District leaders linked school attendance to crime, but failure to reduce absenteeism in middle schools yielded the biggest youth crime surge in a generation.

We asked middle school students to explain, in their words, what it’s like to grow up in the city. These students live, attend school or use public transportation in areas of the District that have ...

Students in D.C. Public Schools will no longer be permitted to use their cellphones during the school day starting this fall, ...

Children under 14 years of age employed in hazardous or even non-hazardous occupations should be rescued and enrolled in ...

President Donald Trump says he’s deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration ...