EDUCATION

The fallout from the shooting of a teacher by a first-grader in Virginia has prompted a staff shakeup in the Newport News school district.

Several years of pandemic restrictions and curriculum battles have emboldened longtime advocates of funneling public funds to private and religious schools in statehouses throughout the country.

One Rockbridge County teacher created a scholarship for students who want to work in special education.

A man who left gang life when he was younger and went on to help troubled young people is now in the hospital as a victim of what police say is the same sort of violence he was escaping.

An attorney says a Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student during class plans to sue the school district.

The co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series “Sesame Street,” Lloyd Morrisett has died.

Some schools in our region will either be closed or delayed on Monday due to frigid temperatures and wintry weather.

The school board discussed a competitive salary proposal at Tuesday night's school board work session.

Teacher Job Recruiting Fair hoping to fill hundreds of open positions across Southwest Virginia

Any Iowa student who wants to attend a private school will be able to use public money to pay for tuition or other expenses.

For many American schoolchildren, school lunch consists of mass-produced, reheated meals they would rather skip.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools is asking for input on cell phones in the classroom.

The former superintendent of the Montgomery County Public School system is now required to pay back the school board to resolve excess payments.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reiterated the state's rejection of a proposed nationwide advanced African American studies course, saying it pushes a political agenda.

The family of a student who died from alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity will receive nearly $3 million from Bowling Green State University to settle its hazing-related lawsuit.

Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Verletta White is being praised for her impact on students in the Roanoke Valley.

Some schools in our region will either be closed or delayed on Monday due to frigid temperatures and wintry weather.

Students in the Builds and Trade program have recently completed setting up posts for a new structure at the GC Recreational Park Softball Fields.

Kristina Lozinskaya, a 2022 magna cum laude graduate of Washington and Lee University, has been selected for the 2024 class of Schwarzman Scholars, a one-year master’s program at China’s Tsinghua University. The Schwarzman Scholars program draws inspiration from the Rhodes Scholarship program at the University of Oxford. Lozinskaya is W&L’s fourth Schwarzman Scholar.

Native American boarding school survivors of abuse and their descendants shared memories and tears in Arizona on U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's yearlong “Road to Healing” initiative.

If you need some inspiration, here are three of our stories about parent-child bonding through learning an activity together.

Harvard University has announced it plans to offer a fellowship to a leading human rights activist after its initial denial sparked widespread criticism.

The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia says the child suffered from “an acute disability.”.

The university is working towards becoming more accessible and affordable for future students.

The Supreme Court seemed sympathetic to the arguments of a deaf student who sued his public school system for providing an inadequate education.

A former researcher accused of concealing work he did in China while employed by the University of Kansas was sentenced Wednesday to time served and two years of supervised release.

Does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have too much power and influence.

Several schools in the Roanoke County school district will be closed today due to significant power outages in the area.

For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its doors to clean up methamphetamine contamination.

A 19th-century orphanage in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter has reopened its doors as a museum, a hundred years after taking in scores of children whose parents were killed in the Armenian genocide.

In the wake of the college admissions bribery scandal, experts say there’s little evidence that it stirred significant change in the world of college admissions.

A school superintendent says administrators at the Virginia school where a first-grader shot his teacher last week learned the child may have had a weapon in his possession before the shooting but did not find the 9mm handgun he brought despite searching his backpack.

The shooting of a first-grade teacher in Virginia by a 6-year-old boy has plunged the nation into uncharted waters of school violence.

The man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students will have a preliminary hearing in late June, when prosecutors will try to show a judge that they have enough evidence to justify the felony charges.

Former Montgomery County superintendent Dr. Mark Miear speaks out after being fired with little explanation in March.

The White House is moving forward with a proposal that would lower student debt payments for millions of Americans now and in the future.

The NAACP's 2023 legislative agenda places heavy focus on education.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has praised President Joe Biden’s weekend trip to the U.S.-Mexico border and his stepped-up efforts to combat illegal immigration.

Harvard University has rescinded a fellowship it had offered to a leading human rights activist over what he says was his group's criticism of Israel.

Some schools in our region will either be closed or delayed on Monday due to the chance of frigid temperatures and wintry weather.

In several red states around the country, conservative officials say it's time to reconsider tenure for university professors.

Police in the Virginia city of Newport News say a 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom.

Ask the new artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT to write an essay about the cause of the American Civil War and you can watch it churn out a persuasive term paper in a matter of seconds.

