Kids

For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate backers on each side of the so-called reading wars.

Psychologist Lisa Damour helps parents understand the intense emotions of adolescents and the best ways to support the young people in their lives.

The legislation is unlikely to advance further because the Democratic-led Senate will not support it and the White House said President Joe Biden would veto it.

Philadelphia police are investigating after a teenager was shot outside a recreation center on Wednesday afternoon.

White House Domestic Policy Council director Susan Rice says the order shows Biden isn’t waiting on Congress to act.

A curious toddler on Tuesday earned the title of one of the tiniest White House intruders after he squeezed through the metal fencing on the north side of the White House.

Students from schools such as Constitution High School, Central High School, and Lincoln High School presented presentations on current policy.

Documents: She allegedly told detectives she did not want her son to grow up with financial struggles, so she strangled him.

Philadelphia is planning to have a summer full of events in order to keep youth out of trouble.

Poets, speakers, and civic leaders encouraged young people to get involved, including sending letters to area lawmakers.

Baseball season is here again. Also, teens and screens: holding companies accountable for the mental health crisis. Plus, NPR’s Sylvia Poggioli joins us live.

The ruling follows a September decision in which U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein approved the plan.

The student was walking to Simon Gratz High School Mastery Charter, police said.

Monday's massacre at The Covenant School in Nashville was the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country that has grown increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.

When police made their way inside the residence, a 6-year-old boy was found nude inside a locked dog cage with a blanket and pillow.