce shortage
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is hiking pay for educators in the early childhood program Head Start as part of an effort to retain current […]
Texas couple charged with failing to seek medical care for injured 12-year-old who later died
JOURDANTON, Texas — A mother and stepfather have been arrested after the death of their 12-year-old daughter, who lay unconscious in their home for four […]
Iowa proposes summer grocery boxes as alternative to direct cash payments for low-income families
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa on Thursday proposed an alternative program to address child hunger during next year’s summer break, a plan that the state […]
Millions of kids are still skipping school. Could the answer be recess — and a little cash?
MEDFORD, Mass. — Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you […]
Extreme heat increasingly endangers children in West and Central Africa, UNICEF says
DAKAR, Senegal — Children in West and Central Africa are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, which further endangers their health, according to a new report […]