Former first lady Michelle Obama's brother and his wife have settled a lawsuit they filed in 2022 alleging a private school in Milwaukee refused to reenroll their children after the couple raised concerns about racism.

A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school next to a petrochemical facility embroiled in multiple lawsuits over its high levels of toxic emissions.

President-elect Donald Trump has not said what he would do on student loan forgiveness, leaving millions of borrowers facing uncertainty over what will happen with their payments once President Joe Biden leaves office.

Money from name, image and likeness deals has changed what it means to be an NCAA athlete for some college players.

It’s no surprise that students are pushing back on cellphone bans in classrooms.

Members of the Broward County School Board met Wednesday to discuss potential adjustments to the district’s new cellphone policy, which currently requires students to keep their devices off or on airplane mode throughout the school day.

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools are earning top marks, with 161 schools receiving the 2023-2024 Schools of Excellence designation in Florida.

Jodi Picoult's “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often pulled from school shelves.

A museum in Virginia has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children.

Maine schoolchildren know about the boy lost for more than a week on the state’s tallest mountain.

The president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday just a week after he was appointed because of social media posts deemed anti-Semitic, anti-women and lending credence to a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Never before in a presidential election cycle has there been so much discussion of the child tax credit — a tool many Democrats and Republicans have endorsed as a way to lift children and young families out of poverty.

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, who dressed as a giant panda, hosted their final White House Halloween trick-or-treating event on Wednesday.

A Fort Lauderdale elementary school principal goes above and beyond every day for her students, their families and school staff, according to her colleagues.

The nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed by a former Liberty University employee fired by the Christian school after disclosing her identity as a transgender woman.

In just a few years, the issue of student loan cancellation has gone from being a pillar of the Democratic Party to a political liability.

The school system in Aurora, Colorado, is striving to accommodate more than 3,000 new students mostly from Venezuela and Colombia.

Officials in New Haven, Connecticut, are considering a public apology for a decision by city leaders in 1831 to reject what would have been the nation's first Black college.

The Biden administration is moving ahead with a new path to student loan cancellation for Americans who face steep medical bills, child care costs and other types of financial hardship that prevent them from repaying their loans.

High school seniors in Asheville are grappling with several important life decisions as they still recover from the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene on their region.

Parents and guardians of students attending Broward County Schools should take a look at the revised 2024-2025 school calendar, after an update by the district due to hurricane closures.

Miami-Dade County Schools and law enforcement have teamed up with BusPatrol to reduce dangerous driving around stopped school buses.

Miami-Dade teachers overwhelmingly voted to retain their current union following an unprecedented challenge to its existence.

Louisiana’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1.

One of the most important signs of how people will vote is how much education they have.

All over the country, people with more education are leaning more Democratic, a shift that's reshaping American politics.

A 14-year-old Georgia boy indicted for murder in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School has pleaded not guilty.

Some of the most visible demonstrations on college campuses this fall have involved professors speaking up for the right to protest itself.

President Joe Biden has honored acclaimed filmmakers, writers and others who have made their mark on American culture, awarding the prestigious National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals to 39 recipients.

Jill Biden has unveiled what she's calling a reimagined White House public tour that was designed to teach visitors more about the mansion's history and events that unfolded in some of its famous rooms.

A federal judge has heard arguments on whether he should temporarily block a new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1.

One of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults at them has died at age 83.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Lauren Brenzel, the campaign director of Yes on 4; Charles Whatley, the Broward County Sheriff candidate challenging Sheriff Gregory Tony; Lori Alhadeff, the chair of the Broward County School Board; and David Richardson, a candidate for Miami-Dade Tax Collector.

A fellowship program is training young Black men to become literacy aides in preschool classrooms across the country.

According to detectives, the text messages that a 74-year-old man sent to a teenage girl were, “I can be your sugar daddy,” and “tell me what you need and want and I will get it for you.”

A group of Oklahoma parents, teachers and ministers are suing to stop the state's top education official from forcing schools to incorporate the Bible into their lesson plans.

A grand jury in Georgia has indicted a father and son in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder.

An outspoken pro-Israel professor at Columbia University has been temporarily barred from campus for harassing and intimidating other employees.

The time-honored tradition of high school athletes proudly sitting behind a table and signing a national letter of intent is a thing of the past.

Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc so severe — on homes, campuses and municipal power and water systems — that some districts have no idea when they will reopen.

Broward County Public Schools leaders have been holding meetings to figure out how to deal with declining enrollment and to best use the county’s resources.

Conservative politicians in states such as Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee have been questioning whether immigrants without legal residency should have the right to a public education.

A California school has planted a tree that’s out of this world.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews the Monroe County mayor, and hosts a debate with the two candidates running to represent Miami-Dade County Public School Board District 7. Milberg also explains Amendment 1.

Mary Blanco and Max Tuchman are both candidates running for election to the Miami-Dade County Public School Board to represent District 7. Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg hosted a short debate on Sunday.

An NCAA study on social media abuse of athletes, coaches and other officials during championship events found nearly one in five posts that were flagged by an AI-based algorithm and determined to be abusive involved sexual harassment and 12% were related to sports betting.

Brown University has rejected a proposal to divest from 10 companies that protesters say were facilitating the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.

North Carolina legislators have approved an initial $273 million relief package to help address Hurricane Helene’s devastation and recovery in the mountains.

The regents who govern Georgia’s public universities and colleges want the NCAA to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports.

Miami-Dade public schools will now be closed on Thursday, in addition to Wednesday’s already-announced closure, district officials said Tuesday.

Archdiocese of Miami Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim Rigg announced on Monday that all Archdiocese of Miami Catholic schools in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday due to Hurricane Milton.

