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The military is opening more childcare centers, but thousands of kids remain on waitlists

Caption: At the newly-built childcare center on Marine Corps Station Miramar in San Diego, all of the classrooms open to outdoor age-appropriate playgrounds., Credit: Carlos Castillo / KPBS

Staffing shortages and a lack of facilities have contributed to the long waits for childcare, though the situation has improved somewhat since the ...

Bought by KTEP, KRPS, KUT, WHRV, WRFA-LP and more

The Mothers of Gynecology

From: Distillations
Series: Innate

The history of why Black women are more likely to die when giving birth than White women.

Bought by WVTF and WNED Buffalo

The Navy's waiting list for child care is getting shorter, but it still numbers more than 5000

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Julianna Byron feeds lunch to children in October 2020 at the Navy's Sewells Point Child Development Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The Navy had just reopened the facility after a renovation., Credit: Marissa Vermeulen / U.S. Navy

The Navy is building more on-base childcare centers and launching new programs to help sailors and their families. But advocates and parents say it...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, KMXT, KUT and more

For disabled children of military parents, frequent moves can lead to schooling and health care gaps

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: 8 year old Victoria Thomas boards a bus to attend school outside of San Antonio, Texas. Victoria is nonverbal and relies on a motorized wheelchair and assistive communication devices., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront

When service members move from base to base, they sometimes find it takes too long for their child's new school to begin providing special educatio...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, KMXT, North Country Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KUT and more

How one Oakland school is getting kids to class

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: A board encouraging attendance greets students and parents as they walk into Garfield Elemantary School, Credit: Isabel Angell

Oakland schools have a dropout rate that’s higher than the state average. So, the district made solving the problem a priority. Officials started t...

Social Exclusion and Bullying

From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND

Who are the kids who are left out, excluded? How does this play into bullying?

Bought by KVNO

Madres latinas de Nueva York buscan eliminar segregación

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

Caption: Yanaira López Sosa es una de las madres líderes del grupo del Proyecto de Liderazgo de Padres., Credit: Courtesy of Parent Leadership Project.

Sixty years after the Supreme Court banned school segregation, a report found that schools are still segregated, and New York City schools more tha...

Alivian crisis que sufren aprendices de inglés

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

Most English learners in secondary school are considered Long Term English learners, meaning students who have been English learners for six-years ...

Pre-kinder en Oklahoma beneficia a niños de habla hispana

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

Spanish-Speaking Kids Benefit from Oklahoma Pre-K - Children from low-income families, immigrant families, or who are English learners often come ...

Disparities Among Dual Immersion Schools in Arizona

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

In Arizona, dual language immersion programs are gaining momentum and demand among Anglo families in wealthier school districts, while dual immersi...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA

Balancing being Mommy and Nanny

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Lupita Espinoza can often be seen pushing a stroller up one of those steep San Francisco hills that many of us try to avoid. She can’t avoid it, th...

School Culture and Bullying

From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND

People working on bullying talk about how the culture of a school must change.

Revisiting the inner lives of teenagers with ADHD three years later

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

In 2010, we brought you a whole show focused on ADHD and its effects. We spoke with four San Francisco teenagers living with ADHD about how they ma...

"Flowcabulary" and other lessons from a special education teacher

From: KALW

Special education is no stranger to California news. This past winter, a special education teacher in Oakland was accused of beating one of her stu...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

Families and teachers fight for individualized special education from public schools

From: KALW

Getting access to special education services can be tough. A lawsuit is currently making its way to the California courts saying that school distri...

American Children In Mexico Face Educational Challenges

From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Removed: The Realities Of Deportation

Caption: Support group meeting for foreign students and their parents at the Biblioteca Benito Juárez in Tijuana., Credit: Joel Medina

In the last two years, more than 205,000 parents of American citizen children were deported from the United States. That means a new influx of Amer...

A Revolving Door For Deported Children

From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Removed: The Realities Of Deportation

Caption: A drawing by the American child of deported parents in Tijuana., Credit: Beth Caldwell

The majority of the 400,000 people deported from the U.S. in 2012 were adults, many with criminal records, but minors are sometimes caught up in th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

A movement to improve school nutrition

From: KALW

As public schools face repeated budget cuts, many people focus on the effects on teachers, academics, and extracurricular activities. While these a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Child Obesity - Part Three - Spreading the Lifestyle

From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response

Families in the low-income community of Holyoke, MA -- who successfully lost weight through a community clinic program -- are trying to share their...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio

Child Obesity - Part Two - Kihuanna's Story

From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response

This feature profiles a 9-year-old girl named Kihuanna who, at 4 foot one and 139 pounds, has a body mass index twice what it should be. With the h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio

Child Obesity - Part One -- The Clinical Approach

From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response

One health center in Holyoke, MA addresses the 50 percent rate of overweight and obese children in this predominantly low-income, Puerto Rican comm...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio