Children eat at a summer lunch program in Maine. This year, 13 states opted out of a summer food EBT program that gives families more flexibility to buy food while school is out. Credit: Gregory ...

What if one of the most crucial experiences for the development of school-aged children doesn’t happen during the school day at all? What if it has little to do with learning to read, sharpening math ...

Mary Kay Irwin, senior director of School Health Services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and adjunct faculty at Ohio State University, is a nationally recognized thought leader in school health.

Head Start programming for about 60,000 children is at risk if the federal government shutdown continues into November, leaders of the National Head Start Association and its state chapters say. On ...