The westward expansion and urbanization of the 19th century left clusters of families scattered across rural America, with only muddy ruts and a rudimentary web of roads to connect them. To attend ...

What was school like 100 years ago? A lot harder, and dirtier. Here's how kids learned in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Think today’s students have it rough? A century ago, school was a very ...

When will schools open back up? How will schools open back up? Is there going to be school this year? These are the questions on every parent's mind these days. TODAY Parents has collected the latest ...

Millions of children who head back to school this fall will find their phones are now gadgets non grata. Chancellor of New York City public schools David Banks has said that he is considering a ban on ...

High school students who started school at Kansas City's Ewing Marion Kauffman School saw something new when they entered their classrooms: a cellphone lockbox. A new policy requires all high school ...

Summer camps are done, kids are back at home with their families, mornings are getting a bit crisper as evenings are getting a bit shorter — all sur-fire signs that summer is ending and school is ...

The voices that used to fill the halls of America's public schools are growing fainter. Enrollment in public schools has decreased by about a million students in the U.S. since the start of the ...

Under the U.S. Constitution, public schools cannot promote or advance any particular religion, and they must respect the individual religious beliefs of students and staff. What that looks like in ...

Traditional school buildings typically featured standardized classrooms and hallways used only for moving between spaces. They had few shared areas and offered limited opportunities for interaction ...

These 25-plus institutions are providing the next generation of filmmakers with tools (hint: it’s AI) to shape cinema’s future. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter While Hollywood is ...

As the new school year starts, a wave of new laws that aim to curb distracted learning is taking effect in Indiana, Louisiana and other states. By Natasha Singer ...

Cell phones in classrooms—yes or no? Do you know how long it takes a child to refocus after being on their phone? With July cruising into its last week, the start of the school year rapidly approaches ...