STATESBORO, Ga. -- The children had fashioned blackout curtains for the windows and were tearing newspaper strips to use as toilet paper when the air-raid sirens began howling. Women in green uniforms ...

In fall 1944, Soledad Vidaurri showed up at 17th Street School in Westminster, California, with two of her children and three of her nieces and nephews; as described in "Teaching Tolerance," a project ...

Quail Hawkins, 97, the author of several children’s books popular in the 1940s, died Aug. 16 in a retirement home in Pacific Grove, Calif. Hawkins’ nine illustrated books ranged from beginning-to-read ...

Following another surge in unaccompanied migrant children seeking asylum at the southern border, the Trump administration has a new plan to shelter them. Having already filled permanent and temporary ...

Paula Bosse has an interesting piece on her blog, Flashback: Dallas. You’ll notice certain parallels between current events and what was going on 75 years ago. Here’s how Bosse’s story begins: In the ...

Learning, teaching and growing… all through the beauty of music. Today on Indy Style, Joshua Pedde, Artistic Director, Indianapolis Children’s Choir, tells us about an upcoming concert on March 12 ...

A record number of Americans filed jobless claims, and the Federal Reserve is rolling out loan programs for local governments and midsize businesses. WSJ’s Lorie Hirose has the latest on the pandemic.

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children’s books and thought Ringo Starr would make a great Mr. Conductor on television. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Britt Allcroft, the British ...