Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael J. Petrilli covers all things K12 education policy and reform. What’s alleged is that the schools are cheating by using ...

For decades, research has shown a strong link between high numbers of single-parent households and the disadvantages faced by Black Americans. Harvard sociologist Christina Cross is challenging this ...

Getting to acknowledge it hasn’t been easy. For much of my life, my imagination morphed my diffident single-parent household into the big American family I saw on screens and read about in books. For ...

Single parenthood has risen dramatically in the United States over time. Today, 34% of all children live in a single parent household, up from 9% in 1960. There are regrettable negative consequences ...

Original Center for American Progress analysis shows that single mothers in the United States face economic insecurity, including high poverty rates and low incomes, that could be alleviated by ...

Throughout most of modern history, the script for parenthood has been pretty straightforward: get married, bear children, raise children, take a cruise to Aruba, die. But today's child-rearers have ...

Homeownership is a significant milestone for anyone, but it can be particularly daunting for single parents. Balancing the responsibilities of parenthood while navigating the complexities of buying ...

One of the most pressing issues confronting the next Congress and administration will be how to deal with the expiration of the 2017 Trump tax cuts — and, more specifically, who will pay for the cost ...

The phenomenon of single mothers continues to be a topic of growing interest worldwide, and projections for 2025 suggest that this trend could continue to rise, according to recent research from ...