A 13-Year-Old With Autism Got Arrested After His Backpack Sparked Fear. Only His Stuffed Bunny Was Inside.
Disability rights advocates said kids like Ty should not be getting arrested under Tennessee’s school threats law. And they ...
The Invention That Changed School Forever
Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...
The hidden dangers of heavy school backpacks: how to keep your child's spine healthy
Our youth is growing into misaligned versions of themselves and the culprit is right behind them: the schoolbag.
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To keep outside violence from spilling into schools, this Louisiana district banned backpacks
In rural northeast Louisiana, the leaders of a small school district took a drastic step this week in response to an eruption ...
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All Over The Map: Forgotten Seattle origins of the JanSport school backpack
Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.
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Covenant UM prepares backpacks of food for kids in need
PHOTO PROVIDED The Blessings in a Backpack program at Covenant United Methodist Church, 44 W. Main St., Lock Haven, provides ...
School canceled in Pacific, kids and adults bagging sand instead
On Thursday, you couldn't miss the illuminated flood warning sign. A team of people working rapidly filled sand bags, ...
Yondr pouches seal students’ cellphones away for the entire school day. Are they working?
At Robert Eagle Staff and Hamilton International middle schools students put their cellphones in a pouch at the start of the ...
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Joe Burrow's Heisman promise is put in action in Baton Rouge with free, healthy food for kids
LSU quarterback accepted the Heisman trophy, he talked about kids going hungry. His foundation is now trying to do something ...
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Rotary, CCAR offer foster kids backpacks for 20 years
The backpacks are loaded with school supplies, clothing, personal items and some fun things, too, so kids entering foster care have something of their own to get started with their new foster ...