Life without play is a grinding, mechanical existence organized around doing the things necessary for survival. Play is the ...

A tax wedge is the difference between before-tax and after-tax wages. It also refers to the market inefficiency that is created when a good is taxed.

Chalkbeat reports on the federal tax-credit scholarship program, raising questions on its impact on public education and ...

Students with Educational Freedom Accounts will finish out the 2025-26 school year under the program's current rules, rather ...

Small libraries in rural areas, many staffed by volunteers, pushed back saying there's no way they could meet the standards.

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Library Commission has dropped its request that the state’s public libraries sign an agreement ...

Tech entrepreneur Diosdado Banatao invented two of the foundation technologies in every PC today. He also devoted his life to ...

By Judith Meyer of The Commissioners to consider new standards through a rulemaking process that could take most of 2026.

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's ...

Transitions can stir big feelings in young children, even when nothing is “wrong.” Steady, emotionally present caregiving ...

Self-awareness is a profound developmental advance that shapes how toddlers begin to understand themselves as separate individuals and relate to others. It's arrival is deeply intertwined with both ...

The youngest chimpanzees are the biggest risk-takers. Would humans show the same pattern if adults weren’t keeping such a ...