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Mayor Hoefert addresses attendees during St. Raymond’s 70th Anniversary and Rededication ceremony. (Photo by Amaris E.

Rapid City Area Schools has launched a pilot program aimed at helping students who may not be fully prepared for kindergarten. The Junior Kindergarten initiative, introduced this year at Valley ...

Representatives of the Mathews Family YMCA gave a presentation on a proposal to initiate a preschool program for 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds during Tuesday ...

It measures state performance across the life cycle of a young person’s education, encompassing preschool enrollment, standardized test scores among eighth-graders, high school graduation rate ...

Preschools around the country are starting students early on civics education. The goal is nothing short of raising good citizens and strengthening democracy.

Patrick Clancy’s wife killed their children during a postpartum mental-health crisis. Prosecutors describe a clear-headed ...

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Students at Southern Local Elementary got a lesson in safety during Fire Prevention Week activities. Representatives of the ...

We sat down with the candidates and pored over the issues to give you our best advice on how to vote this election season. Here's what we found.

(AP) — As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol, a different kind of balloting was taking place a dozen miles away in a sun-filled Virginia preschool classroom. At stake ...