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Authorities are seeking the public’s help to identify a young child who they say was abandoned outside North Miami Elementary School on Thursday morning.
Applications are now open for Miami-Dade County District 1 high school students to join a spring break expedition exploring pivotal civil rights landmarks across the South.
As President Donald Trump cracks down on immigrants in the U.S. illegally, some families are wondering if it is safe to send their children to school.
A court settlement that would require colleges to pay athletes billions for their play is not going to settle the debate over amateurism in NCAA sports.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from parents in suburban Washington who want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters.
IMSA arranged for 27 high school students who excel in STEM programs to come to the speedway to educate the teens on how many opportunities exist in motorsports for those interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
A man was arrested Thursday afternoon near a school in northwest Miami-Dade after police said he attempted to kidnap a student, prompting a campus lockdown.
An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” has been ordered jailed without bail.
The U.S. Department of Education says plans for colleges to pay athletes directly for their name, image and likeness deals would run afoul of Title IX.
A 14-year-old suspect appeared in court Thursday in connection with last year’s threat against Somerset Academy in Pembroke Pines, despite having no known connection to the school or South Florida.
Many colleges accused of tolerating antisemitism on their campuses have been settling with federal civil rights investigators in the weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who urged a tougher response to campus protests against the war in Gaza.
Police on Wednesday announced the arrest three of individuals, including two teenagers, in connection with a threat that they said was made against Somerset Academy in Pembroke Pines on Nov. 9, 2024.
More than 260,000 former students of the now-defunct for-profit Ashford University are getting their student loans erased as the Biden administration presses ahead with debt forgiveness in its final days.
While Republican states were working to limit school history lessons and ban transgender athletes, President Joe Biden’s education chief said he was focused on what matters — putting more social workers in schools, expanding summer school and building a pipeline of new teachers.
Timothy “Chaz” Stevens, a free speech activist, said he found an opportunity in Broward County.
A Florida state lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban some of the state’s public colleges and universities from admitting students who are in the country without legal permission.
Local 10 News has obtained dashcam video footage of the moments when authorities said a 58-year-old Broward County principal was arrested for impersonating a deputy during a traffic stop on Florida’s Turnpike last week.
Award winning actor Jon Hamm, best known for his roles on “Mad Men” and, more recently, on “Fargo” and “Landman,” has been named 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
Despite failing to deliver his promise for broad student loan forgiveness, President Joe Biden has now overseen the cancellation of student loans for more than 5 million Americans — more than any other president in U.S. history.
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, many elected officials in Republican and Democratic states are preparing to either aid or oppose his policies.
Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to introduce more Christianity to public school classrooms, testing the separation of church and state.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at a private school in Jacksonville Friday morning.
The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found that they overstepped the president’s authority.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation that boosts the rights of parents to know when schools are changing their child’s health care or preparing to present lessons involving sexuality or gender.
A 58-year-old Broward County man was arrested Tuesday after authorities said he impersonated a police officer during a traffic stop on the Florida Turnpike, claiming to be a reserve deputy and even stating he was the cousin of basketball star Shaquille O’Neal.
Schools around the country are reviewing what to do if immigration agents come knocking as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office after campaigning on a pledge to deport millions of people.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has asked for the immediate resignation of regents at Western New Mexico State University after revelations of wasteful spending and failures in financial oversight.
University of Miami basketball coach Jim Larrañaga announced his resignation Tuesday, less than two years after leading the Hurricanes to their historic first Final Four appearance.
One-third of Turkey's children live in poverty, with many forced to work to support their struggling families.
A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.
Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the subject is taught remains inconsistent across Florida classrooms, a review by The Associated Press has found.
The U.S. Department of Education said Friday it has reached an agreement with the University of California system resolving complaints from Jewish and Muslim students of discrimination and harassment during protests last spring over the war in Gaza.
Artificial intelligence holds the promise of helping countless other students with a range of visual, speech, language and hearing impairments to execute tasks that come easily to others.
A 42-year-old man stands accused of sexually abusing girls who were under his care while he worked as a Miami-Dade County Public Schools substitute teacher.
President Joe Biden’s administration has started to withdraw pending regulations that won’t be finalized by the time he leaves office.
Some U.S. colleges and universities are advising international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated.
A judge has refused to allow a Michigan school shooter to withdraw his guilty plea to two dozen charges, including terrorism and first-degree murder.
An official at the Wisconsin school where a student shot and killed a teacher and a fellow student says the 15-year-old was in her first semester there.
A new documentary about teacher Christa McAuliffe focuses more on how she still inspires others and less on her fate aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
New filings in a 2022 class-action lawsuit contend that children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities.
Police say the shooter who killed a student and teacher at a religious school in Wisconsin this week brought two guns to the school.
