For more than 30 years, The Ledger has honored the top scholar-athletes in Polk County and continues that tradition this year ...

This July marks the centenary of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial. On a return trip from Florida nearly two decades ago, my ...

Commonly known as “The Diary of Anne Frank,” the books will be distributed to students and families beginning Thursday morning at DREAM Charter School in East Harlem.

Willard Alden owned land where the Leolyn Hotel now stands in Lily Dale. On June 15, 1873, he hosted a picnic for local Spiritualists and set aside his grove just for their meetings. Before this, ...

Author, educator and activist Christian McEwen recalled that the first time she saw someone reach for their phone “during the ...

If the district determines Ken-Ton librarians stuck to proper procedure in selecting a book for their collection, it will remain on school shelves, officials said.

The Supreme Court has sided with religious parents who want to pull their children out of the classroom when a public school ...

The Lyceum and park matters are complicated by the ongoing foreclosure process hanging over The Campus at Horton. AllianceBernstein, Stockdale’s lender, is seeking to recover $367.7 million in ...

Holy Cross College, Gampaha sprinter Tharani Nirmina and Gamini National School Bentara sprinter Chenadi Dewhara are among ...

Knopf, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-81275-4. Ages 4–8. In this allegorical picture book, animal siblings Tomorrow, a bird, and Yesterday, a bear, navigate dual perspectives on their first school day.