Paul Vincent, who led a memorable court-ordered reform of Alabama’s child welfare system, passed away last month at the age ...

A pilot program aims to enhance attendance and reduce reports to CPS that can lead to parents being accused of "educational ...

In a national survey released last week by Senate Democrats, LGBTQ+ youth in institutional settings reported bullying and ...

Karl Dennis, an early pioneer of the wraparound approach to serving youth with high mental health needs, has died at the age ...

To inform child welfare agencies about what Indigenous children in foster care need most, a new survey gives voice to the youth themselves.

In the latest state enrollment data released, California had 230,443 homeless students — a 9.3% increase from the previous ...

Imprint Author Carolyn Jones Carolyn Jones covers K-12 education at CalMatters. A longtime news reporter, she’s covered education for nearly a decade, focusing on everything from special education to ...

A new state law requires all of New York's police officers to treat children with sensitivity when they arrest their parents.

We need a system that treats college planning for foster youth with the same urgency, structure and coordination we afford to ...

She made a tough decision: to uproot her children from all they’d ever known and head to Atlanta, nearly 900 miles away, in ...