Teddy Bridgewater is planning to make a return to the NFL after leading his alma mater, Miami Northwestern, to a state championship as head coach.
Community members in Wisconsin are continuing to wrestle with grief and calling for change in the aftermath of a school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others.
A Palm Beach Gardens mother is demanding answers after her 8-year-old daughter was left bruised and bloodied following an alleged altercation with another child after school.
Boston is planning to renovate a crumbling stadium in one of the city's most diverse neighborhoods for its new professional women's soccer team.
Investigators in Wisconsin are trying to determine a motive in a school shooting that left a teacher and a student dead and two other children in critical condition.
Police in Madison, Wisconsin, believe multiple factors prompted a 15-year-old student to open fire at a private Christian school, but they declined to share those Tuesday.
A student opened fire at a private Christian school Monday morning in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and another student in the final week before Christmas break.
Florida State and Mike Norvell have agreed to a restructured contract that includes the football coach contributing $4.5 million of his 2025 salary to help launch a fundraising campaign amid the sport's changing financial landscape.
Reliance on school buses has been waning for years as districts struggle to find drivers and more students attend schools far outside their neighborhoods.
Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Janine Stanwood interviews Howard Hepburn, the Broward County Public Schools Superintendent; Harold Pryor, the Broward County State Attorney; Kevin Cooper, the chairman of the Republican Party of Miami-Dade County; and Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, a Miami Beach commissioner. Attorney Ed Pozzuoli and Scott Travis, a Sun-Sentinel reporter, join the Roundtable.
A new proposal for changes at public schools highlighted a painful reality: Student enrollment has significantly decreased at Broward Estates Elementary in Lauderhill.
Dr. Robert “Bob” Parks, a dedicated champion of education and a fixture in Broward County’s school system, died late last month at the age of 76, according to his online obituary obtained by Local 10 News Wednesday.
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Boston parents who claimed a temporary admissions exam policy for the city’s elite high schools discriminated against white students and those of Asian descent.
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district’s guidance for supporting transgender students.
The stars of ABC’s hit show Shark Tank brought their entrepreneurial expertise to Florida Atlantic University on Wednesday, delivering a real-life business lesson to a captivated audience.
Vice President Kamala Harris and breakout pop star Chappell Roan were among the most talked-about people this year.
A judge’s overturning of Wisconsin’s 13-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for teachers and most state government employees has rekindled a battle over labor rights in a state where the first public sector unions were formed 65 years ago.
Years after COVID-19 disrupted American schools, nearly every state is still struggling with attendance.
Brown University has transferred ownership of a portion of its land in Bristol, Rhode Island to a preservation trust established by the Pokanoket Indian Tribe.
Wisconsin public worker and teachers unions have scored a major legal victory with a ruling that restores collective bargaining rights they lost under a 2011 state law.
Former U.K. Conservative Party leader William Hague has been elected chancellor of Oxford University, one of the most prestigious positions in British academia.
Regardless of whether President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to deport millions of immigrants, educators around the U.S. are bracing for upheaval.
The love of books starts early at The Miami Book Fair’s Children’s Alley, which has a schedule of theatrical performances, interactive science activities, hands-on crafts, and story times.
The federal FAFSA form used to apply for college financial aid opened to high school seniors across the nation on Thursday, a year after a disastrous rollout by the Biden administration delayed the application for months.
Students at Miami Jackson Senior High School are rallying behind a prominent football coach after allegations surfaced accusing him of watching pornographic material on a school computer during work hours.
The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature has completed its override of Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation that addresses both private school scholarship grants and immigration.
Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump heaped scorn on the federal Department of Education, describing it as being infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists.”.
Max Edwards is a successful high school football coach most recently assigned to the athletic department at Miami Jackson Senior High School.
The Texas State Board of Education has given initial approval to a Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for public schools to adopt for lessons from kindergarten through fifth grade.
A 20-year-old man accused of masturbating in front of two teenage students near a middle school in Palmetto Bay was arrested Monday after leading police on a high-speed chase through an active school zone, authorities confirmed.
A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year.
Texas A&M University is set to mark the anniversary of the campus bonfire tragedy that killed 12 people and injured dozens more 25 years ago.
Oklahoma's education superintendent has sent an email to public school superintendents requiring them to show students his video announcement of a new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism.
President-elect Donald Trump has a vision for education that revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “wokeness” and “left-wing indoctrination.”.
A volleyball coach was arrested Wednesday on accusations that he molested a 16-year-old girl while he worked at the school she attends, authorities confirmed to Local 10 News.
The Republican-led Ohio Senate has approved a bill banning transgender students from using bathrooms that fit their gender identities.
Transgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign.
