Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

Though backpack bans are rare, school leaders across the state face a similar imperative to protect students from violence by any means necessary, oftentimes with limited resources at their disposal.

Wagoner Public Schools (WPS) said a firearm was recovered from a student's backpack on Thursday at Wagoner Middle School.The district said the principal receiv ...

At Robert Eagle Staff and Hamilton International middle schools students put their cellphones in a pouch at the start of the ...

"I think it feels amazing," Kristin Rinker said about delivering the backpacks to staff at Old Fort Elementary in western ...

UNICEF is distributing urgently needed school supplies to help children displaced by violence get back to learning.

who appeared “suspicious” and was allegedly trying to enter the school while carrying two bags. The boy entered a secure area ...

By Clay Risen Murray McCory, who founded the outdoor equipment company JanSport while still in college and whose signature innovation, a lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for ...

A 13-year-old is under investigation after he went to his former elementary school with a black bag and backpack in what ...

The Ellicott City teen, who the police did not name, was arrested at the high school at 12:45 p.m., Tuesday, and charged as an adult. Police said he had a loaded gun in his backpack when he was ...

Pradhan, co-founder of the Young Tinker Foundation, came up with the idea of ‘Tinker-on-Wheels’ — a mobile learning lab that ...

The Ellicott City teen, who the police did not name, was arrested at the high school at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday and charged as an adult. Police said he had a loaded gun in his backpack when he was ...