The start of September is a hectic time for kids as they reunite with their alarm clocks, textbooks and their friends. Experts offer these tips for busy parents.

With the start of a new school year, Canadian parents are facing the familiar challenge of packing healthy lunches for their potentially picky eaters.

Some university graduates are seeing less of a return in their incomes compared with the tuition they paid in the final years of their studies, an RBC analysis shows.

Many kids are being told 'no' more often as their parents grapple with the rising cost of living, new Ipsos polling conducted exclusively for Global News shows.

Newly implemented cellphone policies and other curriculum changes will ensure a slightly different school year than students may be used to.

Effective Tuesday morning, B.C. school districts are required to have policies regulating the use of cellphones in the classroom.

Thousands of students, many for the first time, will be pouring into Winnipeg universities and colleges over the next days and weeks for orientation season.

Both children and educators described the day as one filled with the normal combination of anxiety and excitement.

Back to school is right around the corner, but for many parents, a return to class means a whole new set of anxieties about being able to afford the necessities for their kids.

For the tenth year in a row, one Regina resident is stepping up to make a difference. Amanda McCall is helping to hand out 1000 backpacks to children across the city.