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For some, State of Opportunity's documentary on Michigan’s infant mortality crisis was an introduction to the issue. But for others, infant loss has long…

According to First Focus and Save the Children, two organizations that advocate for children at the state and federal levels, the United States is barely…

Dustin's Dwyer's post on us all being defined in part by our brains when we were 4 years-old had me thinking, worrying actually, about people who were not…

Every parent knows that raising a child doesn't always go according to plan. Today we'll hear from a mom who's had to change her plans more than a few…

We know that children are aware of class, but Jessi Streib at the University of Michigan showed in a study published last year just how early this can…

Lots of people are talking about how if Congress fails to reach a bipartisan budget agreement by the start of the New Year, $1.2 trillion worth of…

I've been kind of obsessed with neuroscience lately. The study of our brains has made some amazing leaps in the past decade or so, particularly when it…

There is a big push to get kids "kindergarten ready," with an emphasis on the importance of preschool.But some experts say waiting until preschool is too…

There has been very little talk about poverty in this election. Just how little, you ask? So little there was an entire #talkpoverty twitter campaign to…

Yesterday Dustin Dwyer highlighted great reporting by Lindsey Smith on teacher turnover in Muskegon Heights. As Smith reports, students in that already…