Kids today face steeper climb: lawyer who beat odds
Federal funding once carried him from libraries to Harvard Law. Now, billions in proposed cuts threaten those same pathways for others.
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Thoughts on homeless encampments in Chico, Calif.
Behind Chico’s visible encampments are children and teens. A student’s report reminds us that the crisis also lives inside our schools.
4 years running, a day of service in Flossmoor
100s of volunteers fanned out across Chicago's southland to mark a day of service and celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Fires make many homeless, school-less in N. Calif.
Wildfires in N. Calif. have devastated the Wine Country, homes, & schools. Dozens have been killed, thousands left homeless.
New greenhouse will help bring veggies to schools
How does food get to your school cafeterias? Is it grown locally or does the school just buy it in a grocery store like everyone else?
Homeless student barred from basketball team
Laws protect against the discrimination of "homeless" students, even in extracurricular activities. A Ky. middle school challenges that law.
Suburbanites donate school supplies to homeless
For homeless students, sometimes a backpack, flash drive, or other school supplies will help keep them in school. Sometimes, they need much more.