Schools aim to reach students missing 10% or more of the year

Interview: Mary Coogan of Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Two decades later, foster care system a national model following dramatic restructuring

New report recommends additional instructional time after school and during summer break

Interview: Mary Coogan of Advocates for Children of New Jersey

For Cecilia Zalkind the 'permanency that every child needed, deserved' was a driving force

Advocates say lack of compensation is one of the main reasons centers are understaffed

The greatest risk of lead exposure for children continues to come from lead paint and dust

Report shows 19% of mothers with young children in NJ left the workforce for lack of quality child care

Pilot program is focused on closing the learning gap

Under the new law, a single parent earning up to $75,000 or a married couple that makes up to $150,000 qualifies for the full credit.

Politics looks to be pushing the 2020 census toward an untimely end. Advocates dedicated to an accurate count of the nation's population on Thursday urged ...

Gov. Phil Murphy has delayed closing child care centers until this week, concerned that it would leave essential workers without child care. A new executive ...

Advocate groups held an event to ensure an accurate count for the upcoming census with special attention devoted to areas that participate at lower rates.

The committee also voted to release a resolution to set up a commission to review life imprisonment for juvenile offenders.

Passaic County has the highest child poverty rate in New Jersey, according to a new report. One Paterson nonprofit is working to empower families struggling ...

Improving the lives of the smallest New Jersey residents will take time, money and determination, but now there’s a benchmark to measure progress.

About 150 of New Jersey’s youngest came out in strollers with their moms during a rather festive rally in Trenton.

Because of programs like Breakfast After the Bell, the Department of Agriculture says the number of students having breakfast at school in Paterson has increased.

Despite Newark’s progress in reducing the number of children with elevated blood lead levels, kids in the city are twice as likely to have lead ...