A North Dakota district’s drive to teach competencies means eliminating age-based classrooms.

Since Oxford University Press proclaimed “locavore” the 2007 word of the year, the local food scene has exploded in communities around the world.

Universal preschool has a significant positive effect on reading scores of children from low-income homes, but programs targeted to poor children do not.

As the nation’s fleet of small recreational and commercial drones keeps soaring — the government projects nearly 3 million will be in the skies by 2022 — safety concerns are rising even as federal enforcement stalls.

San Francisco officials last June approved the ban but a petition drive funded by Reynolds, the maker of the top-selling menthol brand, Newport, forced the issue onto Tuesday’s ballot.

Many states run out of money and aspiring low-income college students feel the pain. However, several states, including Minnesota, fund all eligible students.

In Minnesota, drivers caught texting face a $50 fine and $225 for subsequent offenses. When deaths or seriously injuries occur, a distracted driver faces at most a gross misdemeanor reckless driving charge unless engaged in an additional offense.

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has indicated that she may soon reverse Obama-era guidelines on disparate impact and school discipline; her hires have signaled this policy shift.

Three geriatric experts agreed to help identify examples of what are often — but not always – considered to be signposts of normal aging for folks who practice good health habits.