If you go to—or went to—a great, well-run school with good infrastructure, offerings, awesome teachers, and peers, consider ...

Everything just ripped away … I love you Jordan Thomas.” Jordan, an eighth grader, attended Wredling Middle School in St. Charles Unit District 303. “Please know that we will be making every ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Apparently, Jimmy Kimmel Live! host Jimmy Kimmel is a good contender when sending graduation invitations. According to an article from Inside Weddings, some people have sent him invites and he sent ...

A new bill in the Florida Legislature proposes eliminating the Algebra 1 and 10th grade ELA assessments as graduation requirements. Supporters argue that the current system unfairly penalizes ...

Eighth grade test scores in Maryland have been declining for many years — and not just because schools shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. Math and reading scores tested annually have ...

An eighth-grade student suffered what appears to have been a self-inflicted fatal gunshot wound in Irvine today and police were investigating the events that led to the shooting. The victim ...