Department of Defense Education Activity officials are reorganizing the support for military students offered in their schools. (DODEA) The Defense Department’s school system for military-connected ...

The Armed Services YMCA is providing more summer camps and school-aged care programs at five key locations to help meet the child care needs of military families. (Armed Services YMCA) A military ...

A few years ago, when my husband was still in the army, we went to a semi-regular parent and staff meeting at our kids’ school. It was the beginning of the school year, just after Blue Star Welcome ...

Back-to-school season is full of excitement. It’s a fresh start for kids and families, a time to reconnect with friends or make new ones and the unofficial kickoff to fall routines. But it can also be ...

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — As military families — including those stationed at Hill Air Force Base — prepare for the new school year, a national nonprofit is continuing its effort to send their kids to ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Teresa Huizar is CEO of Washington, D.C.-based National Children’s Alliance (NCA), the nation’s network of nearly 1,000 Children’s Advocacy Centers, providing justice and healing ...

Families are opting to homeschool or use private school choices, but there is no mandate for accountability. On January 29, 2025, the White House directed the Department of Education to provide ...

FORT POLK, La. —As the 2025–2026 school year gets underway, Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital has reintroduced its school-based behavioral health program, placing an experienced clinical social ...

St. Thomas School in Sanford has become the first Purple Star School in Maine. The Purple Star School Program supports the educational and social-emotional needs of military-connected children. A ...

Canceled school events, growing lines at military food pantries, accumulating fears tied to missed paychecks and the potential need for loans to stay afloat — US military families are already feeling ...