Education

BEVERLY, Mass. — An enslaved Black man, the tall tale he inspired and the beach that now bears his name are the focus of new efforts to recognize the role...

JUNEAU, Alaska — School district officials in Alaska investigating how students at a summer child-care program were served floor sealant instead of milk say the two products were not on...

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — About 20 students at a Michigan high school where four students were killed in a mass shooting say their constitutional rights to safety and education have...

BOSTON — A father was acquitted Thursday of charges that he paid off a Georgetown University tennis coach to get his daughter into the school in the final trial linked...

MISSION, Kan. — What Karla Arango says started as a dorm-room sexual assault got even worse as word spread around campus. Her attacker’s fraternity brothers snubbed her, she says, whispering...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But after an initial burst...

Ask a man about gender equality, and you’re likely to hear the U.S. has made great strides in the 50 years since the landmark anti-discrimination law Title IX was passed....

Students graduating from Seattle Pacific University (SPU) were seen giving the president of the school LGBT pride flags as part of a protest against the school’s ban on allowing full-time...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio school districts could begin arming employees as soon as this fall under a bill signed into law Monday by GOP Gov. Mike DeWine. The law, as...

AUSTIN, Texas — As public pressure mounts for more information on the deadly Uvalde school shooting, some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records...