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Recent Massachusetts high school graduate Verda Tetteh is off to Harvard University this fall – and helping some of her fellow classmates along the way. We spoke to Tetteh about why she declined a $40,000 scholarship and asked it be given to other kids headed to community colleges.

The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday expanded its interpretation of federal sex protections to include transgender and gay students

With many bills in state legislatures seeking to ban teaching of critical race theory, we reached out to Becky Pringle, a 30-year veteran science teacher who now heads the NEA, the largest teachers’ union in the country. Pringle says when kids ask questions about race, adults need to be “courageous enough to answer those questions truthfully.”

Several school districts in Connecticut are announcing early dismissals for Monday due to the high heat and humidity.

UPDATE: New York education officials clarify that until the CDC responds to the state’s letter, indoor mask requirements will on be adjusted. New York plans to eliminate its indoor mask requirement for students and adults in schools and camps statewide starting Monday barring any objection from the CDC, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday. At that point, mask use will...

He’s just three and a half pounds, but the topics K-9 Gizmo is taking on couldn’t be heavier – mental health struggles and alarming rates of suicide among young people. Now the Connecticut-based pooch is the face of a new mental health curriculum available to schools across America. With 10 years on the job as a therapy dog for first…

K-9 Gizmo is taking on an important job amid mental health struggles and alarming rates of suicide among young people. Now the Connecticut-based pooch is the face of a new mental health curriculum available to schools across America.

He’s just three and a half pounds, but the topics K-9 Gizmo is taking on couldn’t be heavier – mental health struggles and alarming rates of suicide among young people. Now the Connecticut-based pooch is the face of a new mental health curriculum available to schools across America.

Victims of bullying carry the effects of it into adulthood, and that can manifest as violent thoughts toward their aggressors. A psychologist says it’s important to know where violent thoughts are coming from to intervene before than turns into violent actions.

Children are having their noses swabbed or saliva sampled at school to test for the coronavirus in cities such as Baltimore, New York and Chicago.

The CDC released guidelines on Friday recommending that K-12 schools continue to require face masks for the 2021-2022 school year.

When 4-year-old Lily and 3-year-old Will visit doctors these days, they’re on a mission to stop the spread of COVID-19. The siblings are some of the youngest participants in the ongoing vaccine trial. With U.S. regulators on Monday approving the emergency use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12, kids in Lily and Will’s age group...

In 2020, hate crimes against Asian Americans increased 15 percent.

On the same day Jersey City students finally returned to their classrooms, a high school teacher was removed from them while under investigation for allegedly going on a vulgar tirade aimed at the children in his class.

25 states have introduced bills calling for more personal finance education in schools. In some districts, even kindergarteners are learning early lessons about the basics of saving, spending and debt. Sharon Epperson, senior CNBC personal finance correspondent, talks with LX News about students across the country who called for more real-life financial guidance.

As some students struggle after more than a year of closures, remote learning and other disruptions during the pandemic, school districts are looking at ways to help those students get back on track.

As some students struggle after more than a year of closures, remote learning and other disruptions during the pandemic, school districts are looking at ways to help those students get back on track.

School districts are looking at ways to hold safe, outdoor events to celebrate milestones for students after many missed out during the pandemic shutdowns last spring.

Officials say reports to the DCF child abuse and neglect care line went down more than 20% when schools closed or went remote. Now as schools reopen, reports are back up.

Schools across the U.S. are weighing how to use a windfall from the federal government’s latest coronavirus relief package