A congressional investigation finds the Pentagon has funded research involving collaboration with Chinese entities linked to China's defense sector.

Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will resign, ending a three-year tenure marked by the freeze of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding by the Trump administration and heated criticism from House Republicans over the university’s response to campus protests.

A peer-to-peer movement of neurodivergent youth is hitting campuses this fall to build more inclusive spaces together.

A new poll finds many parents are struggling to balance work and school transportation for their kids.

A federal judge in Boston has ordered the reversal of over $2.6 billion in federal funding cuts to Harvard University.

Vice President JD Vance has visited Minneapolis to meet with families affected by a deadly church shooting.

Across the country, tens of thousands of college students without legal status are losing access to in-state tuition as part of an immigration crackdown carried out by President Donald Trump and his allies.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed economist Minouche Shafik as his chief economic adviser.

A Chinese philosophy student was deported from the United States after landing in Houston to study at the University of Houston.

Handmade cards from classmates are helping to comfort an 11-year-old girl who was wounded in this week's shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis.

"Thoughts and prayers."

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington explores the complexity of America's past.

Signs of a decline in international students have unsettled colleges around the U.S., but some schools are especially vulnerable.

Denver school officials are pushing back against a U.S. Education Department finding that its all-gender bathrooms violate Title IX protections against sex-based discrimination.

President Donald Trump's administration has told 40 states to remove references to what it calls “gender ideology” from federally funded sex education materials.

The U.S. Education Department says Denver Public Schools violated Title IX protections against sex-based discrimination in education by creating all-gender bathrooms and allowing students to use bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity.

New data shows Virginia students are making gains in the classroom, but state leaders say there’s still work to do.

Officials say a shooter opened fire during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, killing two children and injuring 17 other people before killing himself.

Some colleges are allowing pets in dorms to help students feel more at home.

A rash of hoax calls about active shooters on at least a dozen college campuses around the U.S. has spread fear among students as the school year begins.

Melania Trump is inviting students in grades K-12 to participate in a government-sponsored nationwide contest using artificial intelligence.

Virginia marked a milestone Monday with the opening of the Commonwealth’s first adult high school, giving residents a second chance to earn their diplomas.

Public schools have reopened in the nation’s capital with parents on edge over the presence of thousands of National Guard troops, some armed, and federal law enforcement officers.

Hurricane Katrina changed New Orleans' education system forever, creating the first all-charter school district in the U.S. The Associated Press spoke with three survivors about their experiences.

The central Pennsylvania town of Mount Gretna is a throwback to the period more than a century ago when the summertime get-togethers known as Chautauquas were practically a craze.

The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional.

The Trump administration says it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional.

False reports of active shooters have led to panic and temporary lockdowns at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

A medical museum in Philadelphia is redrawing its policies about collecting and displaying human remains.

A coalition of more than 30 privacy and civil rights groups is calling on U.S. universities to dismantle campus surveillance and data collection in order to protect student protesters from government retaliation.

Students and teachers often suffer heat-related illnesses at schools in Puerto Rico, one of many places where extreme heat is disrupting children’s education more frequently.

As students start school this year, 17 states and the District of Columbia are imposing new cellphone restrictions.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas from requiring nearly a dozen public school districts across the state to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom.

Oklahoma will require applicants for teaching jobs from California and New York to pass an exam that the state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against “radical leftist ideology.”.

Twelve new classrooms will be added to Christian Heritage Academy, which will allow over 500 students to attend class by next school year.

Thanks to the success of the “Load the Bus” event, free school supplies were available for dozens of families who may not have been able to buy them otherwise.

The Trump administration has proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that could exclude teachers, social workers and nurses if their employers engage in activities deemed illegal.

President Donald Trump is attempting to reshape college admissions according to his definition of merit, with an emphasis on test scores and a blind eye toward diversity.

A federal judge has struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities.

A federal judge has struck down key parts of a Florida law that allowed parents to remove books they found objectionable from public school libraries.

New York’s legal marijuana agency allowed dozens of cannabis dispensaries to open too close to schools after regulators misread state law and are now pushing for a legislative fix to prevent the pot shops from having to relocate.

Florida shifted to virtual learning for youth in juvenile detention — and parents and students say it's been a disaster.

Los Angeles area students are returning to class under a cloud of apprehension after a summer of immigration raids and amid worries that schools could become targets in the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore millions in National Science Foundation grants to UCLA.

Harvard University and the Trump administration are getting close to an agreement that would require the Ivy League university to pay $500 million to regain access to federal funding and to end investigations, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Experts say it’s worth easing kids back into a regular sleep routine with the start of a new school year.

Anguished pleas from parents.

The school division planned to install a dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS) to improve airflow and overall air quality in the school, but that won’t be ready for a few more weeks, leaving some parents concerned.

Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao’s status as a powerhouse couple was on display as they attended a ceremony in Kentucky for the archives that will catalogue their careers.

