For the second time in less than two decades, Our Lady of the Wayside School in Arlington Heights has been named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, officials said ...

After an extended break, Wayside School will soon be back in session, as Mrs. Jewls’s classroom again springs to life in Wayside School: Beneath the Cloud of Doom, illustrated by Tim Heitz. Due out ...

Chances are Louis Sachar’s Sideways Stories from Wayside School shows up on — if not tops — the list of strangest books you read in elementary school. Since 1978, Sachar’s whimsically macabre (read: ...

Louis Sachar's silly series was a bundle of laughs, but going back to Wayside School as an adult makes you appreciate them even more. When we were children, there were no other books like the Wayside ...

4 Video: Liz Leclerc, Will Blum & John Treacy Egan Perform 'He Plays the Violin' from 1776 at Paper Mill Playhouse In the play, we're introduced to Wayside School which is sideways, however, that's ...

BLOOMSBURG — Whew! Audiences can see by her body language a little girl named Bebe is greatly relieved when her mean teacher, Mrs. Gorf, makes what sounds like a reasonable request: Just count from 1 ...

Louis Sachar's Sideways Stories From Wayside School series is still a favorite of elementary-age kids, decades after the first book hit the shelves. Each of the three books features 30 chapters -- one ...

Wayside School is like no other learning institution. Quirky things happen in its classroom environment. “Sideways Stories from Wayside School” runs March 2-17 at Chicago Street Theatre in Valparaiso.

When you were a kid, did you wish you were in Mrs. Jewls’s class on the 30th floor? Wonder what Mushroom Surprise really tasted like? Ponder getting a potato tattoo? If so, you weren’t alone. Every ...

Award-winning American author Louis Sachar, who lives in Austin, spoke with Studio 512 Co-Host Rosie Newberry about the inspiration for his popular “Wayside School” series and what made him start ...