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Students in a classroom at Tolleson Elementary School.

Education

How Immigration Crackdowns Are Hurting America’s Poorest Schools

Teachers around the country report emotional and behavioral problems among their students as a result of ICE raids. Even kids from families under no danger of deportation are affected.

Francie Diep

Education

Prozac Preschool

The youngest Americans are being prescribed a growing number of adult psychotropic drugs.

Susan Donaldson James

Madison Fox is hugged as the West Boca High School student joined hundreds of fellow students that walked to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in honor of the 17 students shot dead on February 20th, 2018, in Parkland, Florida.

Social Justice

The Demographics of Childhood Trauma

A new study assesses the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in America by state, race or ethnicity, and income level.

Mimi Kirk

Children living in a house without electricity look out the window, July 24th, 2017, in the village of Gorbanesti, Romania.

Social Justice

The Burden of a Late Rent Check Can Harm the Health of Both Parents and Kids

New research finds that housing instability can affect the mental and physical health of family members of all ages.

Candace Butera

Social Justice

Tolerant Tykes: Small Children Aren’t Inherently Racist

New research suggests we aren't born bigots. Racial prejudice is something we learn.

Tom Jacobs

Children play in an Asunción neighborhood on January 22nd, 2018, that was flooded when the Paraguay River overflowed its banks due to heavy rains. The flooding has affected more than 18,000 people in the Paraguayan capital in the past week.

Environment

Viewfinder: Flooding in Paraguay

Children play in an Asunción neighborhood on January 22nd, 2018, that was flooded when the Paraguay River overflowed its banks due to heavy rains.

Pacific Standard Staff

Education

Spending Time in Nature Produces Better Behaved Students

New research finds third-graders are more attentive after experiencing a class taught on the lawn.

Tom Jacobs

News in Brief

Even Apple Investors Are Worried About Smartphone Addiction

Two of Apple's largest investors called on the tech giant to take smartphone addiction more seriously. Research shows they're right to be concerned.

Kevin Charles Fleming

Education

Arts-Rich Preschool Readies Kids for Learning

New research finds large benefits from a Head Start program that emphasizes the arts.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

The Caregivers of the Opioid Epidemic Are Going It Alone

Across the country, people are becoming unexpected caregivers of children whose parents have become addicted to opioids. In most states, they're doing it with little to no help at all.

James McCandless