Missouri attorney general is accused of racial bias for pinning a student fight on diversity program
Days after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey blamed an after-school fight on a school districtโs diversity programming, a lawyer for the majority Black district in suburban St. Louis says the stateโs chief attorney is showing racial bias.
A woman accuses a schoolmate of raping her at age 12. The school system says she is making it up.
A 24-year-old woman is telling jurors that she was repeatedly raped and sexually harassed a decade ago as a seventh-grade student in Virginia, and that school officials reacted to her pleas for help with indifference.
A year after deadly Nashville shooting, Christian school relies on faith โ and adopted dogs
Nearly a year after a shooting at a Christian elementary school in Nashville that left three adults and three children dead, students and their families have formed tight bonds out of their shared grief.
Girl Scout troop resolved to support migrants despite backlash
As government officials debate how to handle the influx of new arrivals, the Girl Scouts โ whose Troop 6000 has served kids who live in the shelter system since 2017 โ are quietly welcoming hundreds of the cityโs youngest new residents with the support of donations.
Hundreds of thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest calculation error
The U.S. Education Department says it discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this yearโs college applications.
Girls are falling in love with wrestling, the nation's fastest-growing high school sport
Girlsโ wrestling has become the fastest-growing high school sport in the country, sanctioned by a surging number of states and bolstered by a movement of medal-winning female wrestlers, parents and the male-dominated ranks of coaches and administrators who saw it as a necessity and a matter of equality.
Nature photography contest offers cash prizes and exhibition opportunity for San Antonio children and teens
Children and teens interested in photography and nature are being invited to take part in an annual city-wide contest for cash and the right to have their photos framed and exhibited at a San Antonio museum.
Pencils down: SATs are going all digital, and students have mixed reviews of the new format
As SAT season kicks off this weekend, students across the U.S. for the first time will take it with computers and tablets โ and not the pencils theyโve used since the college admissions test was introduced nearly a century ago.
Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act
The U.S. Department of Education says Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine after the large Christian school in Virginia failed to disclose information about crimes on campus.
Michael Bloomberg tops the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of Americaโs biggest donors in 2023
Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, gave the most to charitable causes last year, followed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, and Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropyโs exclusive list of the 50 Americans who donated the largest sums to nonprofits last year.
Leading SA: How Community for Life Foundation help todayโs learners become tomorrowโs leaders
Community for Life Foundation executive director Dr. Lawrence Scott joined KSAT 12 anchor Max Massey to discuss the nonprofitโs mission of helping San Antonioโs young people to pursue their own mission, its more than 20-year record of service and how students can apply for scholarship money through the organization Sunday morning on Leading SA.
Special needs teachers speak out at Northside ISD meeting after death of instructional assistant
A Northside Independent School District board meeting turned into a call for action Tuesday night after several current and former special education teachers filled the meeting to voice their frustrations and concerns.
$1B donation makes New York medical school tuition free and transforms students' lives
Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine say they can give up their part-time jobs, focus on their studies and reconsider the kind of medicine they hope to practice thanks to a generous donation to their New York school.
Florida refuses to bar unvaccinated students from school suffering a measles outbreak
Floridaโs controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an elementary schoolโs measles outbreak, telling parents of unvaccinated children it is their choice whether their student attends class.
Video shows Oklahoma nonbinary teen after attack in school bathroom, the day before their death
A police video shows that a 16-year-old Oklahoma student who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom was conscious and alert when telling police about the attack by three girls that occurred after the teen squirted them with water.
Tribal bloodshed shines spotlight on instability in strategically vital Papua New Guinea
A tribal clash in Papua New Guineaโs remote highlands in which at least 26 people were killed has put a growing internal security problem under the microscope in the strategically vital South Pacific island nation that has garnered closer military attention from the United States and China.
Students and parents are frustrated by delays in hearing about federal financial aid for college
For many students, the excitement of being accepted into their first-choice college is being tempered this year by a troublesome uncertainty over whether theyโll get the financial aid they need to attend.
Texas ban on university diversity efforts provides a glimpse of the future across GOP-led states
As Texas public university students returned to the classroom in January, a new law in Texas banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from state funded higher education institutions took effect.