Does your child need a mental health day?

Mental health has become a big issue for school-age children. A new poll from the University of Michigan's C. S. Mott Children's Hospital finds that 1 in 5 parents considers if their child needs to take a mental health day.

Big city mayor to hold parents accountable for their kids' truancy

School districts across the country report a growing number of students simply aren't showing up, and that chronic truancy is being linked to upticks in crime. Now, the mayor of Washington D.C. is about to unveil a plan to hold parents accountable when their kids are chronically truant.

Black CPS students more likely to get dress coded, study finds

Students at Chicago Public Schools who are Black or low-income are more likely to face dress code backlash, according to information on the Chicago Data Portal. Chalkbeat Chicago reporter Adam Babetski came across the trend while researching at Northwestern.