Currently first-year teachers are getting paid $2,000 less than the next lowest starting pay in the region.

Regardless of the time of year, or how old your kids are, it's important to have a system in place to wind them down at the end of the day.

Authorities say the DNA of the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students was found on a knife sheath recovered at the crime scene.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is launching an investigation into one of the state’s most prestigious high schools.

The man accused in the November slayings of four University of Idaho students is has arrived in Idaho, where he is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary.

The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions bribery scheme that ensnared celebrities, prominent businesspeople and other parents has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.

For working parents of young children, it seems the rest of the world has moved on from the pandemic.

The Taliban banned Afghan women from receiving education at public and private universities indefinitely, further restricting women’s rights.

A coroner rules Celia Marsh died after eating a Pret a Manger vegan wrap with traces of milk.

Long after Covid is gone, countries that closed schools longer and didn’t teach well online will do worse than others.

A former Chicago Public Schools administrator who founded the city’s charter school program will take the helm next month as the new superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Chicago, church officials said Monday.

President Joe Biden has faced mounting criticism from fellow Democrats over his approach to the situation, and for not being more critical of Israel.

The 4-year-old boy, who has not been identified, was found dead in the middle of the block before 7 a.m. CT Saturday, according to police.

May 16—A female dog named Charis recently received a special treat marking her one-year anniversary at the Effingham County Humane Society. But Charis had something else to bark about. She was going to be picked up later by her newly adopted family. Charis was a little feisty at her party. There were quite a few new faces she had never seen before, according to ECHS Adoption Coordinator Angie ...

An Italian judge accused of taking bribes to free mobsters from prison is at the centre of an arms trafficking investigation after allegedly amassing a huge arsenal of illegal military-grade weapons. A new arrest warrant was issued for Giuseppe De Benedictis, after police discovered one of the largest private stashes of weapons ever confiscated in Italy. The Bari judge was already facing corruption charges after police bugged gangsters bragging about buying him for 30,000 euros. It comes as Italy reckons with the ongoing influence of organised crime in a mafia "super-trial," in which more than 350 alleged mobsters and their collaborators will face justice. It is the biggest mafia trial since the 1980s. The arsenal was hidden beneath a rural farmhouse among the olive and almond groves north of Bari. When police lifted the cellar's heavy iron lid, which had been soldered shut, they discovered nearly 200 different weapons, including Kalashnikovs, AR15s, UZI, Socimi and Beretta machine guns, pump action shotguns, CZ and other semi-automatic pistols, hand grenades, 100,000 rounds of ammunition, and even an anti-tank mine. Anti-mafia authorities are now investigating whether some military equipment may have been stolen from the Italian army to be sold on the black market. Prosecutors believe Mr De Benedictis and an Italian army officer may have been helping organised crime gangs move illegal arms through the port city of Bari, but the ex-judge maintains the collection was just a side hobby. A known, passionate collector of rare and antique guns, he reportedly firsty told authorities he had dumped any questionable weapons into the Adriatic Sea, but police continued to search for the cache, following leads from wiretapped conversations. According to Lecce prosecutors and the 40-page arrest warrant issued by Investigating Magistrate Guilia Proto, Mr De Benedictis had wiretapped conversations with an Italian Army official in Bari, Corporal Major Antonio Serafino, about how to procure arms and where to hide them. Corporal Major Serafino worked at the passport office of the Italian Armed Forces Mechanised Brigade “Pinerolo” in Bari. The brigade has infantry, cavalry and artillery regiments with access to howitzers and other arms. According to court documents, police bugged his car, and the hidden microphone picked up the sound of machine gun fire from Serafino’s balcony in a Bari suburb on New Year’s Eve, as he and Mr De Benedictis tested out some of their weapons. The same bugs picked up conversations between the judge and the army officer debating about whether and how to move the cache of weapons from the “well” in a rural location. The well turned out to be an underground storage cellar in an outbuilding of a farmhouse near the village of Andria. The arrest warrant issued this week charged the farmhouse owner, Corporal Major Serafino and Mr De Bendictis with illegal arms dealing. It referred to them as “authentic traffickers of weapons of war” which they deny. Prosecutors are in the process of verifying the provenance of the arms to determine if they may have been the property of the Italian Army, and if so, what other public officials might have been complicit in aiding their disappearance.

Longtime friendship with boy and his parents leads to idea of help funding college.

Why should I hold on to my vaccination card? Should I let my child play sports? These are coronavirus questions we asked health and science experts.