The Oxford English Dictionary has officially added over a dozen Caribbean words."

Schools in Seminole County are testing a new security system that uses mobile panic buttons to help with response to emergencies on campuses. The wearable panic buttons allow teachers and staff to call for help or trigger a lockdown from any location on campus.

Right now, Orange County Public Schools said it has about 20 openings available for the 98 unassigned educators. The district told News 6 it has until Oct. 2 to fill those vacancies. Educators who are not placed by then will be let go, though the district said they will be notified if openings become available later.

A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration directive that would have barred some immigrants from accessing Head Start preschools, plus other federal programs.

Maps can anchor us in a place or help us get somewhere else.

News 6 has compiled a list of the latest "book bans" from across Central Florida.

The Florida Board of Education on Wednesday passed rules for the use of artificial intelligence in K-12 public schools and state colleges, including parental consent and a prohibition on using AI for certain graded assignments.

Charlie Kirk’s family is blaming Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist’s assassination at a state university.

Federal authorities have charged a dozen people for fraudulently collecting over $10 million in childcare payments without having actual attendees at their facilities.

First lady Melania Trump is visiting northwestern North Carolina to talk to elementary school students, teachers and staff about how they’re using technology in the classroom.

As the new school year kicks in, the debate around student AI use is raging.

Jason Eaton insisted he was acting on orders from the CIA and Mossad when he shot three Palestinian college students who were walking past his home a few days after Thanksgiving.

Proponents of the Protect College Sports Act are pushing to pass the legislation through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks.

University students behind nearly two years of anti-government protests in Serbia have formally entered an election race before an early parliamentary vote next month challenging populist President Aleksandar Vucic.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is suing Columbia University, alleging it failed to address harassment against him and other members of a pro-Palestinian campus group.

After years of planning, Mount Dora officially celebrated the grand opening Saturday of its new Nathaniel Bell Community Resource and Recreation Center. The roughly 31,000-square-foot facility on Lincoln Avenue includes a full-sized gymnasium, classrooms, a technology lab, meeting spaces, a kitchen, child watch and areas for before- and after-school programs.

Experts say children need to struggle with everyday problems to develop independence.

On Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted the state’s new History of Communism standards as the new school year begins. News 6 takes a look at exactly what students are being taught.

More than a dozen former hockey players are suing the University of Michigan.

A fire has swept through two schools in Bukavu, eastern Congo, killing at least 26 students and injuring dozens more.

Enrollment at Orange County Public Schools has fallen more than expected this year, and the school district is scrambling to deal with the fallout. The district sent a message to parents and families this week to announce a temporary hiring freeze for available positions.

Families’ interest in their kids’ education is falling in many high-income countries as school systems struggle with plunging test scores.

Telling the story of 9/11 has become the labor of U.S. schools now that about 1/3 of Americans weren’t yet born on Sept. 11, 2001.

A new poll shows that only 32% of Americans are satisfied with the quality of K-12 education in the country.

Nearly 2,000 people, most of them students, have fallen ill in suspected food poisoning outbreaks linked to Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meals program between Sept. 1 and Sept. 3.

The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity.

Having a criminal record creates hurdles for people seeking employment.

The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on their race.

Nearly a century after the Nazis shut down Germany's world-famous Bauhaus school of design, the art movement has once again become a cultural battleground.

Childcare costs are straining families.

Shabana Basij-Rasikh leads the School of Leadership of Afghanistan that's now based in Rwanda.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the school system in Kansas City, Kansas, over its policies on transgender students.

GROW Healthy Kids, a nonprofit focused on whole-child wellness, is distributing more than 1,200 recess kits to 41 K-5 public schools across nine Central Florida counties. Each kit is stocked with classic play supplies — think jump ropes, scoops, balls and cones — designed to get kids moving and interacting with one another.

Ukrainian schools are adapting to wartime conditions as the conflict with Russia continues.

Cuba has reopened most of its schools despite a shortage of transportation, uniforms and teachers as the island's crises deepen.

School threats are something Central Florida communities have seen far too often. Now, Osceola County officials are taking action by launching a new initiative to remind students of the serious consequences of making threats and empowering everyone in the community to speak up.

Colleges around the country are seeking approval for a new federal grant program, Workforce Pell, to aid students enrolled for short-term job training.

Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel and others in its quest to deport noncitizens who the government says have disrupted college campuses as they expressed their views.

Many students will have to prepare for some new lectures starting with the 2026-2027 school year.

Emily Wilson's 2017 translation of “The Odyssey” is a million-seller.

Orange County Public Schools is reporting a sharp decline in enrollment this school year, with more than 7,600 fewer students than last year. The decrease is affecting the largest school district in Central Florida as districts across the state grapple with declining enrollment and the financial and staffing challenges that come with it.

Teachers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak are calling for a delayed reopening of schools due to the ongoing Ebola outbreak.

Tablets and computers have become essential for students, but they can also be distracting.

Alaska's North Slope tundra may look desolate, but crouch down and you'll see a lush jungle.

A growing number of colleges are offering three-year degree programs, which cut a year off a traditional bachelor's with reduced credit.

School buses for decades have maintained such a standard look across the U.S. that “school bus yellow” is shorthand for the bright hue with a slight orange tint.

AI chatbots have become the bane of teachers everywhere.

Harvard University Medical School has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its former morgue manager’s illegal sale of human remains.

To compete in the increasingly commercialized world of college sports, a growing number of universities are turning to nonprofits, limited liability companies and other “associated entities” to generate more revenue.

Barbara Kingsolver, Percival Everett and Daniel Kraus are among the authors participating in a touring exhibition organized by the Pulitzers and the American Library Association."

