Salem-Keizer School District leaders took the unusual step of canceling school for most of the week for the lessons.

For decades, California schools have been an awful place for children to learn how to read. The product of it all is adults ...

KCC is offering free CNA training for eligible Battle Creek residents this spring. Learn about requirements, deadlines and ...

What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To submit an event, send an email to downriverlife@thenewsherald.com. List the time, date, location, cost ...

"When your body is healthy, your mind becomes stronger too," says Gauranga Das. Wake up early in the morning, exercise daily for at least 40 minutes, have a healthy and balanced diet--- and see how ...

Louis Provis says there needs to be systemic change in how schools think about boys’ reading. Jacqueline Robson recalls a reading initiative that left students searching for more Lee Child is right ...

This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state. Earlier this year, the National Assessment of Educational Progress released its annual report card, ...

Although we have replaced our jack-o-lanterns and skeletons with evergreen wreaths and festive lights, the specter of masked Halloween figures continues to haunt our community. In my leafy suburb just ...

You can’t make this up. Juelz Santana set off a wave of conversation during a recent appearance on the No Funny Sht podcast when he suggested that young people should be taught financial literacy and ...

Enduring bad bosses is exhausting, but there are invaluable lessons to be learned from them, which can teach you what kind of leader you don’t want to be. If your boss — or even you yourself — ...

First jobs can teach valuable customer-service and sales skills and how to own big mistakes. Here’s what eight business veterans learned from their early roles and their advice for young people today.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware. In this regard, the model of planetary governance that was ...