WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration is planning a dramatic overhaul of Head Start that would gut its quality standards, …
FILE - Students help put away supplies at the end of a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program run by Easterseals, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Gilberto Cárdenas, a highly respected sociologist who many considered a great advocate for advancing Latino and Chicano identity through acade…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oprah Winfrey says she will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Africa two decades ago at the e…
FILE - Oprah Winfrey talks to students at her Leadership Academy for Girls at Henley-On-Klip South Africa, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 on the eve of the first graduation at her school. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, file)
DETROIT (AP) — Two people who attended a prestigious Michigan fine arts school reported conduct of a sexual nature by Jeffrey Epstein, a major…
Howard University notified hundreds of first-year incoming students that their spots for the upcoming semester were no longer being held. This has left students like 17-year-old Keana Johnson scrambling for alternatives. Johnson, living in a New York City shelter, is considering the University of the District of Columbia, which has extended its application deadline. In response, other schools like the University of the District of Columbia and the State University of New York and City University of New York are opening or extending applications for admission deadlines to former Howard students scrambling to find campuses for the fall.
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. Salamanca City Central School District had purchased the female-looking robot to enhance the education of high school students studying robotics and technology fields starting this fall. But state education officials and local residents raised concerns about how students' personal information would be used and what data privacy and security protections would be in place. Unionized teachers also criticized the robot maker’s ties to a company that produces hyper realistic sex robots.
Trump officials launch probe of 2 school districts over alleged testosterone vials, kissing exercise
The U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday it was investigating allegations that a high school teacher in the Denver school district requir…
A teenager who killed two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia frequently discussed his notoriety with his mother from jail. Prosecutors played clips of these conversations during his sentencing hearing Tuesday. Sixteen-year-old Colt Gray pleaded guilty Friday to 55 counts, including murder, for the September 2024 shooting. A judge will decide if he can have parole. An investigator said Gray idolized other mass shooters and sought notoriety online. A state official said Gray's behavior improved with treatment after a no-contact order against his mother and he starting taking medication.
