One local school is taking action to help teachers with the amount of stress that a school day can bring. Less than two years ago, Charles T. Koontz Intermediate School in Buncombe County, North Carolina, made a space for teachers to ease their minds. Hence, the "Serenity Room" was born. Another one is set to open inside Valley Springs Middle School next week.

The same day a teenager opened fire at a rural Georgia high school and killed two teachers and two classmates, a 15-year-old in a neighboring county was taken into custody after fellow students heard him making threats on the school bus about "finishing the job."

E-cigarette use among young people in the U.S. dropped significantly over the past year, according to a new government study. The hopeful signs come as more schools are installing high-tech vape detectors in bathrooms and locker rooms to curb student use of e-cigarettes.

Turnover, gender gaps and racial disparities remain major factors in the makeup of leaders in the nation's largest school districts.