Gunshots hit Niles North after basketball game
Shots rang out outside a basketball game Friday in Skokie, IL. No one injured, no one arrested, some damage to the school.
New Amtrak train derails, killing 3
A train derailment in Washington caused some transportation issues for local schools and major tragedy in the lives of Amtrak commuters.
School shuts down over racist graffiti
A project by ProPublica seeks to reliably record hate-related crimes and incidents around the country. Schools can help.
Hazing deaths spur change in fraternity parties
Several recent hazing deaths involving alcohol at fraternity parties on college campuses have caused several colleges to rethink Greek life.
4 students die in French bus-train accident
A passenger train hit a school bus in the south of France Thursday, killing 4 students and injuring about 20 others, some critically.
FCC votes to end net neutrality
The federal government repealed the 2015 decree of so-called net neutrality, and the impact to schools is unpredictable at this point.
Band teacher out #MeToo at Downers Grove North
A longtime band director resigned at a suburban Chicago h.s. amid allegations of inappropriate behavior with students from 1996.
Sometimes modified block schedules work best
Block schedule or traditional schedule? Which works best for high school? It doesn't have to be all-or-none, a student journalist points out.
Alabama elects a Democratic senator
The next US senator from Alabama, one of the nation's reddest states, is Doug Jones, a Democrat, who won in an upset, to Trump's dismay.
Rifleman threatens work crew near Houston schools
A man with a military-style assault rifle put 2 Houston-area schools on lockdown Monday, but the standoff ended peacefully.