School district officials have released text messages, personnel files and student records of the shooter from the 2022 attack at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers.

Under the policy, parents could face fines or jail time if their child misses too much school.

The Virginia Board of Education has approved the establishment of the first new Governor’s School in the Commonwealth since 2009.

If you still need to get your kid vaccinated or get them their physicals for school, you can do so for free or low cost on Tuesday at the Community Empowerment Center in Roanoke.

New AI-powered cameras give Salem High School a sharp eye for spotting weapons before danger strikes.

Police say a suspected shooter and a police officer are dead after law enforcement responded to an active shooter near the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University.

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars of grants that are awarded by federal agencies.

A White House official says the Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles.

An increase in the tax on university endowments is creating financial challenges for the wealthiest U.S. colleges.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum requiring colleges to prove they do not consider race in admissions.

Surveillance systems in American schools increasingly monitor everything students write on school accounts and devices.

Hundreds of Harvard researchers have fallen victim to the freeze on funding by the Trump administration.

A federal judge in Oregon has issued an injunction temporarily stopping the mass cancellation of National Endowment for the Humanities grants to humanities councils around the country.

Tens of thousands of U.S. college students without legal residency are losing access to in-state tuition as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration.

The Trump administration has suspended $584 million in federal grants for the University of California, Los Angeles.

School districts across Virginia have been making tweaks to their cell phone policies to align with Governor Glenn Youngkin's executive order.

Tudor Lakatos is fighting discrimination against Romania’s Roma minority through the music of Elvis Presley.

School divisions have spent the past few months making safety upgrades. Those efforts are getting a boost from millions of dollars in state grants.

America’s rural high school students are less likely to go to college than their urban and suburban peers.

The Gaudreau Family 5K Walk/Run has raised more than $500,000 to build an accessible playground at Archbishop Damiano School in southern New Jersey.

Former Nike CEO John Donahoe has been hired as Stanford's athletic director.

A teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing two hikers he didn’t know in an Arkansas state park has bounced between four school districts in three states.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high.

Several elite U.S. colleges have made deals with President Donald Trump’s administration, offering concessions to his political agenda and financial payments to restore federal money that had been withheld.

The new school year is just around the corner. If your kids have been staying up late this summer, now is a good time to get their sleep schedules back on track.

Brown University has reached a deal with the federal government to regain access to federal research funding and end investigations into alleged discrimination.

The Secretary of the Army has directed the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to review its hiring practices and rescind the appointment of a newly announced hire who led the nation's cybersecurity agency under President Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump's administration is freezing $108 million in research funding to Duke University as the federal government accuses it of racial discrimination in the form of affirmative action.

West Virginia is banning seven artificial dyes from school meals before the start of class.

The Trump administration is pressing for a deal with Harvard University that would require the Ivy League school pay far more than the $200 million fine agreed to by Columbia University, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Summer vacation is winding down, and parents across the region are getting their kids ready for the new year.

Dozens of dairy cattle are on the move at Michigan State University.

Leaders of the county where 19 students and two teachers were killed in the 2022 shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, have voted to release records related to the massacre.

Tom Lehrer, a song satirist who gained a popular following in the 1950s and ’60s lampooning marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, and then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, has died at 97.

Congress is considering proposals from President Donald Trump to slash funding for disability rights centers in each state, and advocates worry that they could lose more than 60% their federal dollars.

The White House is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard and other universities as part of potential settlements to end investigations into campus antisemitism, according to an administration official familiar with the matter.

A new study at the University of Virginia is testing to see if a common recreational drug can help people cope with the loss of a loved one.

The Trump administration is investigating the Oregon Department of Education after receiving a complaint from a conservative non-profit group alleging the state was violating civil rights law by allowing transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams.

The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in grants to schools for adult literacy, English language instruction and other programs, the Education Department said Friday.

A 14-year-old boy has been killed and a 19-year-old has been wounded after in overnight shooting at a University of New Mexico dormitory.

Academics around the country are raising alarm about growing efforts to define antisemitism on terms pushed by the Trump administration.

A West Virginia judge has allowed children from three families to attend school without required vaccinations.

President Trump has signed an executive order directing federal authorities to clarify whether college athletes can be considered employees of their schools.

A deal between Columbia University and the Trump administration calls for the Ivy League school to pay more than $220 million to resolve multiple federal investigations into alleged violations of federal antidiscrimination laws.

The Trump administration’s milestone settlement with Columbia promises to bring stability to a university embroiled in scrutiny.

As higher education costs have grown to heights many U.S. residents find unattainable or illogical, some adults are looking to their employers for help.

For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones’ graves.

Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government.

The State Department says it's investigating whether Harvard University will remain part of a government program that allows foreign nationals to take part in cultural and education exchange programs.

A subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight has voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Teenagers are increasingly turning to AI for advice, emotional support and decision-making, according to a new study.