MADI SMITH, BYLINE: It's a sunny, almost 70-degree day, and counselor at Morse High School Leslie Trundy stops in front of a trail map in Bath, Maine. LESLIE TRUNDY: We're right here.

Snake River High School’s CNA class, which consists mostly of seniors, smile for a picture with their kid they brought to school for their senior prank in Blackfoot, Idaho.

Hal Woods, now a policy director with the parent advocacy nonprofit Kids First Chicago, worked as the district’s school development director at the time and sat in on those meetings.

The logistical, financial and emotional challenges of summer are a microcosm of issues facing parents year round. We're all doing the best we can within a system that is failing us.

Adesman added that while past research has shown that kids who are bullied are more likely to carry weapons to school, this study went further, identifying what he called “a striking cascade of ...

Declining school enrollment has left 30% of Chicago public schools at least half-empty. The city’s failure to address this problem has come at a high cost to the district — and its students.

More teens are showing interest in vocational training and other non-college options after high school. Parents tend to favor traditional four-year colleges over non-degree career paths, according ...