Teacher Jill Anderson reads to her class. Concerned about effects on students, Anderson has removed most screen time from her classroom. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...

Nationwide Children's Hospital is screening literacy skills in children, some as young as three years old. The program began in 2022, as concerns grew about lagging childhood literacy rates during the ...

How A.I.-Generated Videos Are Distorting Your Child’s YouTube Feed Experts caution that low-quality, A.I.-generated videos on YouTube geared toward children often feature conflicting information, lack ...

If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. A new analysis finds Black children are less likely to enroll in transitional kindergarten ...

About one-third of children entering preschool in 2025 didn’t know how to handle a book properly, with some trying to swipe at pages as if they were a phone or tablet. These findings come from a ...

The change, adopted through Ohio House Bill 114, shifts the state away from a system that allowed local districts to set their own deadlines for when children must turn 5 to start school. Beginning ...

When Lyra Neo started Primary 1 (P1) at Jing Shan Primary School, there were no tears at the school gate. She walked into school calmly, already comfortable with her surroundings and some familiar ...

It's time to start getting ready for kindergarten and pre-kindergarten in Philadelphia. School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Tony B. Watlington launched the annual "Thrive at Five" program ...

Video of youth hockey players brawling in a staged fight at a minor-league game in Pennsylvania has prompted officials to promise "appropriate disciplinary action" against organizers. The wild scene ...

On October 7, a TikTok account named @fujitiva48 posed a provocative question alongside their latest video. “What are your thoughts on this new toy for little kids?” they asked over 2,000 viewers, who ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austinite Jason Lespron is a DJ and producer, a drummer, and a music teacher. He’s now also a social media star, thanks to a video showing a peek behind the curtain of his teaching ...

Monique Hinton rubbed her fingers together in one of her recent YouTube videos, signaling to her million-plus followers on the platform that she had a moneymaking business idea for them. She first ...