Advocates call the new pre-K law a major victory for child safety, but private school leaders say the regulations are excessive and unnecessary.

When we look back on childhood, it’s amazing how many rules we accepted without question. Some made sense, some were born from half-truths, and others were just plain weird. These rules shaped our ...

Michael Cavanaugh, center, stars in the tribute show "The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John," which is coming to Detroit Lakes' Historic Holmes Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. Writers ...

Dubai: Arbor School in Al Furjan, Dubai has made history as the first school in the UAE to win a World’s Best School Prize for Environment Action. The independent kindergarten, primary and secondary ...

The tuna casserole crown, the neon mac, the English-muffin pizzas—eight weeknight heroes that fed Gen X on repeat and still taste like home. There was a time when dinner came from a freezer box, a can ...

At Centennial Field on Saturday, the inaugural Fall Fiesta will feature seasonal activities including pumpkin painting and cider tasting.

In 2021, tech entrepreneur Jeff Atwood sold Stack Overflow, an online informational network for computer programmers, for $1.8 billion. Rather than hoard that fortune, Atwood announced earlier this ...

President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally. This is ...

CHICAGO — Education in Illinois shows promising areas of growth — including improved kindergarten readiness and increased graduation rates — but remains hampered by stagnant reading and math literacy, ...

According to a Pew Research Center’s analysis in fall 2024, just over half (52%) of U.S. adults lived in middle-income households in 2022. Just under 30% lived in lower-income households and nearly 20 ...

There’s a simple question parents of young children will find themselves asking, one that has a more complex answer: “Is my child ready for preschool?” Unfortunately for parents, the answer is ...