The Senate surprised everyone by adjourning around 9:15 p.m., while the House remained in session to finish its work.

Nearly three years after the first charter school within the city's boundaries opened its doors to kindergarten and first ...

Declining birth rates, urban migration and school choice are keeping public school rosters down in North Carolina, especially ...

Despite having some of the nation's strictest school vaccination laws, California reported a decline last year in the share of kindergarten ... and parental rights." Sign up for Essential ...

The governor vetoed a very similar bill because he said it would make it easier to spread highly contagious diseases in Idaho ...

When Xavier University announced its Montessori Lab School was dropping Montessori programming, parents got together to come ...

Local election season is here, and three candidates are running for two seats on the Chelmsford School Committee. Incumbents ...

Russo’s last day as a preschool teacher at Dr. Reginald Mayo Early Childhood School on Goffe Street was Feb. 28 ... Don't want to miss a single Independent article? Sign up for our daily email ...

If the state legislation passes, the preschool hopes to take another shot at opening a 30-child daycare out of Lakebay Community Church. If they’re released from the requirement to install a full ...

Aldeman: High-poverty Rust Belt district is exceptional at teaching kids to read — and has been for more than a decade ...