ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

“They kind of use it like it means 'either or,'” Fortune said, noting the hand gesture she sees kids use along with the term, where they place their palms up and move them alternately up and down. “'6 ...

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

On a block in South L.A., four child-care providers lean on one another as they navigate the challenges of the industry, including competition with transitional kindergarten and the high cost of care.

As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the ...

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It's a sweltering summer day in early July, and 13-year-old Ra'laya Myers is thrilled to be at school in North Philadelphia. "Everybody is like, literally, family here," she says. "It's a safe space." ...

Summer has arrived. For kids, this might mean freedom from schoolwork. But for parents, it can also mean the summer care scramble—the stressful (and expensive) need for working parents to piece ...

Almost 20 years ago, psychologist Ellie Brown was looking to do research on a Head Start preschool program, to examine how it affected kids from low-income families. Brown, a professor of psychology ...

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For the past 30 years and with broad bipartisan support in Congress, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has funded competitive Ready to Learn (RTL) grants, authorized under the Elementary and ...

The CPB said that it was informed by the Department of Education on Friday that the 2020-25 Ready to Learn grant was being canceled, forcing it to inform PBS and 44 public media stations to pause the ...