Troy Closson, who reports on education at The Times, discusses how he covers the largest school system in the country.

New data showed childhood obesity has hit a record high in recent years, while federal changes such as cuts to food assistance programs and a revamped food pyramid ...

Federal health officials on Monday laid out a proposal to spur development of customized treatments for patients with hard-to-treat diseases, including for rare genetic conditions that the ...

File photo taken in January 2023 shows a public school class in Quezon City. —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE The Department of Education (DepEd) is considering a shift to a trimestral system in public schools to ...

SCOTTSDALE -- Major League Baseball finalized rules for the first year of the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system, which will debut on Opening Day this season. Among the latest tweaks, teams ...

Two recent cases involving Tennessee children with autism illustrate the harsh, complex realities they face in the juvenile justice system. Parents, advocates and experts weighed in on what it's like ...

Metric have announced a new album, Romanticize the Dive, and shared its first single, “Victim of Luck.” They have also announced some tour dates with Broken Social Scene and Stars. Romanticize the ...

This video explores the historical, cultural, and practical reasons the United States continues to use customary units, and why efforts to adopt the metric system never fully took hold. Aussies back ...

Most Americans believe the country rejected the metric system decades ago. In reality, US measurements like feet, pounds, and gallons are officially defined using metric units behind the scenes. The ...

Former President Gerald Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act 50 years ago. However, he did not make metric adoption mandatory, and the efforts fell flat. For a look at where metric measurements have ...

The Nex Playground is an interactive video game console that uses a camera to track body movements. Ahead of Black Friday, the active play system is on sale for under $200, a discount of $49. While ...