The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied ...

The northward migration toward freedom for escaped slaves passed through Pennsylvania. Most supportive Pennsylvanians who ...

The Victorian Age started in the year of 1837 when the our Queen Victoria came to the throne and ended in 1861 when Prince Albert died, that was her husband. Victoria became queen at the age of ...

Israel How Browne, also known as Israel Howe Browne, lived at 71 Concord St. He was known to allow escaped slaves to sleep in ...

IN the mid-1830s 47 families, comprising 414 individual people, moved from South Buckinghamshire to the newly industrialised areas in Lancashire ...

In the late 1800s, with the advent of the railroad system, it became a disturbing practice for some poor or distressed parents to abandon their children at train depots, because they knew they ...

Dolly Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995 to provide books to children in her home county. The program now spans five countries, gifting over 2 million free books monthly to preschool ...

It’s a story of perseverance that dates back to the late 1800s. The now-defunct Orange Park Normal and Industrial School led the way when it came to educating Black children. Archived photo of ...

There will be children’s entertainers ... Westport welcomes the Rodgers family of the Workhouse Studios, who brought the magic of street theatre to last year’s parade. The family have worked in ...

Claire Curran, the council's cabinet member for children, families and lifelong learning, said the new Send unit would allow more children to go to school closer to home so they would "stay ...

The Trump administration is demanding at least 1,800 arrests per day from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — setting a quota of 75 busts minimum for each of the agency’s 25 offices ...