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A private high school in Kansas is testing every student for drugs and alcohol -- and the parents are totally cool with it. In fact, it was their idea!

The principal who's making it happen talks to Evening Express.

There appears to be a revolt forming across the country against high stakes standardized exams.

Teachers at several schools in Seattle are refusing to give students the state's test. They say the one-size fits all nature of the test does not fit with the curriculum.

Every year about this time, parents begin going to open houses and looking for the best school for their child. So what's the secret to finding a match?

Sam Chaltain is a senior fellow at the Institute for a Democratic Education in America. He is also the author of American Schools. He tells us the three questions you should be asking while you're at an open house.

American couples who want to adopt a child in Russia won't be able to once Russia’s president signs a new ban into law.

Lawmakers passed the ban earlier this week, which makes it illegal for hundreds of American families to travel to Russia and adopt children there.

Some schools are arming their teachers with a different kind of weapon -- one that lets authorities get a sneak peek at the activity in their classrooms.

Evening Express shows you how the "Safe Schools" technology works and where it's available.

Monday morning was a tough one for parents across the country as they sent their kids off to school for the first time since the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. The principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School had just put in new security measures but it wasn't enough to save 26 lives, including her own.

Now parents are again left wondering, "Are my kids safe at school?"

A stay-at-home dad of three says do him a favor and don’t buy the wrong toys for his kids or anyone else!

Read more: What NOT to buy my kid for Christmas

School is about to get longer for 20,000 students across the country. The hope is that it'll boost achievement and make us more globally competitive.

Several school districts in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee all signed up to add 300 hours of class time in some of their public schools. That could mean longer days, a longer school year or both.

Your daughter might be learning about sex NOT from their friends or you, their parents but from porn. A pair of filmmakers followed three young women in their new documentary "Sexy Baby."

They talked to Evening Express about how exposure to sex and porn is affecting these girls' self image.