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When 5th grade math teacher Courtney White tells people that her school operates on a four-day week schedule, they tend to ...

As she pulled up outside the school on the first day, Elias, 15, stepped onto the curb in his new basketball shoes and cargo ...

The Stono Rebellion, in which a slave who could read, saw a leaflet from Spanish-held Florida, promising freedom to anyone who could get there. Stono and his compatriots fail. But their mere attempt ...

Even as schools have banned phones, the pandemic-era practice of giving students their own laptops and tablets has remained.

Local, state, and national results on standardized tests show that there are significant discrepancies in proficiency rates ...

Last week, New York City voters elected Zohran Mamdani as mayor. Much has been said about his ascension, but few have noted ...

Abington Heights Newton Ransom Elementary School fourth grader Kennedy Willams and her C-team Junior Comets cheer squad ...

Gary Schaffer knows what it feels like to be left behind. Growing up in North Tonawanda with a learning disability and ADHD , ...

Here's what residents in King's hometown of Bangor, Maine have to say about the famed author, the new HBO series "Welcome to ...

Closing arguments are over in Abby Zwerner’s trial against Newport News Schools and a former principal over the 2023 ...