COLUMBUS, OhioCOLUMBUS, Ohio — To her students who need the most support, India Strother is rarely just “Ms. Strother” — she’s a family figure they call “Mom,” a trusted guide as they negotiate their ...

Griffin-EL: This holiday season, there's no greater gift than a tool that can help inspire children to pursue their dreams.

We are more than halfway into July, and that means kids will be going back to school soon. At the beginning of every academic year, many Black boys and girls will walk into classrooms across the ...

All foster children deserve a chance at finding their forever families. Far too often, Black and brown children remain in foster care too long without needed support. State and federal leaders can ...

New national data shows steep rises in Black youth suicide, and experts say racism in schools is a major factor that’s costing them their lives and learning. In November 2024, a Jacksonville, Florida, ...

Financial literacy is a vital skill for individuals of all ages and backgrounds, but it holds particular significance in the lives of Black children who may intend to go to college or pursue other ...

Our society has actively promoted two-parent families for decades, but today we’re in a particularly intense moment. We have books getting published like Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the ...

WALTHAM (CBS) -- A Waltham woman is on a mission to get young Black and Brown children to read more and she has opened a small bookstore out of her home to help make that happen. "I wanted to shed ...

When this year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress showed Black kids’ reading proficiency was the lowest of any racial group, some critics blamed education reforms like the Science of ...

Across the country, Black children and youth are twice as likely as the general population to die by drowning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And this crisis is ...

Of all the outlandish provisions within California’s outlandish reparations plan, none feels more craven — or cruel — than the demand to exempt black fathers from paying child support for their ...