The RAPID Survey Project at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood found U.S. parents across all income levels have trouble finding, and affording, child care for their children.

From dining out to homeownership and travel, rising costs are putting once-common middle-class comforts out of reach for many Americans in 2026.

Across the country, middle-class Americans are discovering that expenses their parents treated as routine milestones now feel like luxuries. From housing to healthcare, the affordability crisis is ...

Whether momentum in the U.S. economey will continue into 2026 is an open question as the economy faces unknowns on the future of tariff policy as the Supreme Court nears a decision on them, ...

Almost every state has overhauled elementary school reading programs. But one group of students is getting left behind.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson recently delivered his annual State of the State address in front of the legislature in Olympia.

The American economy has continued to chug along during a year of uncertainties from erratic trade policies and continued ...

Lower-middle-class sacrifice isn’t loud. It shows up quietly in the choices you used to make without thinking, and that ...

America’s gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — rose at a 4.4% annual pace in the third ...

The key to closing the achievement gap may lie outside the classroom.

Competitive advantage will not come from adding more tools to an already fragmented stack. It will come from strengthening the foundation—aligning people, processes and data—so firms can unlock the ...

The close of the 2025 holiday season has revealed a stark divide in the U.S. economy. As 2026 begins, the United States appears to be operating in two financial realities: record corporate profits and ...