Fueled by Thanksgiving leftovers and a little caffeine, shoppers were out searching for the best Black Friday deals they could find. The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office said it arrested three ...

One of my favorite memories of eighth grade was watching a classmate handwrite the next day's assignments on a chalk board. The different styles of writing and joining the letters together is almost ...

I just finished my 66th, and last, semester of teaching high school English. A few years ago, as part of being a mentor to a new teacher, I wrote a letter to my first-year teaching self, then gave it ...

Last week, I was thinking about my kindergarten report cards. We didn’t really get letter grades; it was just “S” for satisfactory progress or “U” for unsatisfactory progress. Here is what I think my ...

No parent would be allowed, nor would she want to stand over the dentist who is drilling our her child’s cavity and instruct her on how to do her job. Nor would a parent be even allowed into the ...

Only about one-third of elementary school students in the U.S. are reading at grade level, according to the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress. In response, many schools are rethinking ...

At the conclusion of "Reading Education Restrictions Worry Tucson Teachers," in the November 5th edition of the Arizona Daily Star, I was moved to tears. I'm a retired primary school teacher, having ...

Once again, one must point out that critical race theory is not being taught in any public school in the United States. Nor was it ever intended to be. The real attack is on the normal process of ...

I strongly disagree with Fargo School Superintendent Gandhi and the School Board in their decision to disregard the new laws passed by our ND Legislature. Here are several reasons why: First, we live ...