HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A panel created by the governor after the deadly Newtown school shooting released a set of draft recommendations Thursday for improvements to school safety and changes…
This panel is a presentation of The Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Forums, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in collaboration with The Huffington Post. As…
A retired teacher who sued a school district, saying administrators discriminated against her because of a phobia that makes her fear young children, lost her appeal in the federal case…
Corporal punishment is ineffective and should be banned, according to a new report that studied the use of physical discipline in Florida school districts. In the study, “Corporal Punishment In…
Black history is all around us. The street corners, churches, stores, apartments, empty lots and parks we pass by everyday share a rich history of the black lives that lived…
Parents in a Pennsylvania school district are turning 50 shades of red over word search puzzles given to middle school students based on an erotic novel and movie. – The…
A woman’s simple invention could help reduce school drop-out rates in India. – Saha told the outlet that she hopes with more contributions, her invention can spread to rural India,…
But given the victims’ religion and comments the alleged shooter apparently left on a Facebook page, many social media users wondered what role, if any, the victims’ faith played. The…
A windward Oahu elementary school is closed because strong winds blew off a portion of the cafeteria’s roof. – The gusty winds also disrupted other area schools. Mulcahy says after-school…
It was 20 years ago today, in 1995, when everyone’s favorite obnoxious man-child went back to school. In “Billy Madison,” Adam Sandler’s titular 27-year-old went back to school to repeat…
MARIUPOL, Ukraine — The morning routine begins promptly at 8:05 at Public School 68, with a round of calisthenics followed immediately by the daily shelling drill. A bell clangs on…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An upcoming law school lecture by St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch is drawing criticism from some Saint Louis University students and professors who object to…
A New York mom accused of threatening to bomb her daughter’s high school after the girl failed a state exam says she “never made such a phone call.” – The…
Girls in at least 70 countries have faced threats, violent attacks and other abuse for trying to go to school over the past five years, the U.N. human rights office…
The grind of adult life can make us long for childhood again — a time when there were no bills to pay, no bosses to report to, no groceries to…
A high school football player allegedly shot his classmate in the face and posted a photo of himself with the teen’s dead body, according to police near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. –…
Five football players from a Kirkland, Washington, high school were charged in juvenile court Friday for allegedly trying to sodomize a special-education student with a broomstick, The Seattle Times reported….
Last weekend I turned twenty-five on the twenty-fifth and this meant it was my Golden Birthday. To the dismay of my friends I’ve spent the past few years hiding inside,…
Former Atlanta Braves star Chipper Jones has apologized for a bizarre tweet claiming the FBI confirmed that the Sandy Hook massacre never happened. Twenty children and six staff members were…
Lee and Syed were seniors at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County when she disappeared in January 1999. Her body was discovered in a city forest three weeks later. Throughout…
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals on Friday granted a leave for appeal in the case of Adnan Syed, the inmate at the center of the case in the popular…
Bill Walton is a basketball legend. He’s also known for supporting the general concept of marijuana. And on Wednesday, he did that once more. While calling a Washington-Oregon college basketball…
New Jersey designer and mom-of-three Mindy Scheier was getting her kids ready for school one morning when her 10-year-old son Oliver asked her if he could wear jeans that day….
Ryan Murtha grew up a Boy Scout. He loved the Boy Scouts. His family — dad, mom and three brothers — have made the organization a family endeavor in Philadelphia,…
Black girls around the country were suspended from school six times more often than their white counterparts during the 2011-2012 school year, even though they only represent a small share…
In the year since that tornado, Danni Legg, 41, has been working tirelessly to convince Oklahoma lawmakers that the best way to honor her son’s legacy is to try to…
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers are considering a bill that would require school districts to teach American constitutionalism, the latest of several state government measures across the U.S. aimed…
As the bodies exhumed from dozens of old graves at a shuttered Florida reform school continue to yield grudging answers to stubborn mysteries, researchers investigating the cases this week released…
College freshmen are spending less time with friends than ever, a survey released Thursday shows, a shift that experts say may reflect declining mental health. The University of California, Los…
He said the shooting occurred in a room of a School of Public Health building. – CNN’s Chandler Friedman contributed to this report.