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More and more schools are seeing the benefits of equipping their students with tablet computers.

China tells schools to run more calligraphy classes because computers and mobile phones are ruining children's writing.

Whether you're moving in, moving up, or moving over, going to a new school can be tough. Here's how to make it easier.

Stores are trying everything they can think of to disguise the fact that you're going to pay more for clothes this fall.

A small plane carrying all three teachers for a remote Alaska village crashed in wilderness terrain, killing the pilot and one of the teachers, a school official said Sunday.

With the help of a growing industry of energy consultants, officials are evaluating every detail of their daily operations and are replacing energy-guzzling equipment with more efficient models.

Mandatory sex-education classes are returning to New York City public schools for the first time in nearly two decades.

Virginia Tech, site of a 2007 mass shooting that killed 33 people, issues an alert that a person with a gun could be on campus and urges the community to stay indoors. An initial search comes up empty.

Ah, back-to-school season. The rustling of leaves, the squeak of new sneakers, the reassuring sound of chalk on a blackboard. Wait, does anyone still use chalk? And if they do, is it emitting some sort of toxic dust that's dooming our children to a life of bad health and environmental despair?

After New Hampshire resident Rebecca Boduch whittled down her list of potential colleges, two schools remained in the running: Northeastern University, a private school where, with the help of a promised scholarship, her tuition would be equivalent to the price of the University of Rhode Island, her second option. But when she found out the latter institution would knock her tuition down about $10,000 a year because she hailed from a state in the same region and wanted to major in biomedical engineering, her decision was easier, she says.