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High death rates, unchanging poverty level puts Arkansas among worst states for child well-being
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoVia Mary Hennigan and Arkansas Advocate: The experience of growing up in Arkansas has worsened in...
Kentucky Kids Count Data: K-12 students are falling behind in education readiness
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoKentucky Youth Advocates’ annual report released Monday shows a growing rate of chronically absent...
Arkansas ranks 45 out of 50 in the KIDS COUNT national children’s well-being study
KARK via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoA newly released national KIDS COUNT study placed Arkansas near the bottom of U.S states for its...
Maine ranks lowest in New England in survey of children’s well-being
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoMaine ranked lowest among New England states in a nationwide survey of children’s well-being...
Oklahoma is the 46th best state for a child. That's no better than last year. Why?
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 20 hours ago...proficient math level (84%). 47th in the percent of 4th graders who scored below proficient...
Arkansas’ rank for child well-being falls from 43 to 45 | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 22 hours agoArkansas ranked No. 45 in overall child well-being, down two spots from its ranking the previous two...
Rhode Island’s children are doing OK, but not as well as kids in much of New England
Rhode Island Current via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoRhode Island placed 12th in an annual nationwide survey of children’s well-being, but was outranked...
Gridlock Guy: “Street Survival” course teaches teens control, parents discipline
WSB Radio· 24 hours agoThe importance of teen driving education is emphasized in messaging to the point of making society numb. Bill Wade has not looked back. Wade started running the “Street Survival ...
Report: State retains last spot in child welfare, despite dip in child poverty rate
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoJun. 10—New Mexico will spend yet another year at the bottom of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2024 Kids Count Data Book's child well-being rankings. For the fourth time since 2019, the state ...
Better than ‘a few condoms’: Dallas College students get a big win on birth control
Dallas Morning News· 5 days agoA large number of Dallas County women get pregnant before they are ready to start a family. Many...