This summer the Pelham Board of Education expanded its background check policy, required for school volunteers, to include parents and grandparents who visit students during lunch.

Previous research suggests that by GCSE year, the effect of family background on school performance is more than three times worse, accounting for a 1.75 grade difference.

After a string of arrests of school employees in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, CBS12 news looked into standards in background checks.

The family background of UK children still influences their educational achievements at primary school as much as it did nearly one hundred years ago, a major new study has revealed. The study, by ...

Civil rights leaders are condemning a new school district policy requiring background checks for parents visiting their children's Reno-area schools, warning the discriminatory practice could have ...

America is often hailed as a land of opportunity, a place where all children, no matter their family background, have the chance to succeed. Data measuring how low-income children tend to fare in ...