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A full-size school bus somehow crashed into a house in New Jersey early Friday, slamming into it so hard that it shifted the foundation and compromised the entire structure, authorities say. The crash occurred around 9 a.m. in West Caldwell, near Terrace Place and Passaic Avenue. No kids were aboard the bus. Witnesses said the driver was led from the…

A group of Wisconsin school bus drivers are emphasizing the importance of community this year using an old bus decorated to be a haunted house experience.

Police are investigating after a bus driver in Utah allegedly threatened to shoot students on Friday. The incident involved a driver, who was not identified, with the Alpine School District, according to Saratoga Springs Police Lt. Zach Robinson. Robinson told NBC News on Monday investigators have spoken to four parents and are looking into whether the bus driver made a…

Broward County Public Schools is hosting a transportation open house Sunday to allow parents and guardians an opportunity to register their children and ask questions about school bus assignments ahead of their first day of school on August 16. The event is taking place Sunday, August 14th from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Broward School Board Policy 5300 allows for…

NBC 6’s Ari Odzer speaks with local teachers about how they are preparing for the upcoming school year.

Dashcam footage shows the moment a tractor-trailer narrowly missed colliding with an Ohio school bus after the brakes failed.

A group of Maine children managed to steer a school bus to safety after its driver experienced a medical event and later died.

Investigators said that after the bus was stolen, it smashed into a number of cars throughout the neighborhood.

A study of school buses in Washington state found using cleaner fuels or upgrading older diesel reduced children’s exposure to airborne particles by as much as 50% and improved their health.

A group of high school students in Massachusetts had to ride on a party bus complete with a stripper pole and neon lights during a recent field trip — an experience their teacher said highlights problems with the education system. Jim Mayers, an 11th grade Advanced Placement language and composition teacher at the Brooke Charter School in Boston, said in…

After positive coronavirus tests shut down Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center the last week of summer, staff were thrilled to reopen for the first week of school. But when Boston school buses sat empty due to a driver shortage, it wasn’t just public schools that felt the hit— centers like Sportsmen’s, and the families who rely on them, were left...

Amid a national school bus driver shortage, the Massachusetts National Guard is being activated to help get kids to schools at the start of the new year.

It was the most agonizing moment for Nicole Jackson when her 3-year-old daughter did not come home on the first day of school, she said. “No one knew where she was. I literally thought my child is gone forever,” Jackson said. Jackson and her partner Omowale Browne sent their 3-year-old child, who is on the autistic spectrum, to William J….

A 3-year-old child was dropped off at the wrong address on the first day of school leaving her parents desperate to find her. NBC 6’s Claudia DoCampo reports.

The Florida Highway Patrol says a 8-year-old girl died when the car she was riding in crashed into the back of a school bus in north Florida

Democratic lawmakers have unveiled legislation that would invest $25 billion to convert the nation’s fleet of gasoline- and diesel-powered school buses to electric vehicles

A camera on a school bus captured the moment a deer crashed through the windshield and landed on a student in the front seat.

Science teacher John King and his wife have traveled across Massachusetts in their school bus to bring real-world science lessons to his students stuck at home in Lowell.

New year, new laws. Here’s a look at some of the laws going into effect in the state of Florida on Jan. 1, 2021.

A man driving a rental truck that collided with a school bus in Georgia helped free trapped students before he collapsed and died.