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“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...

A wave of AI-powered children’s toys has hit shelves this holiday season, claiming to rely on sophisticated chatbots to animate interactive robots and stuffed animals that can converse with kids.

Some U.S. hospitals are starting to put seasonal visitor restrictions in place. Concerns about the flu spreading in the U.S. are growing as the U.K. continues to see a spike in cases among children ...

A billionaire tech couple from Texas — Michael and Susan Dell — has pledged to give U.S. children under age 10 a $250 gift, to be seeded into tax-deferred investment accounts that recipients can ...

Michael and Susan Dell on Tuesday said they will donate $250 in so-called Trump accounts to 25 million American children, a $6.25 billion investment that the Dells said is designed to jumpstart the ...

Today, President Donald J. Trump joined top lawmakers and philanthropists Michael and Susan Dell to celebrate an extraordinary milestone for Trump Accounts: a historic $6.25 billion charitable ...

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AI chatbots have conquered the world, so it was only a matter of time before companies started stuffing them into toys for children, even as questions swirled over the tech’s safety and the alarming ...

Zohran Mamdani’s victory has New Yorkers running for the hills — or at least private schools outside the city. Since the results of Tuesday’s election came in, school placement consultant Christopher ...

“Charlie the Wonderdog,” a children’s animated film starring Owen Wilson, has been acquired by Viva Kids and will be released in theaters on Jan. 16. The animated film follows Charlie (voiced by ...

In the United States, 12% of married couples with at least one spouse in their 30s or 40s have two incomes and no kids, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of federal data. This group, often ...