A press conference showcased a team of mediators who are helping defuse conflict at Hillhouse High School. Then an unscripted after-school fight broke out, highlighting the challenges they face.

In the Teatro Santa Ana at the Biblioteca Publico in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, a group of English-speaking schoolchildren are spending their Monday morning rehearsing a production of Macbeth.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Employees at a local publisher are crying foul over an announcement this week that the company’s traditional Halloween “costume day” has been extended to last the entire week, and ...