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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Los niños en hogares de crianza a menudo se pierden las lecciones de música o los juegos de las ligas menores. Ésa es una de las consecuencias de cambiar de hogar o de vivir con una familia con un presupuesto ajustado. Ahora California tiene un...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Foster kids often miss out on Little League or music lessons. That’s one of the consequences of changing homes, or living with a family on a tight budget. Now California has a new plan to give them opportunities for the kinds of extracurricular activities that...
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Cigarettes may not appeal to America’s youth like they did in the 1960s, but a significant number still experiment with e-cigarettes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new data that show the use of e-cigarettes by high school students declined in the past year, but rose among middle schoolers....
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Originally by Katie Fleischer for Ms. Magazine Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service/Public News Service After another school year impacted by the COVID pandemic, the long-term effects of educational disruptions are increasingly visible. Years of increased stress, financial burdens, and virtual schooling have affected children as well...
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Muchos padres en todo el país pronto se despedirán de sus hijos cuando se dirijan a la universidad por primera vez, y una pregunta creciente en la mente de algunos progenitores es sobre los apoyos de salud mental que brindan las escuelas. Según una encuesta reciente, tres de cada cinco estudiantes...
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Many parents around the country will soon be bidding their children farewell as they head off to college for the first time, and a growing question on some parents’ minds is about the mental health supports schools provide. According to a recent survey, three of five college students have been...
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More than two years after Covid-19’s onset, there is finally a federally approved vaccine against it in the United States for children age 6 months to 4 years old. Covid has become the fifth-leading cause of death among kids between the ages of 1 and 4, and the fourth-leading...
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One in five kids – nearly 70 million Americans – have learning or thinking differences (LTDs), like ADHD or dyslexia. While LTDs are common among families, friends, neighbors and peers, new research from Understood.org, a guide and resource for people with LTDs, finds that there are still harmful stigmas...
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La pandemia de COVID ha profundizado las brechas educativas para los niños. Millones se han atrasado en los niveles de lectura y matemáticas. Esta pérdida de aprendizaje, que los expertos sugieren llamar “aprendizaje inconcluso”, ha resultado en la interrupción de la instrucción en persona. ¿Qué programas y estrategias ayudarán...