It's astounding that about 6 out of 10 youths in Duval County graduate from high school. As pediatricians practicing in Jacksonville, we couldn't help but wonder what could be done to fix this prob… ...

When we think of K-12 education, an important aspect is what students do after high school. That might be college, it might be workforce training, or it might be direct entry into a career. These ...

School readiness is an important part of early learning. We would be wise to consider a child’s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development before enrolling them in school. The ...

Adopting school readiness as a Medicaid performance measure is one critical step in the process of changing health care and other systems to fundamentally improve children's well-being.

The program was targeted by Project 2025 as having "little or no academic value." That couldn't be further from the truth ...

Being ‘school ready’ isn’t just about having the right shoe on the right foot, eating breakfast, and arriving on time. A huge part of school readiness is about a child’s physical, social ...

Nearly all are gauging school performance in part by whether students show they're ready for life after high school, a way of meeting ESSA's requirement for some measure aside from test scores.

School readiness is central to child well-being and is predictive of not only academic, but also long-term economic and health outcomes according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

Summer is winding down and the new school year is fast approaching, and while many parents have already got a jump start on ...