Homes near the top-rated elementary schools cost 65% more than a state's average home, while homes near the top-rated high schools cost about 45% more.

"We don't want to blame everything on COVID, but COVID did have a notable, marketable impact on school safety," says Ken Trump, president of the National School Safety and Security Services.

The share of children ages 5 to 17 enrolled in public schools fell by almost 4 percentage points from 2012 to 2022, an NBC News analysis of Census Bureau data found, even as the overall population grew.

Nearly one-third of educators feel there are too many products to understand and use effectively, a new survey suggests. Here's what teachers want instead.