Education

Schools in Massachusetts and New Hampshire are warning parents about a dangerous TikTok trend where students jam metal objects into school-issued laptops, leading to fire risks, toxic smoke, and significant costs. Influenced by the online challenge and sometimes peer pressure, students insert items like paperclips into the USB ports of powered-on devices.  “Parents need to be very aware of...

Sunny, a 13-year-old from California, is turning heads because he’s been accepted to over 100 colleges with more than $3 million in scholarships.

A concerning trend filling classrooms with toxic smoke is gaining traction on TikTok, and it’s led to the evacuations of some schools in Connecticut.

Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Donald Trump’s administration, the Education Department announced Monday.

International students in the U.S. are reconsidering their travel plans this summer after a wave of student status terminations and visa revocations.

Major retailers, restaurants and brands are offering special discounts and freebies from May 5 through May 9 for Teacher Appreciation Week.

The U.S. Education Department is investigating Chicago Public Schools amid allegations that a new program designed to improve academic success and retention among Black students and educators violates federal law.

Federal officials are launching investigations into Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review, saying authorities have received reports of race-based discrimination “permeating the operations” of the journal.

Using taxpayer money, U.S. states are adopting and expanding programs to pay for private schools and homeschooling expenses even as costs rise.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s guidance forbidding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in K-12 public schools.

The presidents of over 200 U.S. colleges and universities are calling on the Trump administration to stop “unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education.” A statement issued Tuesday by the American Association of Colleges and Universities and signed by university presidents, titled “A Call for Constructive Engagement,” came a day after Harvard said it was suing…

The heads of more than 150 colleges and universities signed onto a letter rejecting “the coercive use of public research funding” by the Trump administration.

Two Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill to provide funding for school districts to explore implementing cellphone restrictions in classrooms.

Teachers trying to block the Trump administration’s guidance forbidding DEI efforts in schools are trying to “manufacture harm,” a government attorney told a federal judge in N.H. on Thursday.

Boston Public Schools says data from the school bus-tracking app Zum will help it streamline service, saving students time and the district money.

After what Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was a rocky start to the school year, BPS is looking to save both time and money by rolling out a new school bus plan for its 22,000 students, but one local group is pushing back on its legality.

Sleep training is no longer just for newborns. Some schools are taking it upon themselves to teach teenagers how to get a good night’s sleep.

The federal government is freezing more than $2 billion in research funds for Harvard University, after issuing a list of demands to the Ivy League school, of which it is not complying with....

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The Ivy League school is refusing a number of demands made by the federal government.

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The federal government is freezing more than $2 billion in research funds for Harvard University, after issuing a list of demands to the Ivy League school, of which it is not complying with.