The numbers are attention-getting: Texting drivers are 23 times more likely to have an accident. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15-20 year-olds. Sending/receiving a text takes an average of 4.6 seconds. At 55 mph …

One hackneyed complaint of students about the humdrum of schoolwork is the perceived irrelevance of what they work on in the classroom to the real, outside world. Merrill Middle School is flying full speed ahead into the face …

Creative writers and their teachers from Central Academy visited the world-renowned Iowa Writer’s Workshop at the University of Iowa on October 1, where they were hosted by authors and staff of the International Writing Program.  In the morning, Joe Tiefenthaler, …

At a glance Hanawalt Elementary School doesn’t strike you as a place that’s a hundred years old. After all, a good portion of it re-opened as recently as 2004 thanks to a major renovation project funded by the …

When she was 10, Talia Leman motivated other kids to trick-or-treat for Hurricane Katrina donations. Now the Roosevelt and Central Academy senior has her own nonprofit, RandomKid. In fact, her organization has now raised more than $10 million …