The United States has the highest income gap in the developed world, and it's affecting how kids do in school, new research suggests. A new study reports that 10-year-olds' scores on standardized math ...

Should we simply throw up our hands and give up? Not according to Robert Putnam, the Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. In his new book, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, ...

Moving forward requires focus. Mashable's Social Good Series is dedicated to exploring pathways to a greater good, spotlighting issues that are essential to making the world a better place. That's ...

A few years ago, a friend told me that she planned to enroll her kids in an accelerated after-school math program, once they got a little older. I asked if she worried that they would be bored in ...

"Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis." Harvard professor Robert Putnam (@RobertDPutnam), also author of Bowling Alone, discusses what growing inequality in this country means for our kids.

Here's a depressing fact: As the gap between poor and middle-class incomes grows, the less likely it is that low-income students, particularly boys, will graduate from high school. Now, there isn't a ...

I’m a card-carrying member of three parent school associations. I write the weekly newsletter for the special-education parents’ group and help organize social events for disabled kids. But my ...

FORT SCOTT — Marmaton Valley High School attended the Fort Scott Community College Math Relays on Friday. Sixteen students competed by taking 15-minute timed tests in geometry, algebra, equations and ...