As students prepare for their first few days of classes, they also are learning the parking rules and layouts of the university.

An Alabama teenager who called himself a white supremacist is accused of plotting to attack classmates and a teacher with small homemade explosives, though his attorney argues the allegations are blown out of proportion and the teen never intended to hurt anyone.

Students attending Troy University campuses in Troy and Dothan will see their latest semester of classes kick off during the second week of January 2013.

Recess is vital in a child's life, and nurses are crucial for schools.

Students at Mobile's Murphy High School will be attending class at another site because of the Christmas tornado that heavily damaged their school.

Lives remembered at string of services... Conn. town in mourning inundated with gifts, money... Crafters send mittens with a message to Newtown...

Troy Police arrested 22-year-old Kenya Demon Flowers a black male from Dothan in connection with making a terrorist threat that was reported at approximately 8:30AM today according to information released by Chief Jimmy Ennis.

Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R – Auburn) on Thursday announced a joint hearing of the House and Senate Education policy committees has been scheduled that will focus on the topic of “School Security and Student and Teacher Safety.“

Schools across the country are checking out all lockdown plans, making sure they can prevent any danger against students. Here in the Wiregrass it's the same scenario. Only our cameras were rolling during the lockdown drill.

A former Marine who has children in a Nashville elementary school says the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut moved him to take some action. As Mark Bellinger reports, a lone sentry is now outside Gower Elementary School...

A former Eufaula teacher convicted on sex charges will serve her entire sentence.

The state representative who sponsored the bill that became Florida's "stand your ground" law believes the state should end its ban on guns in schools.

Georgia state education officials are offering to review safety plans and emergency response guidelines at schools in the state following the deadly shootings in Connecticut.

A White House spokesman says this isn't the day for a discussion about gun control.

Tonight and Saturday will be your last opportunity to see "A Christmas Story" presented by the Daleville High School Drama Club.

The mother of the Connecticut shooting suspect, Nancy Lanza, was found dead inside her home.

Indiana's recently ousted state school superintendent is Florida's new education commissioner.

Board members are looking at all options before committing to a budget for a new batting cage at Dothan High School.

The Agriculture Department is responding to criticism over new school lunch rules by allowing kids to eat more grains and meat in the lunchroom.

State leaders and Georgia Public Broadcasting have launched a new program intended to improve student performance in science, math and related subjects.

Parents were racing to enroll students at A.J. Whittenberg, the district's only elementary school with engineering curriculum.

Many students struggle in the classroom. Maybe they misbehave or are behind on their credits, and sometimes they end up in alternative school. Now, the Opportunity Academy is putting students back on track.

Many students with free or reduced lunches only get healthy meals when school is in session.

A University of Alabama program plans to give more than $5,000 worth of books to at least five schools in Alabama's Black Belt region in December.

Police hope a video provides clues about a fire that damaged the oak trees of Toomer's Corner at Auburn University.