As Japan's dwindling population increasingly migrates to cities, 450 rural schools close each year. Now, some are being ...

PARKERSBURG — Wood County Schools has begun the process of closing three longtime schools as many came Saturday to take a final look around. The closures of VanDevender “Vandy” Middle School ...

In New Bedford, four elementary schools are getting new principals. Get to know them and what they bring to the job.

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Young students in a classroom, circa 1920. JHU Sheridan Libraries/Gado/Getty Images At the time, classrooms and schoolhouses were designed to hold as many students as possible to maximize space.