EDUCATION

Oregon’s largest school district says it has reached a tentative agreement with its teachers union and its roughly 45,000 students will be back in class on Monday after more than three weeks.

News reports in India say that at least four students have died and 60 others have been injured in a stampede during a music festival at a university in southern India.

Anger has erupted in Italy over the slaying of a college student allegedly by an ex-boyfriend who resented her success and wouldn't accept their breakup.

Recently published reports from the coalition showcase the extent to which families and providers are struggling and how those struggles are impacting local employers.

A Pennsylvania school board that's banned books, Pride flags and transgender athletes has awarded their superintendent a $700,000 severance package before power changes hands next month.

A Las Vegas high school is grappling with how a feud over stolen items escalated into a fatal beating.

A Biden administration plan could increase salaries for hundreds of low-paid early childhood teachers caring for the country’s poorest children.

Prosecutors in Las Vegas have formally charged four high school students as adults with second-degree murder in the beating of their schoolmate.

Laws enacted in at least 10 states prohibit or restrict students from using pronouns or names that don’t match their sex assigned at birth.

A second group of U.S. House lawmakers toured the building where Parkland high school students were massacred in 2018.

Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks.

Four of the eight Las Vegas high school students accused of beating their schoolmate to death in a brawl captured on cellphone video have made their first appearances in the adult court system.

The federal government has opened civil rights investigations at seven schools and universities over allegations of antisemitism or Islamophobia since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.

The Texas education board has approved new textbooks but called on some publishers to change their depictions of fossil fuels in the U.S.'s biggest oil and gas state.

Eight Las Vegas high school students between the ages of 13 and 17 years old were arrested on murder charges in the beating death of a schoolmate that was captured on cellphone video.

The nation’s largest Christian university says it’s fighting a $37.7 million fine brought by the federal government over allegations that it lied to students about the cost of its programs.

Sports economist Andrew Zimbalist says the big contract buyouts paid to fired coaches will continue to grow until the college sports business model changes.

An Iowa teen convicted in the 2021 beating death of a high school Spanish teacher was sentenced to life in prison with a possibility of parole in 25 years.

Authorities say a Las Vegas high school student was killed when 10 students between the ages of 13 and 17 beat him in an alleyway around the corner from campus in a prearranged fight over a pair of headphones and a vape pen.

America’s Black and Latino students were at a disadvantage in nearly every measure of education opportunity in the 2020-21 school year.

Moms for Liberty says it's removed two Kentucky chapter chairs from leadership positions after they posed in photos with members of the far-right group the Proud Boys.

Nearly nine out of 10 parents believe their child is performing at grade level despite standardized tests showing far fewer students are on track.

In September, the award-winning author and academic Ibram X.

International students attended U.S. universities in surging numbers last year, rebounding from a pandemic slump with the help of a 35% jump in students coming from India.

Thousands of children in South Africa's poorest and most remote rural communities still face a miles-long walk to school, nearly 30 years after the country ushered in democratic change.

A South Dakota law professor who typically teaches torts and natural resources is turning his attention to Taylor Swift next semester.

One New England university banned a pro-Palestinian student group.

The Oct. 7 Hamas raid on Israel — and Israel's response — have led to demonstrations on college campuses that have sometimes turned violent.

Two-way star and coveted free agent Shohei Ohtani is donating about 60,000 baseball gloves to Japanese elementary schools.

Partnerships between two- and four-year colleges and universities could help more community college students go on to earn bachelor’s degrees, according to data released Thursday by U.S. Education Department.

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Some librarians who've been fired as they take a stand against discrimination and banning books are turning to a federal civil-rights enforcement agency for help.

The Biden administration is warning U.S. schools and colleges that they must take immediate action to stop antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses, citing an “alarming rise” in threats and harassment.

Boston University said Tuesday that its initial inquiry into the antiracist research center run by best-selling author and academic Ibram X.

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is honoring the medical team that helped save his life by launching a scholarship program for Cincinnati youths.

Over the past three years, local school board elections have become the place where America’s deep political divisions are on full display.

Survivors of government-backed Native American boarding schools and their descendants have shared their experiences as U.S. officials made a final stop in Montana on their yearlong tour to confront the institutions that regularly abused students to assimilate them into white society.

A judge says a former UCLA gynecologist who was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing student patients can be retried on charges involving four other women.

A shortage of half-pint milk cartons is affecting school meals in cafeterias across the U.S. School officials from New York to California are scrambling for backup options after a main supplier of cartons said demand has outstripped supply.

The White House Historical Association is working on a new experience for tourists in Washington starting next fall.

Housing insecurity has hurt kids' chances of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles and much of California.

A Cornell University junior accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus was held without bail after his first appearance in federal court.

1 in 5 children will have a mental health concern

A small nonprofit, Summer Science Program, has puzzled for much of the last year over what do to with a surprise bequest of an estimated $200 million.

The country’s largest Christian university is being fined $37.7 million by the federal government amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of its graduate programs.

Cholera has been around for many centuries, but the disease came to prominence in the 1800s. While it may be a term that reminds us of another time in history, it is still very relevant today.

The Biden administration is moving toward a narrower student loan relief plan that would target specific groups of borrowers rather than a sweeping plan like the one the Supreme Court rejected by the Supreme Court.

