When David Griffin started teaching middle school in Berlin more than three decades ago, he thought he knew what to expect. He never imagined that…

The rhetoric is flying among presidential hopefuls: wealth inequality, working men and women, stagnant wages, the opportunity gap, earned success. But…

All week long, we've has been looking at how disparities in early childhood can shape a child’s chances for later in life.Issues surrounding what some…

Research shows that participation in organized activities, like sports or music lessons, plays a big role in closing the opportunity gap in school, and in…

When children go hungry at school, they’re less able to learn. They also experience higher levels of anxiety, irritability, aggressiveness, and…

It makes sense that students who eat a healthy breakfast are more likely to perform well at school.And while data shows that across the country, more…

In 2000, a committee of researchers compiled nearly a century of knowledge on how children develop from birth to age five. The findings, published in a…

The Granite State has one of the lowest childhood poverty rates in the nation. But behind that rosy figure is a widening gap between children who have and…

Research is clear that parental involvement is critical to a child's success in school. But for a number of factors, that can be difficult for families in…

Finding great day care can be hard. Sometimes finding any day care can be hard. Just ask Meghan Hoye of Merrimack, who tried everything to find a place…