Nine scholars recently attended a seminar at the University of Michigan to learn about conserving papyrus manuscripts.

A Texas prosecutor who oversaw the conviction of Karmelo Anthony in the deadly stabbing of a track athlete during a high school meet says he and defense attorneys had agreed to hold back character evidence during the trial.

Two members of a university cycling team have been killed and seven others were injured in a car crash in northeastern Tennessee.

Jason Arday, who was once celebrated as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, was found dead last week after weeks of news stories presenting evidence that he was a plagiarist and fabulist.

Authorities have charged 14 people in connection with a drug ring at Penn State.

The Department of Defense has ordered 30 U.S. universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions as President Donald Trump's administration scrutinizes the country’s growing global influence.

A whistleblower is alleging that a Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities.

OpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT designed for teenagers.

Authorities say a high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself in an attack in a high school campus in the southern Philippines.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates have declined again, with exemptions reaching a record high.

A British sociologist who resigned from the University of Cambridge last week following plagiarism accusations was found dead Friday.

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families.

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families.

A judge in Boston has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that accused Harvard University of ignoring harassment of Jewish students.

A new AP-Ipsos poll finds Americans overwhelmingly see major benefits to children playing organized sports, but higher-income families are more likely to participate.

For the first time in eight years, Orange County Public Schools is about to get a new leader — and in the only Florida county where voters, not the board itself, choose the school board chair, that choice carries unusual weight. The seat is officially nonpartisan. The race between Alicia Farrant and Angie Gallo has been anything but.

Doctors worry that President Donald Trump’s new executive order on vaccines will stoke fear and confusion among parents at a time when measles is raging, immunization rates are falling and children are heading back to school.

Local and state education leaders joined students Tuesday as Orange County Public Schools kicked off the new school year at Pershing School in Orlando. The celebration came as Orange County is among several Florida districts grappling with budget challenges driven, in part, by declining enrollment. The district has cited declining birthrates, housing trends, federal immigration policies and expansion of Florida’s school voucher program as contributing factors to the drop in student enrollment.

The School District of Osceola County is moving closer to installing stop-arm enforcement cameras on school buses. Transportation Director Orville Watson told News 6 on Monday that the cameras are on the way.

A U.N. agency reports that five years after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, around 2.4 million girls remain excluded from secondary education.

Florida landed in the top 10 of WalletHub’s new list of the best states to live in the latest analysis that compared all 50 states across several metrics tied to livability.

News 6 has compiled a list of the latest "book bans" from across Central Florida.

Many in the Howard University community are focused on an enrollment debacle rather than the start of the new academic year.

Orlando has installed 21 speed cameras in school zones in an effort to slow drivers down and improve student safety. The cameras will begin issuing mailed warnings on Aug. 11 for drivers recorded going more than 10 mph over the school-zone speed limit.

The Justice Department has accused Duke University’s law school of unlawfully considering race in admissions in the latest Trump administration action against higher education institutions.

A Louisiana school board and the federal government have agreed to end more than 60 years of oversight meant to end segregation.

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to overhaul Head Start, a key early education program for the nation's neediest children.

Backpacks often become too heavy for kids, as students carry laptops, textbooks and more.

Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley, two correspondents recently ousted from "60 Minutes," will be moving from the newsroom to the classroom.

On Monday, a redesigned food pantry and lounge was unveiled at Seminole High School’s 9th Grade Center — one of five schools across Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Volusia, and Lake counties to receive a makeover through the foundation’s Renovate to Educate program. The renovations were made as an estimated 20,000 students across those five counties are currently experiencing homelessness.

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to overhaul the Head Start program.

Oprah Winfrey says she will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Africa two decades ago at the end of next year.

An investigation has turned up allegations of sexual misconduct against nearly 50 people who were formerly affiliated with a prestigious Michigan fine arts school.

E-bikes and e-scooters are now off-limits for some Orange County Public Schools students.

Howard University notified hundreds of first-year incoming students that their spots for the upcoming semester were no longer being held.

A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom.

The first day of school in Lake County will also be day one of a new school bus camera program to catch people violating laws around school buses. The school district says 240 buses will be equipped with the stop-arm safety cameras on Monday, Aug. 10.

The U.S. Department of Education says it is investigating whether Denver Public Schools and a school district in Washington state violated federal law.

A teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia has been sentenced to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.

With the first day of school just around the corner, the School District of Osceola County is turning its attention to artificial intelligence. The district is holding a workshop Tuesday focused on AI implementation, giving the School Board an update on how AI is being used to support students, employees and operations.

Seminole County Public Schools is two weeks away from the start of the school year — and district leaders are navigating tens of millions of dollars in budget cuts, a projected drop in enrollment and a push to prepare students for a rapidly changing future.

Florida authorities have arrested a U.S. Secret Service agent and two other men on felony charges, saying they committed brutal beatings as part of a fraternity hazing ritual.

A psychologist has testified that a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia had a chaotic, lonely upbringing.

More than 500 incoming students at Howard University have learned this week that they have been unenrolled from the Washington, D.C., school and no longer have spots for the upcoming fall semester that begins Aug. 17.

A teenager has pleaded guilty to all 55 counts in a deadly shooting nearly two years ago at Apalachee High School in Georgia.

The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, rescinding a decades-long standard for civil rights enforcement.

Orange County Public Schools will host a community meeting Thursday July 23rd to hear neighbors' concerns about a proposed affordable housing development intended to help teachers and other OCPS employees.

President Donald Trump says Trump Accounts could lift children out of poverty and help more Americans invest in the stock market.

Walk into almost any classroom on the first day of school and you’ll see the obvious supplies: paper, pencils, markers, magnets, clips, and storage bins to name a few.

The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students.