AI chatbots have become the bane of teachers everywhere.

Harvard University Medical School has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its former morgue manager’s illegal sale of human remains.

To compete in the increasingly commercialized world of college sports, a growing number of universities are turning to nonprofits, limited liability companies and other “associated entities” to generate more revenue.

Barbara Kingsolver, Percival Everett and Daniel Kraus are among the authors participating in a touring exhibition organized by the Pulitzers and the American Library Association."

Nine scholars recently attended a seminar at the University of Michigan to learn about conserving papyrus manuscripts.

A Texas prosecutor who oversaw the conviction of Karmelo Anthony in the deadly stabbing of a track athlete during a high school meet says he and defense attorneys had agreed to hold back character evidence during the trial.

Two members of a university cycling team have been killed and seven others were injured in a car crash in northeastern Tennessee.

Jason Arday, who was once celebrated as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, was found dead last week after weeks of news stories presenting evidence that he was a plagiarist and fabulist.

Authorities have charged 14 people in connection with a drug ring at Penn State.

The Department of Defense has ordered 30 U.S. universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions as President Donald Trump's administration scrutinizes the country’s growing global influence.

A whistleblower is alleging that a Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities.

Kids and teens are likely trying to soak in the last few nights of staying up late and sleeping in. But experts said now, not the night before the first day of school, is the time to reset sleep schedules.

OpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT designed for teenagers.

Authorities say a high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself in an attack in a high school campus in the southern Philippines.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates have declined again, with exemptions reaching a record high.

For families looking to stock their kids’ closets for the upcoming school year, thrift shopping can help them save big — and do some good at the same time.

Back-to-school season used to be all about pencils, notebooks, and making sure the backpack still zipped.

A British sociologist who resigned from the University of Cambridge last week following plagiarism accusations was found dead Friday.

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families.

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families.

A judge in Boston has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that accused Harvard University of ignoring harassment of Jewish students.

A new AP-Ipsos poll finds Americans overwhelmingly see major benefits to children playing organized sports, but higher-income families are more likely to participate.

Michigan State University researchers are raising serious questions about how Michigan is serving its rural students.

Doctors worry that President Donald Trump’s new executive order on vaccines will stoke fear and confusion among parents at a time when measles is raging, immunization rates are falling and children are heading back to school.

A U.N. agency reports that five years after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, around 2.4 million girls remain excluded from secondary education.

Many in the Howard University community are focused on an enrollment debacle rather than the start of the new academic year.

Here’s a list of back-to-school giveaways across Metro Detroit:

The Justice Department has accused Duke University’s law school of unlawfully considering race in admissions in the latest Trump administration action against higher education institutions.

A Louisiana school board and the federal government have agreed to end more than 60 years of oversight meant to end segregation.

The dissection series will take place on the museum’s main floor in Mi-Sci’s Learning Launchpad from 2-4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday.

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to overhaul Head Start, a key early education program for the nation's neediest children.

Backpacks often become too heavy for kids, as students carry laptops, textbooks and more.

Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley, two correspondents recently ousted from "60 Minutes," will be moving from the newsroom to the classroom.

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to overhaul the Head Start program.

Oprah Winfrey says she will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Africa two decades ago at the end of next year.

Clintondale Community Schools hopes to have new leader in place before students return to school

An investigation has turned up allegations of sexual misconduct against nearly 50 people who were formerly affiliated with a prestigious Michigan fine arts school.

Howard University notified hundreds of first-year incoming students that their spots for the upcoming semester were no longer being held.

A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom.

The U.S. Department of Education says it is investigating whether Denver Public Schools and a school district in Washington state violated federal law.

A teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia has been sentenced to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Florida authorities have arrested a U.S. Secret Service agent and two other men on felony charges, saying they committed brutal beatings as part of a fraternity hazing ritual.

A psychologist has testified that a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia had a chaotic, lonely upbringing.

We know back-to-school shopping season is here, and for many families, it can be one of the biggest shopping trips of the year. Between clothes, shoes, backpacks, lunch bags, and school supplies, the costs can add up fast.

More than 500 incoming students at Howard University have learned this week that they have been unenrolled from the Washington, D.C., school and no longer have spots for the upcoming fall semester that begins Aug. 17.

A teenager has pleaded guilty to all 55 counts in a deadly shooting nearly two years ago at Apalachee High School in Georgia.

The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, rescinding a decades-long standard for civil rights enforcement.

Aims to quadruple college-degree rates and serve the whole family

President Donald Trump says Trump Accounts could lift children out of poverty and help more Americans invest in the stock market.

The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students.

According to an Associated Press analysis, more than 4.2 million people across the country defaulted on student loans between April 2025 and March 2026.

The Trump administration has finalized a rule that will prevent international students from staying in the U.S. for more than four years unless they seek and obtain government approval, a departure from long-standing practice.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Labor is trying to win over U.S. senators.

