EDUCATION

Teachers are voicing skepticism about a Maine proposal to update science education standards to incorporate teaching about genocide, eugenics and the Holocaust.

As schools across the U.S. grapple with the student mental health crisis, the use of telehealth therapy for students has skyrocketed.

A private school teacher was fired over her posts on social media about the Israel-Hamas war.

A new study says that about half of Nicaragua's population of 6.2 million want to leave their homeland because of a mix of economic decline and repression from President Daniel Ortega's government.

Students at a Broward County high school staged a second walkout Wednesday as fallout continues on the campus over the district’s decision to reassign its principal and several staff members amid an investigation into a transgender athlete being allowed to play on the girls’ volleyball team.

Students at a Broward County high school walked out of the classroom Tuesday, one day after the district announced it was reassigning the school’s principal and several other staff members amid a probe into a transgender athlete.

A roof covering a walkway collapsed Tuesday morning at the Atlantic Technical College campus in Coconut Creek. No one was hurt.

The principal and multiple staff members at a Broward County high school have been reassigned amid an investigation into “allegations of improper student participation in sports,” a district spokesperson said Monday morning.

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.

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.

A since-fired band teacher at a Miami-Dade high school was the subject of allegations of impropriety years before his arrest in the classroom Tuesday, after police accused him of similarly grooming another student, with whom he’s accused of having a sexual relationship.

University of Virginia officials are further delaying the public release of the findings of an investigation into the events surrounding a 2022 campus shooting that killed three student-athletes and wounded two other students.

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.

A Miami-Dade high school security guard was arrested Thursday on multiple charges, including offenses against students by authority figures, false imprisonment and child neglect.

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.

Police arrested a band teacher at a Miami-Dade County high school Tuesday afternoon on two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor after police said he had a sexual relationship with a student.

Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Peter Licata reported on Tuesday that there has been a reduction in student enrollment and this will affect the district’s budget.

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.

A Miami-Dade County Public Schools security guard was arrested Wednesday after trying to seduce three teenage girls on Instagram who attend the school where he was assigned to, authorities said.

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.

Marry Carr, a 23-year veteran teacher, was among the protesters who met on Wednesday afternoon to demand better pay from Broward County Public Schools.

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.

An elementary school in Broward County was evacuated Monday morning due to a bomb threat, the school district confirmed to Local 10 News.

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.

Two years after a roof collapse caused students and teachers to scramble for safety, a middle school in Broward County is getting major upgrades.

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.

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.

A 21-year-old man appeared in court on Wednesday after police officers arrested him for allegedly attacking an education employee on Halloween in Broward County.

Law enforcement officials say a Cornell University student has been arrested and accused of posting threatening statements online about Jewish students at the school.

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.

Under construction in Miami's Brickell neighborhood is a new school site and workforce housing that Miami-Dade County Public Schools hopes will be a model for all future redevelopment projects.

A school in Broward County was placed on lockdown Monday afternoon following reports of a possible gun on campus.

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.

Amid the ongoing hostage crisis, there was a touching tribute to American-Israeli journalist Steven Sotloff, who was killed after being kidnapped by Isis nearly a decade ago.

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.

Students and staff across Broward County along with the Hallandale Beach community are mourning a beloved principal this week.

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

Schools in Miami-Dade County will now require permission slips for students to attend book fairs.

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.

A 21-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after leaving his gun inside his backpack at a school where he worked in Kendall, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

Ten Carol City High School students are taking a historic trip to the White House on Tuesday and will participate in the official State Arrival Ceremony of the Prime Minister of Australia.

Miami-Dade police are investigating after they said a teacher left his gun inside a classroom Tuesday in Kendall.

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.

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

A 54-year-old teacher at an elementary school in Broward County has been arrested after she was captured on surveillance video assaulting a kindergartner, authorities said.

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.

A former secretary at a high school in Miami-Dade County was arrested Wednesday on accusations that she tried to pursue a romantic relationship with a student.

A school security guard in Miami-Dade County was arrested Wednesday on accusations that he was carrying a gun on campus even though he was not permitted to possess any weapons while on felony probation.

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

Broward County Public Schools is now hiring bus drivers and offering a $1,000 signing bonus.

Broward school district members voted out a controversial diversion program aimed at keeping students out of the criminal justice system on Tuesday night.

The Broward County School Board has taken on several controversial topics recently.

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Boyd H. Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes Tuesday to investigate a “potential threat,” according to the school district.

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.

A Broward County elementary school was placed on a “secure status” Friday morning after a threatening text message was sent by a student, the school district confirmed.

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.