Cornell University administrators have dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements against Jewish students appeared on an online discussion board.

A one-stoplight farming community in conservative Idaho has embraced a goal that backers describe as progressive: universal preschool.

Twenty-five years after they first met at Princeton, Chris Young and Mike Hazen are facing off in the World Series as architects of pennant-winning teams.

Girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country.

An Indiana Moms for Liberty chapter is unexpectedly a major point of contention in a mayoral race following the group's use of a quote by Adolf Hitler.

For many of the Jewish and Muslim university chaplains and faith leaders caring for students angered and shaken by the Israel-Hamas war, the needs are acute, the days intense.

A nonprofit organization in Afghanistan says the Taliban have freed an activist who campaigned for the education of girls.

Florida’s state university system is disbanding chapters of a pro-Palestinian student group it says is violating state law by aligning themselves with Hamas in the wake of an attack on Israeli citizens.

As schools across the country debate banning AI chatbots, some math and computer science teachers are embracing them as just another tool.

Tennessee Republican leaders are escalating their calls to reject millions of federal dollars rather than comply with requirements over LGBTQ+ rights, abortion access and other hot-button issues.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is ripping into Michigan State University.

The battle over how to teach reading has landed in court.

Cuts to U.N. funding for refugees living in Rwanda is threatening the right to education for children in more than 100,000 households who have fled conflict from different East African countries to live in five camps.

A Southern California university wrestling with the deaths of four seniors who were struck by a car sought to comfort students and faculty at a campus prayer service.

Racial achievement gaps in math have worsened in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and its disruptions to learning.

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The National Toy Hall of Fame is celebrating its 25th anniversary with more public participation in the induction process.

Hundreds of thousands of students nationwide face challenges learning math due to disabilities such as dyscalculia.

French President Emmanuel Macron has held a special security meeting amid heightened alert against feared terror threats.

Florida lawmakers and education leaders from several states have taken what is likely to be the final tour of a building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

America’s colleges aspire to be places where ideas meet and common ground emerges.

More than two months after a wildfire killed at least 98 people on Maui, the three surviving public schools are set to reopen Monday.

For more than a month, Darryl George, a Black high school student in Texas, spent each school day sitting by himself in punishment over his hairstyle.

Vermont State Police say more than 150 tips have come in since they released a sketch of a person of interest connected to the killing of a retired college dean.

An investigation into academic research leads to the resignation of Stanford University's president.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to fast-track low-income housing on surplus land owned by nonprofit colleges and religious institutions.

A Black student who spent more than a month on in-school suspension over his dreadlocks has been told he will be removed from his Texas high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday.

Vermont State Police have released a sketch of a person of interest in the killing of a retired college dean who was shot dead last week while walking on her favorite trail near the Vermont State University campus.

New York is bidding to put new controls on social media platforms that state leaders say will protect the mental health of younger users.

High school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, according to the nonprofit organization that administers the test.

Students and residents in a small Vermont university town are being told to lock their doors and stick together as police search for a killer who shot a retired dean on her favorite walking trail last week.

Algeria is rebuffing accusations that efforts to crack down on French private schools constituted hostility toward the langauge.

More states are requiring personal finance education before students graduate from high school.

President Joe Biden’s second attempt at student loan cancellation moved forward Tuesday with a fresh round of negotiations to help guide the administration to a new plan.

The financial website recently released its list of “Best Public High Schools in Michigan” for 2024 and put the Ann Arbor high schools in three of the top 10 spots.

The Ypsilanti high school has fewer than 600 students and a 1:16 student-to-teacher ratio, according to Niche.

An infusion of federal pandemic relief to America's schools sparked a boom in the education technology sector, an industry where research and evidence are scarce.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have made free condoms available to all public high school students.

American babies and toddlers with disabilities are entitled to publicly funded therapies known as Early Intervention, since all U.S. states and territories accept federal funding for this program.

Washington has announced it's hiring Tulane athletic director Troy Dannen to fill its vacant AD position.

Many LGBTQ+ students say they have not felt represented in sex education classes.

Many states are shifting their approach to sex education in K-12 schools with stricter regulations on when and what students learn about their bodies.

Baltimore police are asking for the public’s help identifying a group of people seen in the area of a shooting at Morgan State University that left five people injured during homecoming events.

Five people injured in gunfire that erupted during homecoming week events at Morgan State University late Tuesday were likely not the shooters’ intended targets, according to Baltimore police.

Officials say at least five people have been wounded, none critically, in a shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore that happened as students were headed to a homecoming week campus ball.

When learning how to work in a hospital, hands-on experience beforehand is necessary.

New polling finds America’s college campuses are seen as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech.

Federal student loan borrowers are expected to start making payments for the first time in more than three years as the pandemic-era grace period comes to an end.

Head Start programs serving more than 10,000 disadvantaged children would immediately lose federal funding if the government shutdown isn't averted.

The Biden administration is releasing a playbook on best practices for training workers as the low 3.8% unemployment rate and years of underinvestment have left manufacturers, construction firms and other employers with unfilled jobs.

Algeria is among many countries in Africa to take steps to transition parts of its education system away from French and toward English.

The Biden administration is asking America’s colleges to step up their efforts to make campuses more racially diverse.

A new federal rule threatens to cut federal money to college programs that consistently leave graduates with low pay or unaffordable debt.