The Trump administration is moving to deregulate Head Start early learning programs.

It would slim regulation of the 60-year-old anti-poverty program and aim to save money. Advocates worry the changes could undermine the early education program's mission.

A proposed Jewish charter school is looking to the courts to pave the path forward for what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious school. Wednesday marked the first court hearing in a likely lengthy legal battle ahead.

About $1.5 million in private donations are being used to train literacy coaches in 10 locations across Oklahoma as part of an effort to improve students’ reading proficiency, officials announced Tuesday.

An administrator who resigned from the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics after just four months warned its board the school was one serious incident away from a crisis, citing its refusal to adopt Title IX and other federal student protection policies it believes don't apply because it receives no federal funding.

The Trump administration is proposing changes to Head Start rules, delivering on the administration's promise to deregulate the early education program for children from low-income families.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with outgoing UNCF President and CEO Michael Lomax about the role Historically Black Colleges and Universities play in American life.

Not everyone has access to a public pool. But a rural school district in California just pulled together funding for a new aquatic center so kids can learn to swim.

A school district issued a statement about a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction after he used one of its classrooms in campaign ads.

NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.

Reporting stories about kids can be fascinating: how they learn, why play is important, what makes a healthy classroom. But the beat is anything but child's play, as politics weigh heavy.

Reporting stories about kids can be fascinating: how they learn, why play is important, what makes a healthy classroom. But the beat is anything but child's play, as politics weigh heavy.