The Oxford English Dictionary has officially added over a dozen Caribbean words."

A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration directive that would have barred some immigrants from accessing Head Start preschools, plus other federal programs.

Maps can anchor us in a place or help us get somewhere else.

Charlie Kirk’s family is blaming Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist’s assassination at a state university.

Federal authorities have charged a dozen people for fraudulently collecting over $10 million in childcare payments without having actual attendees at their facilities.

First lady Melania Trump visited an elementary school in northwestern North Carolina Tuesday, where she said the U.S. must lead on artificial intelligence.

As the new school year kicks in, the debate around student AI use is raging.

Jason Eaton insisted he was acting on orders from the CIA and Mossad when he shot three Palestinian college students who were walking past his home a few days after Thanksgiving.

Proponents of the Protect College Sports Act are pushing to pass the legislation through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks.

University students behind nearly two years of anti-government protests in Serbia have formally entered an election race before an early parliamentary vote next month challenging populist President Aleksandar Vucic.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is suing Columbia University, alleging it failed to address harassment against him and other members of a pro-Palestinian campus group.

School is back in session, and for many families, after-school programs are getting underway. And chances are, some of those kids are getting hands-on STEM learning. But hundreds of thousands of kids are missing out.

Three Metro Detroit educators joined Local 4 on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to share how they intend to broach the topic with younger generations.

Experts say children need to struggle with everyday problems to develop independence.

More than a dozen former hockey players are suing the University of Michigan.

A fire in Bukavu, eastern Congo, has killed at least 24 students, according to the rebel administration controlling the city.

Families’ interest in their kids’ education is falling in many high-income countries as school systems struggle with plunging test scores.

Telling the story of 9/11 has become the labor of U.S. schools now that about 1/3 of Americans weren’t yet born on Sept. 11, 2001.

A new poll shows that only 32% of Americans are satisfied with the quality of K-12 education in the country.

Behind Michigan’s projected need for thousands of registered nurses each year are two important questions: Who will care for a growing number of patients, and how can aspiring and current nurses get the education they need to answer that call?

Nearly 2,000 people, most of them students, have fallen ill in suspected food poisoning outbreaks linked to Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meals program between Sept. 1 and Sept. 3.

The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity.

Having a criminal record creates hurdles for people seeking employment.

The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on their race.

Nearly a century after the Nazis shut down Germany's world-famous Bauhaus school of design, the art movement has once again become a cultural battleground.

Childcare costs are straining families.

With class back in session, teachers are working on improving the literacy of their students because there is a troubling picture of how Michigan kids are doing.

Shabana Basij-Rasikh leads the School of Leadership of Afghanistan that's now based in Rwanda.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the school system in Kansas City, Kansas, over its policies on transgender students.

Vanderbilt University Provost C. Cybele Raver has officially been elected as the next president of the University of Michigan.

Ukrainian schools are adapting to wartime conditions as the conflict with Russia continues.

Cuba has reopened most of its schools despite a shortage of transportation, uniforms and teachers as the island's crises deepen.

As students and teachers return to the school routine, we’re hearing teachers’ advice for students.

Parents need to know the tools their children are using in school. That includes students turning to AI for homework help. The company behind ChatGPT is launching a version specifically for teens.

While some kids and teachers still have one more week left of summer break, for the rest it’s back to school, and for the best start to a successful school year, Rhonda Walker is back with her teacher roundtable with advice for parents and guardians.

Schools across Metro Detroit are back in session, and for many families, that means the back-to-school scramble is in full swing. And this year? It is costing more than ever.

Colleges around the country are seeking approval for a new federal grant program, Workforce Pell, to aid students enrolled for short-term job training.

Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel and others in its quest to deport noncitizens who the government says have disrupted college campuses as they expressed their views.

Lifestyle expert says the right games can build brains, burn energy and boost style

Emily Wilson's 2017 translation of “The Odyssey” is a million-seller.

Teachers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak are calling for a delayed reopening of schools due to the ongoing Ebola outbreak.

Tablets and computers have become essential for students, but they can also be distracting.

Alaska's North Slope tundra may look desolate, but crouch down and you'll see a lush jungle.

Many school districts in Metro Detroit have kicked off the school year this week, and they will have to decide how to implement a new statewide ban on smartphones in classrooms.

A growing number of colleges are offering three-year degree programs, which cut a year off a traditional bachelor's with reduced credit.

School buses for decades have maintained such a standard look across the U.S. that “school bus yellow” is shorthand for the bright hue with a slight orange tint.

AI chatbots have become the bane of teachers everywhere.

Harvard University Medical School has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its former morgue manager’s illegal sale of human remains.

To compete in the increasingly commercialized world of college sports, a growing number of universities are turning to nonprofits, limited liability companies and other “associated entities” to generate more revenue.

