Browsing: children

by Sarah Carr, The Hechinger Report November 13, 2025 In New Orleans, a few hundred dollars could once help a family buy a “gifted” designation for…

Stephen StaffordSouth of EnglandBBCPairs of shoes have been left outside council offices across the countryParents have laid shoes outside council offices as part of a protest…

Too many student-parents never make it to graduation, in no small part because their campuses don’t adequately help them fit college into their lives — or…

It’s that crucial week when millions discovered how much their benefits and pensions would rise by next April. Generally, the increase is pegged to inflation, which…

More than 172,000 children were living in temporary accommodation in England at the end of June, according to new quarterly official figures released last week.That represented…

Children paid a “huge price” to protect others during the Covid pandemic, Boris Johnson has told the inquiry looking at the impact on young people.The former…

‘We don’t want pity, we want action’Juwayriya Adwan, 12, al-Mawasi, Khan YounisIt has been two years since I was last inside a real classroom. Two years…

Robbie MeredithBBC News NI education and arts correspondentGetty ImagesMore than 20 children are missing from one school in County Antrim since the start of the term.Their…

Kit Taylor/BBCLouise Moller’s son was diagnosed as neurodivergent when he was five years old Parents of neurodivergent children have said a lack of support had left…

Vanessa ClarkeEducation reporterGetty ImagesGavin Williamson’s evidence to the Covid inquiry highlighted a number of disagreements with then-Prime Minister Boris JohnsonFormer Education Secretary Gavin Williamson accused ministers…