Faculty Associate Leah Plunkett argues that the spread of "brain rot" - a species of nonsensical, repetitive, and often overstimulating online content geared toward young users - is being accelerated ...

A former teacher and a literacy expert team up to compile a list of products and tips to help teach kids to read.

An eighth grade New Jersey boy once wrote an essay praising a teacher — who’s now accused of having sex with a student — for ...

Last week, after months of preparation, a group of Woonsocket High School students stood in front of a crowd of judges who ...

Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis discuss what they saw at Ohio State's first spring practice.

Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...

Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall announced his opposition to additional state funding for Rx Kids, a maternal cash assistance program, just as the initiative expands to Detroit. “They have got a lot ...

PCWorld reports that Windows Notepad’s new Markdown support feature has introduced a serious remote code execution vulnerability with a high CVSS score of 8.8/7.7. The security flaw allows malicious ...

AI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had with the company’s stuffed animals. So Thacker ...

Lowe's is trying to reach younger shoppers as a way to drive more store and website visits and deeper loyalty. This month, the home improvement retailer relaunched its Kids Club program and began ...

Brooke Wertz created her own pen-pal program from her family to keep her kids close with their cousins brooke_boymom/Instagram (2) Brooke Wertz is coming up with a creative way to keep her kids close ...

For more than four years, dozens of LGBTQ+ kids and their families have joined the Abington Township Public Library for Rainbow Connections, a monthly Zoom program, to read children’s books, craft, ...