Bohan said that metal detectors work and an oversight on the part of the security staff led to the facsimile gun entering the ...

Oak Ridge Schools, Anderson County Schools and Roane County Schools are listed as Advancing, which means they received an ...

Students attending The Ninth Grade Academy are making a fashion statement with see-through backpacks that improve school safety. "It's like a new school policy that makes life easier going through ...

Among other new regulations, the school staff provided the students with the newest mandatory accessories: a transparent ...

Gone are the days of distributing flyers in Haywood County classrooms. The Haywood County Schools Board of Education has revised its policy on literature distribution, prohibiting materials from ...

A new backpack can be an essential back-to-school purchase and also makes for a wonderful Christmas or birthday gift. What we look for in a backpack First, we looked for sturdy backpacks to hold heavy ...

Hanover County Public Schools banned more books from libraries last year than any other school district in the state, the free expression group PEN America reported on Friday. The organization ...

The state had more than 4,500 instances of book banning in public schools during the 2023-24 school year, according to a new report from national free speech group PEN America. That's a ...

They temporarily banned middle and high school students from bringing backpacks to school. The weeklong book-bag ban in Madison Parish followed a recent spate of shootings in Tallulah, the parish ...

PEN America has released its most recent report documenting public school book bans for the full 2023-2024 school year, finding 10,046 bans nationwide—a more than 200% rise over the previous ...

Democrats swept a school board election in Bucks County after Republicans instituted book bans and other changes. But the right-wing “parental rights” movement has left an indelible mark.