Education

Flowers are placed beside a sign at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, a day after a deadly shooting.

Bystander ‘heroically’ stops Oregon school shooter after four killed: What to know

Brady Knox, David Zimmermann · October 16, 2026 2:33 pm

AOC.

AOC says Trump administration doesn’t want women attending college

Left, Vice President JD Vance speaks as Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, left, and Anthony D'Esposito, Department of Labor Inspector General, right, listen during a news conference on the Fraud Task Force inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus. Right, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico speaks during an event in Dallas.

Vance tells James Talarico to keep his ‘freaky paws out of our schools’

The Chi Phi fraternity house on Cornell University's campus in New York.

Cornell bans fraternity parties for rest of school year after rape case uproar

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C-SPAN to host fourth annual National Civics Bee championship

A Carnegie Mellon University sign.

Ken Griffin makes historic $3 billion donation to Carnegie Mellon University

Emily Hallas September 30, 2026 10:33 am

A student walks past a Cornell University sign

Hochul calls for third-party investigation into Cornell over gang rape allegations

David Zimmermann September 29, 2026 2:05 pm

Education Secretary Linda McMahon prepares for an interview at the Republican midterm convention.

Education Department rescinds Biden-era gender identity language

David Zimmermann September 28, 2026 5:07 pm

Country music star Dolly Parton does the Hokey Pokey with children from the Blakemore Children's Center asTenn. Gov. Phil Bredesen, left, reads from the book "The Hokey Pokey, " as they announce that Davidson County is now part of the Books from Birth program at the Nashville Public Library.

Dolly Parton’s book program sees boost since singer’s death, expands to the UK

Claire Carter September 25, 2026 12:31 pm

Pedestrians walk on the campus at Stanford University.

Stanford uses AI to race swap students in picture

Britta Miller September 24, 2026 11:00 am

An 8-foot tall, 1,200-pound Longhorn statue greets visitors at the new Frank Denius Family University of Texas Athletics Hall of Fame. Displays honor all 55 of Texas' National Championship teams, 599 conference team titles, hundreds of individual national champions, 171 Olympians at 21 Olympiads, academic All-Americans and other scholastic honorees, as well as the traditions and tales that encompass the history of Longhorns.

University of Texas at Austin to no longer offer women’s studies major, among others

Britta Miller September 18, 2026 3:15 pm

Students board a bus in Fairfax County.

String of students struck by cars, including one fatality, reignites outrage over Fairfax County’s removal of crossing guards

Mia Cathell September 14, 2026 5:00 am

higher education DEI

Zombie higher ed: Elections have consequences

Asaf Romirowsky, Alex Joffe September 13, 2026 6:30 am

Fairfax County Public School buses.

Joe Concha says Fairfax County schools’ guidance on teaching 9/11 is ‘woke’

Britta Miller September 12, 2026 10:34 am

The 9/11 Museum displays an image of one of the twin towers outside the 9/11 memorial site at Ground Zero, 25 years after the attacks on the World Trade Center, on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

New York 9/11 museum to offer free admission every Sunday afternoon

David Zimmermann September 11, 2026 2:09 pm

UC Berkeley campus.

UC Berkeley Law discriminated in admissions, Trump administration finds

Kaelan Deese September 9, 2026 7:43 pm

Sisters playing together in a park.

Head Start programs get $225 million MAHA boost from Trump administration

Gabrielle M. Etzel September 8, 2026 11:00 am