Community members can drop off school backpacks through July 19 ​to any North Island Credit Union branch location in San ...

Backpacks are a great way to carry school books, but if packs are worn incorrectly or are too heavy, they can hurt kids. Consumer Reports tells you how to pick and use them properly.

No rule requires Japan’s elementary school students to wear the boxy, bulky backpack known as the randoseru. But for nearly 150 years, nearly all of them have.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — On the second day back to school, about 1,000 backpacks packed with all of the needed supplies were gifted to students at Hope Centennial Elementary School.