Schools

You can find Claudene Wilson serving meals in the cafeteria, doing repairs and comforting crying students.

An advocacy group says a Virginia school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in a settlement to a former high school teacher who was fired after he refused to use a transgender student’s pronouns.

A popular school and neighborhood review website on Monday released its list of the 2025 Best School Districts in America, and three Chicago-area school districts claimed the top spots.

The U.S. Department of Education on Monday released the list of 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools, and 18 schools in Illinois made the cut.

Students are struggling to stay engaged in class at a time of poor mental health, shortened attention spans, reduced attendance and worsening grades. At the crux of these challenges? Addiction to cell phones. Cell phone bans are gaining traction around the country, but many say they’re not enough.

Many of the survivors said they continue to live with the trauma of the day when 20 first graders and six educators were killed.

A group of Ivy League schools known as the “Ancient Eight” have historically churned out some of the country’s best and brightest. But college protests, some turning chaotic, coupled with canceled commencement ceremonies, reports of rising antisemtisim on campus and increasing tuition costs may lead perspective student to start looking elsewhere.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced new regulations on Wednesday to improve the quality of school breakfasts and lunches by tightening the limits on salt and sugar.

U.S. agriculture officials announced new nutrition standards for school meals that will limit added sugars for the first time.

Schools around the country are installing sensors and cameras to crack down on student vaping and handing out harsh punishments for many who are caught.

Winter weather in Illinois and Indiana has led to multiple school delays, closures or e-learning for Friday, January 19. See the full list of closures here.

Alicia Roman has the latest forecast.

Black students are more frequently subjected to these removals than their peers.

An organizer for the Satan Club says kids who attend will be doing activities that focus on science and rationalization while building empathy and tolerance for all creatures.

More students in schools serving low-income communities will be eligible to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost under a rule change announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The parents of a 5-year-old Long Island boy are furious after their kindergartener was able to walk out of his elementary school, undetected, and walked nearly a third of a mile to his house. It was his parents who learned he had left school.

Hundreds of school systems around the country have adopted four-day weeks in recent years, mostly in rural and western parts of the U.S. Districts cite cost savings and advantages for teacher recruitment.

The altercation happened Thursday after the Minor and Jackson-Olin High School football game in Birmingham.

A collision involving a city bus and a school bus at an intersection in Racine, Wisconsin, was caught on camera Wednesday.

A hoax emergency call at Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville Wednesday prompted a police presence and panic from parents and students who were worried about a reported shooting, but there was never a shooter or an active threat.