Fewer kids are enrolled in public kindergarten – that will have a lasting impact...
Taryn Morrissey, American University School of Public Affairs
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Public school enrollment is down across the country. For example, enrollment is down by 15,000 in...
Mega Millions jackpot is $750 million – where does all the lottery tax revenue...
Liberty Vittert, Washington University in St Louis
The Mega Millions jackpot drawing for Jan. 15 has soared to US$750 million and counting. This makes it...
18 million US children are at risk of hunger: How is the problem being...
Heather Eicher-Miller, Purdue University; David Himmelgreen, University of South Florida; Diana Cuy Castellanos, University of Dayton, and Kecia Johnson, Mississippi State University
Editor’s note: The...
Does reopening schools cause COVID-19 to spread? It’s complicated
Scott A Imberman, Michigan State University; Dan Goldhaber, University of Washington, and Katharine O. Strunk, Michigan State University
The Research Brief is a short take...
Gaming has benefits and perils – parents can help kids by playing with them
Katie Headrick Taylor, University of Washington
As the pandemic forced many Americans to hunker down at home, the video game industry saw record spending and...
Some kindergartners are more likely to be heavy users of online tech later, according...
Paul L. Morgan, Penn State
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Specific groups of kindergartners in the U.S. are...
Why does grammar matter?
Laurie Ann Britt-Smith, College of the Holy Cross
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like...
What’s not being said about why African Americans need to take the COVID-19 vaccine
Debra Furr-Holden, Michigan State University
Dr. Anthony Fauci and other national health leaders have said that African Americans need to take the COVID-19 vaccine to...
