On International Women’s Day, Education Cannot Wait joins our partners worldwide in calling for human rights and empowerment for women and girls everywhere. Empowerment starts with an education. Worldwide, women still account for almost two-thirds of all adults unable to…
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Children Read More When They Have Access to a Little Free Library
A study released on February 12, by nonprofit Little Free Library shows the impact of their book-sharing boxes on children reading habits. Pier Partners consultancy group led the study, with help from The Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools…
Closing the Engagement Gap for Black Youth Voters at HBCUs Post 2024-Election
A University of Central Florida Assistant Professor and Higher Education Researcher specializing in Black student civic engagement is calling for a shift in how politicians engage youth voters at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the wake of the 2024…
The National Mood
The Economist and YouGov conducted a poll the week of February 2 on a wide range of topics to gauge the country’s mood now that the goals of the second Trump Administration are clear. Slightly more Americans approve strongly or…
Large Print Books Boost Student Literacy, Study Finds
Technology has been great for many things, keeping in touch with loved ones far away, checking the weather, breaking news updates and so much more, but with the increase in technology comes the increase in how much time students and…
Largest Annual Spike in Public School Spending in 20 Years
Spending Per Pupil in Public Schools Averaged $15,633, Up 8.9% in FY 2022 Average U.S. public school spending per pupil in elementary and secondary schools rose 8.9% to $15,633 in fiscal year (FY) 2022 from the previous year, according to…
School Enrollment Rates of 3- and 4-year-olds Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed many parents’ home and work lives, with some changes like shuttered schools and remote learning leading to a drop in enrollment of children ages 3 and 4. But new data show enrollment has started to bounce…
Better Health, Voulenteerism Linked to Postsecondary Education
Charitable giving rates get higher with each level of education, a new poll from Gallup indicates. Rising from only 38% of people with a high school diploma to a whopping 77% with a graduate degree. Volunteer rates double between non-college…
Girls Take Lessons, Jon Clubs More Often Than Boys But Boys Play More Sports
Children are engaging in more extracurricular activities like lessons and sports than they did more than two decades ago, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A Child’s Day: Historical Tables and Figures tracks children’s involvement in extracurricular activities by sex and…
Pandemic Disrupted Labor Markets but Had Modest Impact on Retirement Timing
The COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption of labor markets was massive, but it had only a modest impact on peoples’ retirement timing, according to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The SIPP collected…