Depression and anxiety have soared among young people in recent years, according to a new study by Blue Shield of California and Children Now. (File photo by Alison Yin/EdSource) This article first ...

Jessica Wheeler isn’t joking when she says she’s old enough to be the mother of her fellow students at Pennsylvania Western University’s California campus. Her daughter, Alivia, is also a student at ...

Historically, the birth rate was a strong indicator of how many incoming kindergarteners a district would receive 5 years after the child was born. In 2007, the birth rate in the U.S. was 2.1 children ...

Teachers union leaders speak at a State House briefing about enrollment declines in school districts with large immigrant populations on Wednesday. From left are Boston Teachers Union President Erik ...

Universities from Harvard to Hampshire have admitted significantly more students with disabilities over the last decade, as diagnoses for A.D.H.D. and anxiety increase. By Mark Arsenault and Steven ...

HOUSTON – Public school districts across the Houston metro area are facing a difficult reality: fewer students are enrolled, and in Texas, fewer students often mean less funding. A recent analysis ...

Stephen F. Austin State University on Tuesday reported its biggest spring enrollment since before the COVID-19 pandemic, as the number of students enrolled for the semester reached more than 10,000, a ...

WISCASSET — In this Midcoast town on the banks of the Sheepscot River, the student population has declined by 30% over the last decade. Third-year Superintendent Kim Andersson cited many reasons for ...

McMurry University celebrated record spring 2026 enrollment as January closed. In a media release, the 102 year-old university announced the 3,948 students were the latest example of an upward trend ...

Last year, the state Supreme Court ruled that taxpayers must foot the bill for their students to attend “open-enrollment” public schools elsewhere in the state, even though they’re no longer in their ...