Jones’ experience illustrates what a new report suggests – that overreliance on report cards to measure a child’s academic progress may ... on a representative sample of nearly 2,000 ...

Alabama ranks 43rd in child well-being in the 2025 Kids Count study, highlighting persistent child poverty and educational ...

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress released a new ... plays a critical role in enhancing child development, but what this report shows is that, in many rural communities ...