There are some studies of high school and college students that suggest that if an older student carries a heavy load wearing ...

Incentives were a key part of the pilot program at Oak Elementary, for example, classes with good attendance rates were ...

As public schools grapple with lagging student literacy, chronic absenteeism and classrooms without air conditioning, they ...

Back-to-school Gen Alpha is already having to watch its back from hallway menaces—literally. Teenagers are unlooping the zippers on peers’ Nike Elite backpacks, which retail for $87, stealing them for ...

The Steelers had a back-to-school blitz, with multiple players stepping up to provide the essentials for the kids, something ...

At a community conversation about safety in Baltimore County schools on Thursday evening, Superintendent Myriam Rogers said she was open to exploring clear backpacks.

A school district in central Kentucky has banned backpacks at two schools. The decision was made in Montgomery County, after ...

On Wednesday, the Bezel Charitable Trust at Gier Park Elementary School in Lansing gave away backpacks filled with school ...

A central Kentucky school district has banned backpacks at two of its schools. The decision came after a middle school student brought a loaded gun to school in Montgomery County. The district's ...

A Central Kentucky school district has banned backpacks at two schools.Starting Monday, students at Montgomery County High ...

Two schools in Kentucky are banning backpacks until further notice. The new policy comes in an effort to enhance school ...