Immense disparities exist in whether parents across the country report their child as ready for kindergarten, new data from the National Survey for Children's Health shows.
- HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press
Schools are facing a growing problem of students using artificial intelligence to transform innocent images of classmates into sexually explicit deepfakes.
- COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer
Some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges have been enrolling record numbers of low-income students as campuses prioritize economic diversity in the wake of a ban on affirmative action.
- JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press
AI tools are now being incorporated into how student applications are screened and analyzed, admissions directors say.
- GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press
Tribal citizens are among communities navigating the impacts of massive cuts in federal spending and the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
- COLLIN BINKLEY and ANNIE MA Associated Press
Here's what the Education Department currently handles, where its responsibilities will go to other federal agencies and what will stay the same.
- KATE PAYNE, BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press
Many parents have been deported or returned to their home countries due to immigration crackdowns.
Unions argued the administration used funding cuts to silence opposing viewpoints at UC in violation of the Constitution and federal law.
Most school districts are funded largely through property taxes. But schools whose boundaries include Native American reservations or military installations have fewer options for raising taxes for education.
The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for educators, wondering how long grant money will last and who can help them interpret federal laws.
Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers face a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown.
For many young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or whether to go at all — revolves around a single question: Is the degree worth its price?
Despite the U.S. government shutdown, the Education Department will continue to process the FAFSA. If it's your first time applying, here's what you need to know.
The country's largest teachers unions are teaming up with tech companies like Microsoft and OpenAI to help educators build literacy in artificial intelligence.
Kids age 12 and under are invited to cast a line for the chance to to win a variety of prizes.
As the Smith Mountain Lake Charity Home Tour kicks off it's 35 year, the organization is looking for volunteers to support their cause.
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Tuition will rise for all students at Radford University next year, with out-of-state graduate students facing the largest increase at more than 15%.
Barboursville Vineyards in Orange County, Virginia's second-largest winery and one of its oldest, is to be sold to a group of private investors.
A year after Ian Baucom's departure, and UVa still doesn't have a permanent provost. A second search for a chief academic officer was called off Wednesday evening.
A $10 million lawsuit accuses a former Roanoke police officer of shooting and seriously wounding an intellectually disabled man who was unarmed during a 2024 encounter.
She also said she would block President Donald Trump's order that all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic and its chatbot Claude.
Senators are reviewing a "last and final" Republican offer to end the funding impasse that disrupted travel.
The plans come in tandem with an ongoing effort to get Trump's face on a coin.
"See this pen right here?" he said in a diatribe about a marker customized for the White House. "This pen is an interesting example."
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Authorities found the body of Charles Arthur Smith Jr. on March 17, after he had been reported missing.
A $10 million lawsuit accuses a former Roanoke police officer of shooting and seriously wounding an intellectually disabled man who was unarmed during a 2024 encounter.
This stems from the missing cellphone of ex-city spokesperson Petula Burks, who fired Connie Clay, the city’s former Freedom of Information Act officer, in 2024.
Chardonnay Hope claims she was treated more harshly than male coaches for the same conduct.
One of NASCAR’s oldest and most storied venues could again be at risk of losing major race dates, a concern driving the creation of a new Virginia Motorsports Caucus aimed at preserving the sport’s future across the state.
Supervisors in Franklin County are considering increasing the real estate tax rate up to 7 cents as they look for ways to balance the budget in the upcoming fiscal year.
Legislation that sailed through the General Assembly on near-unanimous votes gives Virginia tough new tools to enforce existing laws on selling tobacco products and vaping products to underage buyers.
Local governments from Petersburg to the North Carolina line are quietly wondering whether Virginia is about to shut the door on data centers and the economic benefits their localities need.