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If you think it takes effort to get a teenager off a cell phone, you have no idea how right you are. Earlier this month, three campus police officers wrestled a 15-year-old girl to the ground to take her phone, with one jamming his knee into her head.

Where did the summer go? Labor Day weekend is here and then it's back to school for kids wishing summer was just beginning. Kids need lots of sleep and if their sleep schedules got a bit off track over the summer, try these tips to help them get back on a good sleep schedule for school.

The 'X-mas Jammies' family is back, and this time they're celebrating what every parent is looking forward to this time of summer: the beginning of the school year.

The Utica City School District will have extended time to contemplate a grant that would enable the district to extend the school day for five area schools.

The issue of school violence took a surprising turn at one California high school. A security guard at Oakland High School was caught on camera punching a student in a wheelchair.

It turns out that the playground bully at your kid’s school may be more than just a temporary nuisance.

A sophomore at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, attacked his fellow students Wednesday morning, injuring at least 20 people, four of them seriously. He is now in police custody.

A video of a Santa Monica teacher fighting with students has gone viral and now two students involved in the fight have been arrested.

Here's one way to get your students to settle down: in Belgium, a group of students who also happen to be big 'Game of Thrones' fans, were acting a bit too rowdy in the classroom, so their teacher had a brilliant idea. If they didn't behave, he was going to start dropping massive 'Game of Thrones' spoilers, including the major deaths of characters one by one until they learned their lesson. Maybe

Some parents are saying a teacher at Hyatt Elementary School in Linden, Michigan may have taken "method teaching" a step too far by giving a class of fifth graders non-alcoholic beer as part of a history lesson.

Students, parents and educators can explore courses, classrooms and more Wednesday night at the "Herkimer BOCES Spring Open House And College Fair". Check out the details.

If you have students in your household who are college-bound, you might want to check the recent changes in the SAT College Entrance Exam.