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School asking for daily fee to pay for students' pens, pencils A “cash strapped” school is asking parents to pay a little over $1-a-day to pay for basic equipment including pens, pencils and exercise books. The move is said to have...
Florida schools start to reopen after Irma MIAMI — Miami-Dade and Broward counties will reopen schools the first time since before Hurricane Irma threatened to hit South Florida. The schools in both counties are scheduled to open...
Back-to-school season is the worst time of the year for parents Eight in 10 parents experience back-to-school anxiety, with the majority saying there is no tougher time for a parent, according to new research. A study of 1,000 parents of school-aged...
Top chefs share school lunch ideas kids will actually like When packing lunches for kids, it’s easy to fall into a PB&J rut. But you don’t have to be a famous chef to make your kids the envy of the...
These back-to-school magazines seem completely out-of-touch After a long, lazy summer, your kids are heading back to school this week. Is it safe to say they’re not entirely happy about this? Two Meredith magazines — Parents...
Here's why there might be a back-to-school retail slump With a new school year kicking off, across America, everything seems to be on schedule — except for back-to-school sales. Despite the economy growing and unemployment continuing to shrink, back-to-school...
Girl dies in car crash heading to first day of school MIRAMAR, Fla. — An 8-year-old Florida girl was killed during a crash on her way to her first day of school. Miramar police spokeswoman Tania Rues says the child’s mother...
Retail group's back-to-school projection doesn't jive with recent numbers Amid the carnage of widespread retail bankruptcies, store closings and tumbling sales, a national retail group on Thursday predicted the soon-to-start back-to-school shopping season will turn out to be the...
City schools confiscating more weapons than police data says City schools have confiscated far more weapons from students than previously believed, The Post has found. School officials recorded 2,485 separate instances when staff took guns, knives and other potentially...