62% of Polk County children were not ready for kindergarten in 2024. Can early language skills and programs like Camp READY close the gap?

When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today’s youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school years, researchers are ...

Meanwhile, at 12:30 p.m. in a second-floor classroom, King/Robinson French teacher Audrey Berthelot hosted a Mardi Gras-themed French honor society celebration for students. Second- through ...

The United States fielded its biggest Winter Olympics team ever for the 2026 Milano Cortina Games, with 232 athletes going for the gold — and broke a record for Team USA's most gold medals at a single ...

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games have officially concluded with the closing ceremony following the final event of the world competition in Milan, the gold medal men's ice hockey game. There were many ...

Around 2,900 athletes from around the world competed in 116 events at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games, but the prized gold, silver and bronze medals went home with only a small portion of ...

The final day of competition at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics has concluded and the Games have reached their end. Athletes from more than 90 countries battled in 116 events over 16 days, and ...

Which country won the most events on snow, ice or sliding track? Here are all the ways we could think of to track the medal count. By Ben Blatt Norway dominated the 2026 Winter Olympics, setting a ...

MILAN — The spectacular Olympics of American Jordan Stolz ended on a bit of a down note Saturday, whereas his teammate Mia Manganello capped her speedskating career on a high. Stolz, looking to become ...

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While America isn’t leading in the medal count, Team USA is looking golden at this year’s Winter Olympics. Team USA has won 24 medals so far and seven of them are gold. The American team is in third ...