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More than 950 students, teachers and staff in the Rock Valley Community School District were impacted when historic flooding ...

A school bus hissed to a stop, doors swinging open to release a virtual tidal wave of excited elementary school students ...

Highland Park July 4 parade mass murderer Robert Crimo III expressed indifference to the agony he caused. There's a lot of ...

The air agency doesn’t plan to monitor the air or take any immediate steps to protect schools and households from the gas, ...

More than a thousand international students have faced disruptions, with their academic careers and lives in the U.S. thrown ...

With most Independent readers supporting a school smartphone ban, the overwhelming consensus was that phones are too ...

Residents who gathered Wednesday to provide input into the proposal for one high school put significant focus on one question: where would a consolidated school be located? The town is currently home ...

The partisan school board bill passed the Senate by one vote and heads to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk. The Senate voted 26-24 on ...

A South Carolina parent claims her daughter was expelled for standing up to a bully after her cries for help were ignored.

The city of Uvalde approved a $2 million settlement for the 21 families that lost children in the 2022 shooting at Robb ...

Two central Maine football programs will have new coaches this fall — and one already has its new leader in place.