Best for elementary school: Cat & Jack Kids 17-Inch Backpack ... to wait at the bus stop can breathe easy — this backpack includes a large reflective strip to make kids more visible to cars.

Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

Students in sixth through twelfth grades in Montgomery County are no longer allowed to bring backpacks and large purses to ...

Though backpack bans are rare, school leaders across the state face a similar imperative to protect students from violence by any means necessary, oftentimes with limited resources at their disposal.