Barbara Kingsolver, Percival Everett and Daniel Kraus are among the authors participating in a touring exhibition organized by the Pulitzers and the American Library Association."

Nine scholars recently attended a seminar at the University of Michigan to learn about conserving papyrus manuscripts.

A Texas prosecutor who oversaw the conviction of Karmelo Anthony in the deadly stabbing of a track athlete during a high school meet says he and defense attorneys had agreed to hold back character evidence during the trial.

Two members of a university cycling team have been killed and seven others were injured in a car crash in northeastern Tennessee.

Jason Arday, who was once celebrated as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, was found dead last week after weeks of news stories presenting evidence that he was a plagiarist and fabulist.

Authorities have charged 14 people in connection with a drug ring at Penn State.

The Department of Defense has ordered 30 U.S. universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions as President Donald Trump's administration scrutinizes the country’s growing global influence.

A whistleblower is alleging that a Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities.

Kids and teens are likely trying to soak in the last few nights of staying up late and sleeping in. But experts said now, not the night before the first day of school, is the time to reset sleep schedules.

OpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT designed for teenagers.

Authorities say a high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself in an attack in a high school campus in the southern Philippines.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates have declined again, with exemptions reaching a record high.

For families looking to stock their kids’ closets for the upcoming school year, thrift shopping can help them save big — and do some good at the same time.

Back-to-school season used to be all about pencils, notebooks, and making sure the backpack still zipped.

A British sociologist who resigned from the University of Cambridge last week following plagiarism accusations was found dead Friday.

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families.

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families.

A judge in Boston has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that accused Harvard University of ignoring harassment of Jewish students.

A new AP-Ipsos poll finds Americans overwhelmingly see major benefits to children playing organized sports, but higher-income families are more likely to participate.

Michigan State University researchers are raising serious questions about how Michigan is serving its rural students.

Doctors worry that President Donald Trump’s new executive order on vaccines will stoke fear and confusion among parents at a time when measles is raging, immunization rates are falling and children are heading back to school.

A U.N. agency reports that five years after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, around 2.4 million girls remain excluded from secondary education.

Many in the Howard University community are focused on an enrollment debacle rather than the start of the new academic year.

Here’s a list of back-to-school giveaways across Metro Detroit:

The Justice Department has accused Duke University’s law school of unlawfully considering race in admissions in the latest Trump administration action against higher education institutions.

A Louisiana school board and the federal government have agreed to end more than 60 years of oversight meant to end segregation.

The dissection series will take place on the museum’s main floor in Mi-Sci’s Learning Launchpad from 2-4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday.

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to overhaul Head Start, a key early education program for the nation's neediest children.

Backpacks often become too heavy for kids, as students carry laptops, textbooks and more.

Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley, two correspondents recently ousted from "60 Minutes," will be moving from the newsroom to the classroom.

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to overhaul the Head Start program.

Oprah Winfrey says she will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Africa two decades ago at the end of next year.

Clintondale Community Schools hopes to have new leader in place before students return to school

An investigation has turned up allegations of sexual misconduct against nearly 50 people who were formerly affiliated with a prestigious Michigan fine arts school.

Howard University notified hundreds of first-year incoming students that their spots for the upcoming semester were no longer being held.

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.

The U.S. Department of Education says it is investigating whether Denver Public Schools and a school district in Washington state violated federal law.

A teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia has been sentenced to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Florida authorities have arrested a U.S. Secret Service agent and two other men on felony charges, saying they committed brutal beatings as part of a fraternity hazing ritual.

A psychologist has testified that a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia had a chaotic, lonely upbringing.

We know back-to-school shopping season is here, and for many families, it can be one of the biggest shopping trips of the year. Between clothes, shoes, backpacks, lunch bags, and school supplies, the costs can add up fast.

More than 500 incoming students at Howard University have learned this week that they have been unenrolled from the Washington, D.C., school and no longer have spots for the upcoming fall semester that begins Aug. 17.

A teenager has pleaded guilty to all 55 counts in a deadly shooting nearly two years ago at Apalachee High School in Georgia.

The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, rescinding a decades-long standard for civil rights enforcement.

Aims to quadruple college-degree rates and serve the whole family

President Donald Trump says Trump Accounts could lift children out of poverty and help more Americans invest in the stock market.

The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students.

According to an Associated Press analysis, more than 4.2 million people across the country defaulted on student loans between April 2025 and March 2026.

The Trump administration has finalized a rule that will prevent international students from staying in the U.S. for more than four years unless they seek and obtain government approval, a departure from long-standing practice.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Labor is trying to win over U.S. senators.

A federal appeals court has ended more than 60 years of federal oversight of a Louisiana school system that had been ordered to eradicate all vestiges of segregation.