One of my rituals at the start of each school year is to clean student desks and chairs. Year after year, before students arrive for their first day of school, I scrub and shine these desks. My hands, ...

The usual back-to-school shopping list includes crayons, pencils, tissues, scissors, notebooks, lunchboxes and backpacks. Those backpacks, of course, will be bringing home homework — and textbooks and ...

Since the pandemic began, forcing most school-age children into a virtual learning setup, parents have collectively realized that a) teaching is not their forte, and b) providing kids with a ...

FRACKVILLE, Pa. — Kash Filiac is a second-grader at St. Clair Area Elementary School. Every day, he sits at his new, custom-made desk, handcrafted by a team of students and teachers from the ...

LOMBARD, Ill. (WLS) -- As hundreds of students learn remotely, retired carpenter Al Alevizos of Elmhurst has put his woodworking talents to use making free desks for needy students in Lombard ...

NEW YORK — Students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks but should be kept the usual 6 feet away from one another at sporting events, assemblies, lunch or ...

Tara worked as a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 13 years and served as executive editor of the full suite of CDW Tech magazines until 2019. She enjoys learning about new technology and ...