Officials with Broward County Public Schools joined their counterparts in Miami-Dade on Monday in announcing upcoming school closures due to Hurricane Milton.

Officials with Miami-Dade County Public Schools announced Monday that they will close all district schools and offices on Wednesday in anticipation of Hurricane Milton.

The Ballmer Group, Blue Meridian Partners, and others are helping Partners for Rural Impact take a model from Harlem and adapt it for Appalachian Kentucky and beyond.

A judge has given preliminary approval to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that figures to transform college sports.

The Miami Beach Hebrew Academy held a solemn ceremony Monday morning, marking the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has named members of a new school board, days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the public schools in the nation’s third-largest city.

Campuses across the U.S. have been calmer in the wake of last spring’s protests, yet many are mired in a lingering unease.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools confirmed Friday that an employee at Coral Park Elementary School has been removed from the site pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation into allegations of verbal and emotional abuse of students during lunchtime.

Parents of children with special needs at Coral Park Elementary are sounding the alarm over new restrictions on their access to essential therapeutic services.

A mother of a child with special needs, who also served as an armed security guard at Pinecrest Preparatory Middle School, was arrested Wednesday after Miami-Dade Schools Police reported that she made threatening remarks toward the school staff.

A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire.

New York City is speeding up its switch to a new schools chief after Mayor Eric Adams' indictment.

Officials and rescuers say a school bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok, leaving more than 20 feared dead.

Preschools around the country are starting students early on civics education.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Janine Stanwood interviews Michael Lowry, the Local 10 News Weather Authority hurricane specialist and storm surge expert, and Christopher Diaz, the leader of South Florida Search and Rescue Task Force 2 at work in Taylor County after Hurricane Helen. Stanwood also interviewed the mayors of Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale.

A group of about a dozen kids wearing costumes with glitter, sequence, shimmer, and feathers followed Tricia Baptiste. Three were dressed as birds. A girl wore cobalt blue and silver to mimic a blue sea star. A man played Afro-Caribbean music beats.

Having fresh food, saving money and connecting with nature are just some of the benefits of growing your own vegetable garden. And when you install gardens in public spaces, such as schools, those benefits include a therapeutic learning experience for students.

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has voted unanimously to fire a communications professor who was seeking to retain tenure after his dismissal as chancellor of one of the system’s campuses for making pornographic films.

The looming threat of Hurricane Helene is leading many in South Florida to take precautions.

The head of New York City’s public schools system says he will step down at the end of the calendar year, becoming the latest high-ranking departure from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration amid an escalating federal inquiry.

Florida International University has earned top marks when it comes to the top 50 public universities in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report Best College 2025 rankings.

Students are set to return to classes at Apalachee High School on Tuesday, weeks after a school shooter killed two students and two teachers.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring school districts to restrict student phone use.

A new report by congressional Republicans asserts that partnerships between the U.S. and China at universities over the past decade have allowed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to aid Beijing in developing critical technology that could be used for military purposes.

A bench trial began last week in Baltimore federal court in a civil case over affirmative action at American military academies.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviewed David Aronberg, the Palm Beach State Attorney. Kimberly Leonard, of Politico; Marc Caputo, of The Bulwark; and Antonio Fins, of The Palm Beach Post, joined the TWISF Roundtable. Milberg also interviewed Joe Geller and Martin Karp, both candidates running to represent the Miami-Dade County School Board’s District 3.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Joe Geller and Martin Karp, both candidates for Miami-Dade School Board District 3.

Some churches are launching new Christian schools on their campuses, seeking to give parents more education options that align with religious values.

Some churches are launching new Christian schools on their campuses.

A closely watched First Amendment rights case in Wisconsin involves a former campus chancellor who was fired after making pornographic videos with his wife.

A Pennsylvania state senator and former Republican gubernatorial candidate whose support for Donald Trump drew him to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 is suing a Canadian university and nearly two dozen academics.

Communities nationwide are being battered by a wave of school shooting threats, with emergency notifications and group chat messages sparking parents’ fears their child’s school could be the next Parkland or Uvalde.

A longtime donor who has given more than $160 million to Tulane University is the new namesake of the university’s expanding graduate school of public health.

A top supplier of digital devices for U.S. prisons is launching a new program to help incarcerated individuals earn a high school diploma by using the company’s tablets.

Students at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta will return to campus for half-days beginning next week.

In many English classrooms across America, assignments to read full-length novels are becoming less common.

An adobe-style Texas building educated Mexican and Mexican-American children in classrooms that alumni call barracks.

The former schools police chief in Uvalde, Texas, made his first court appearance for his role in the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting.

Georgia’s state school superintendent says he wants the state to spend more money to guarantee security officers and wearable panic alert buttons after a school shooting killed four at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference in Orlando Monday morning.

The Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Downtown Miami counts on Analisa Duran’s love of teaching.

School threats are on the rise across the state and now one Florida sheriff is making a stern warning to kids and their parents.

Records released Friday show a Georgia county’s emergency call center was overwhelmed by calls on Sept. 4 about a school shooting at Apalachee High School.

A new report says former University of Florida president Ben Sasse spent over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates and extravagant social functions.

A consulting firm run by the brother of two top New York City officials is facing federal scrutiny over his work on behalf of companies that were seeking city contracts.

The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that a measure seeking to repeal a new conservative-backed law providing taxpayer money for private school tuition should appear on the state's November ballot.

A school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement with students and parents.

The story of recognizing LGBTQ history, the way school districts historically recognize Women’s History Month, Black History Month or Hispanic Heritage Month has become a tale of two counties.