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You’ve probably seen the headlines. “Reading Crisis,” “Kids Can’t Read,” “Literacy Emergency.” The panic is real, but is the ...

Make-up legend Rick Baker makes a cameo in 'V/H/S/Halloween.' Here's how R.H. Norman and Micheline PItt-Norman recruited him ...

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Welcome to Year 10 of High School Confidential, powered by Danville Area Community College. It's an award-winning project made possible by aspiring student journalists from every corner of our ...

Lincoln Knowles free soloed the tallest bolted big wall in North America, and he's nowhere close to being done.

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Thank you to Mrs. Gomez, a 3rd Grade teacher at Howland H.C Mines School, for having her class recite the Pledge of ...

Without substantial reading skills, “the risk is that future generations will simply be unable to think as deeply and with as ...

Niche.com, an education research platform, compiles the rankings annually based on data from the Department of Education, ...

Nikon has revealed the winners of the 15th annual Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition. The contest recognizes the ...

Thank you to Ms. Velichko, a 3rd grade teacher at Austintown Intermediate School, for having her class recite the Pledge of ...