BEIJING – An overloaded school minibus crashed head-on with a truck in rural western China on Wednesday, killing at least 18 kindergarten children on their way to class, officials said. Two adults -- ...

The 6-year-old student and his mom were hit by a school bus as they were crossing the street in suburban New York, authorities said Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...

Hop on the bus, Gus. Students who ride the school bus in the critical first year of formal education – kindergarten – are absent less often and have lower odds of being chronically absent, a key ...

On left, Joey Redman poses for a photo in front of one of the school buses. On right, soon-to-be kindergarten student Matthew Gorman is excited to receive his name badge prior to going on a bus ride ...

Kindergarten students who take the school bus have fewer absent days over the school year and are less likely to be chronically absent than children who commute to school in any other way, according ...