A federal appeals court has ended more than 60 years of federal oversight of a Louisiana school system that had been ordered to eradicate all vestiges of segregation.

Michigan is preparing to spend a record $22.9 billion on K-12 education during the next school year, marking the largest school aid budget in state history.

While unemployment in Detroit remains higher than state and national averages, employers across multiple industries continue to report difficulty filling open positions.

It’s been a week since the Michigan Legislature passed the state budget, and for parents and educators, there is a lot to know about what’s in it for schools.

The parents of a Bucknell University football player who died after collapsing during the first day of training camp in 2024 say they appreciate that the Pennsylvania attorney general has brought criminal charges against the strength and conditioning coach who oversaw the session.

Supporters say the laws will help take stress out of the college application process for students.

For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities.

A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling Tuesday in two separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution.

Across the country, experts are watching to see whether the World Cup will give a boost to youth soccer and mint fans for decades to come.

Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible for higher student loan limits after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump administration rule that held them to lower caps.

A federal judge has blocked part of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some other fields.

Parents of kids with disabilities say they have waited months for the Education Department to address complaints of bullying or discrimination.

Device usage is expected to rise among children, but there’s a growing movement of families pushing back.

President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.

The Trump administration is giving Indiana more flexibility over how it decides to spend its federal grant money.

Elmer the mastodon will migrate from the upper floors of Levinson Hall at OCC’s Highland Lakes campus to Bloomfield Hills.

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Kenya’s central town of Gilgil for a memorial service to honor the lives of 16 students who died in a school fire last month that police said was caused by arson.

Philippine officials say that years of disaster-preparedness drills helped prevent a larger casualty toll when one of the strongest earthquakes in 50 years struck the south.

Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against eight pro-Palestinian activists accused of conspiring to run a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials while trying to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel.

Younger students have regained academic ground lost during the pandemic, but older students' test scores remain stagnant.

Sweden is set to ban mobile phones in schools from the next academic year as part of a broad reversal on the use of screens in classrooms.

President Donald Trump's administration put dozens of college campuses under investigation last year and cut federal funding unless they came in line with his Republican agenda.

Ohio State University has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle hundreds of legal claims from former student athletes who said they were sexually abused decades ago by a doctor at the university.

Between swim days, family trips and outdoor play, summer is a great time to encourage one healthy habit that can benefit them long after summer ends: reading.

The White House is moving to give political appointees more control over federal grants.

Authorities in Kenya say eight female students have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire destroyed a dormitory at a boarding school, killing 16 children and injuring dozens of others.

Shrey Parikh has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee, beating Ishaan Gupta in a lightning-round tiebreaker.

Harvard graduates heard from comedian and television host Conan O’Brien at their commencement.

Many kids who've won the Scripps National Spelling Bee have taken a comprehensive approach to their preparation.

Robots that look like dogs or people try to replicate symmetrical shapes found in nature.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Guskiewicz cited “discouraging behavior by a few trustees” as a contributing factor.

The LEGO Foundation has committed $97 million to expand the International Rescue Committee's programs that use play to aid learning and recovery for children in conflict zones.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee has moved from suburban Maryland to downtown Washington, and not all spellers and their families appreciate the change.

Schools across the U.S. are starting to rethink the abundance of digital devices in classrooms.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee will crown a champion in Thursday night's finals.

Scott Remer is the country's only full-time, professional coach for kids competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers say they'll ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a federal appeals court declined to reconsider a decision that put the government a step closer to deporting him.

Dozens of soon-to-be graduates of a Michigan high school eschewed their cars and trucks and arrived in tractors, ATVs, golf carts and more.

A judge dismissed all charges against a former school administrator accused of ignoring warnings about a 6-year-old with a gun.

Harvard University faculty have voted to limit the number of A grades awarded to undergraduates, approving one of the most sweeping efforts by a major university to curb grade inflation.

A lawsuit filed on behalf of students and community organizations in Massachusetts argues the state is illegally maintaining schools that are racially segregated, concentrating Black and Latino students in high-poverty districts with fewer opportunities.

Opening statements have been given in the trial of a former assistant principal in Virginia who faces criminal charges from a 2023 school shooting.

A coalition of Democratic-led states is challenging the Trump administration’s recent caps on federal student loans, arguing the limits will make it harder for students pursuing certain healthcare degrees to attain the necessary training and education.

Artificial intelligence has become an unwelcome topic at college commencements.

Billie Jean King celebrated earning a college degree 65 years after first taking classes.

A former Virginia assistant principal is on trial, accused of ignoring warnings that a student brought a loaded gun to an elementary school.

9th graders at 11 Detroit Public neighborhood High Schools will be the first to participate in a new approach to learning starting this Fall.