California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing for phonics-based instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms.

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KING, N.C. — An employee at a Triad elementary school was arrested last week after police found a wooden block on campus with some concerning text written on it. According to the King Police ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After a nearly two-week absence, the Vaux’s Swifts have returned to Portland area chimneys. Chapman Elementary School’s Vaux’s Swifts roosting location has gone vacant as the ...

Authorities are investigating a staff member’s report of a “racist pipe bomb” found on an Inglewood elementary school campus, district officials told KTLA on Thursday. Although the Inglewood Unified ...

BRENTWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Inside the hallways and classrooms of Palisades Charter Elementary's temporary campus, it's hard to believe we're not in the Palisades. Instead, every teacher, a ...

An optical Illusion is a visual trick where our eyes and brain perceive different images from reality. These illusions are a type of visual puzzle that creates a misleading effect on our brain, ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Cranston Police Department initially provided 12 News with an incorrect mugshot of a different arrestee, unrelated to the case. It has since been corrected. CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — ...