The FAFSA — the federal form that gates nearly all college aid — now opens each October for the following fall, but the 2024 redesign delayed aid offers by months, and families should plan around the confusion it left behind.
The FAFSA — the federal form that gates nearly all college aid — now opens each October for the following fall, but the 2024 redesign delayed aid offers by months, and families should plan around the confusion it left behind.
The study methods most kids choose — rereading and highlighting — rank among the least effective in published learning research, and two boring-sounding replacements work measurably better.
Roughly one in four US public school students was chronically absent in 2023-24 — missing 10 percent or more of school days — nearly double the pre-pandemic rate, per analyses of federal data.
Federal law caps a 15-year-old's school week at 18 hours and stops capping hours entirely at 16 - but state rules, work permits, and a 20-hour research marker all shape what a first job should look like.
From a parent's first written request to the annual review meeting, an Individualized Education Program follows a federally defined sequence — here's what happens at each stage under IDEA.
A federal law hands most control over school records to students the day they turn 18 or start college — with a few exceptions families should know before that happens.
Missed school days spiked during the pandemic and have come down since — but national data show the decline stalling well above pre-pandemic levels, and researchers are still working out why.
Decades of cognitive-science research point to two study habits that actually work — and they're not the ones most students already use.
Federal rules require a reentry plan with an education piece before a young person leaves a juvenile justice facility, but how well it works still depends on which adult stays on top of it.
The free checklists cover ages 2 months through 5 years and are built to start a conversation with a pediatrician, not to deliver a diagnosis on their own.
A record share of students are missing enough school to fall behind academically — here is what the data shows and what a family can do before it becomes a pattern.
Federal law caps how many hours 14- and 15-year-olds can work and keeps everyone under 18 out of hazardous jobs, but states can set tighter limits, and more young people are working this summer than a year ago.
