Medicaid is an essential source of maternal and postpartum care for low-income Americans, covering 42% of births in the U.S. But many immigrants don’t have access to this coverage, making them more vulnerable to maternal health problems, as highlighted by a new study of nearly 73,000 postpartum people across 19 states and New York...

Elite colleges have long been filled with the children of the richest families: At Ivy League schools, one in six students has parents in the top 1 percent. A large new study, released Monday, shows that it has not been because these children had more impressive grades on average or took harder classes.

Dire warnings of teacher shortages are nothing new, especially during the pandemic, and are sometimes overblown. But a confluence of warning signs suggest that the country is at a post-pandemic inflection point.

It’s not surprising that in places where food is scarce, obesity serves as a significant marker of wealth. But what the new study points out is that in poor countries, information is also scarce. And in those situations, loan officers use whatever bits of evidence they can find to help make critical economic decisions.

Renowned economist and Nobel candidate Oded Galor spoke with RTL ahead of an event at Neumünster Abbey in late June to discuss his bestseller 'The Journey of Humanity.'

The nation’s median age reached 38.9 in 2022, according to new Census data; that’s the highest it has ever been.

David Kertzer will be a featured speaker at The Mount's 2023 Summer Lecture series. Now in its 30th year, the annual 8-part series brings leading biographers and historians to the Berkshires.

"It's clear from national data that there was a large decline in student learning during the COVID-19 pandemic," says study co-author Emily Oster.

Brown University’s Annenberg Institute for School Reform’s interim director will now lead the institute on a permanent basis.

For the lucky among us who have formed connections with a teacher, a school counselor or a coach, their value can seem immeasurable. That has not deterred a trio of researchers from trying to quantify that influence.