Tag: children
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A 4-year-old Gaza boy lost his arm – and his family. Half a world away, he’s getting a second chance
A severely wounded 4-year-old boy from Gaza has come to the U.S. for medical care and a prosthetic arm after an Israeli airstrike killed his family
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Head Start preschools aim to fight poverty, but their teachers struggle to make ends meet
Teachers at Head Start child care centers are paid far less than public school teachers, even though they have similar credentials
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US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide
A senior U.S. official says Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it
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The CDC has relaxed COVID guidelines. Will schools and day cares follow suit?
Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses
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14 GOP-led states have turned down federal money to feed low-income kids in the summer. Here’s why
Most Republican governors turned down federal money to provide grocery help for low-income families with school-age kids over the summer
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Biden administration failed to vet adults housing migrant children, federal watchdog says
The Biden administration struggled to properly vet and monitor the homes where they placed a surge of migrant children who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021
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Kansas City mom and prominent Hispanic DJ dies in a mass shooting after Chiefs’ victory parade
A woman who died in the mass shooting after a parade for the Kansas City Chiefs and their Super Bowl victory DJed around the area and was a music lover who hosted an hourlong Tejano music radio show
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Sweeping bill would expand childcare and early childhood education in Kentucky
A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky has unveiled sweeping legislation that’s meant to shore up and expand the network of childcare centers across the Bluegrass State
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Madagascar law allowing castration of child rapists prompts criticism from rights groups
Madagascar’s Parliament has passed a law allowing for the chemical and in some cases surgical castration of those found guilty of the rape of a minor
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Coroner releases autopsies of Colorado Springs children allegedly killed by mother
Investigators believe Elianna “Ellie” Wentz, 9, and Aden Wentz, 7, were killed by their mother, Kimberlee Singler, on Dec. 18.