Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is calling for a statewide ban on cellphones in schools. Shapiro also wants to guarantee recess for all students to improve their well-being. Bills for both a ...

Julian Shapiro-Barnum is the creator and host of "Recess Therapy," an online series where he talks with kids about everything from friendship to the meaning of life. He shares his Brief But ...

At 10:47 a.m., a teacher stood at her public school door, checking her watch and her students as they headed out. The “feels like” temperature was 3 degrees. She scanned the line of third graders: ...

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees continue to work without pay during an ongoing partial government shutdown, as lawmakers remain at a stalemate over funding for the Department of Homeland ...

The partial government shutdown stretched into another week after negotiators failed to reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the weekend. Congress is on a weeklong ...

Progressive supranuclear palsy is a rare condition that took the life of Civil Rights icon Jesse Jackson. Also known as PSP, the disease is often confused with Parkinson’s, especially in the early ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights icon who battled alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died Tuesday, Feb. 17, USA TODAY reported. He was 84. During his lifetime, Jackson negotiated global ...

A proposal from state lawmakers would make a 30 minute recess mandatory for students up to fifth grade on any school day longer than five hours. In some cases, the requirement could also apply to ...