Several parents are now speaking out after Orange County Public Schools announced it is moving forward with a plan that could lead to the closure of seven schools, including McCoy Elementary.

Investigators are still trying to figure out much of what Claudio Neves Valente was doing in New England in the weeks before they say he opened fire in a Brown University lecture hall and later killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor.

The Portuguese suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings came to the U.S. through the diversity immigrant visa program.

Thirty years ago, Claudio Neves Valente and Nuno F.

The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s order reversing billions of dollars in funding cuts to Harvard University.

Officials say a man who is suspected in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University and in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility.

An autopsy has found that the man suspected in last weekend’s attack at Brown University and the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor days later had been dead for two days when found.

A Northern California school district near the state's border with Nevada is caught up in a dispute over the states' differing policies on the participation of transgender athletes.

Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a major figure in late 20th-century state politics, has died at 88.

A police report obtained by News 6 Thursday reveals more details about why law enforcement was concerned about a possible threat earlier this month at a Seminole County middle school. The boy seen on school security cameras holding the clarinet “in the position of a shouldered rifle” was also dressed in camo and wearing a tactical vest.

Security footage released by the FBI shows a route taken by a person police are seeking in connection with the Brown University shooting.

Brown University says it's issuing early-decision admission offers Wednesday evening, even as the search continues for a suspect in the weekend mass shooting on campus.

A Republican push to make drilling cheaper on federal land is creating new fiscal pressure for states that depend on oil and gas revenue, most notably in New Mexico.

Police have intensified their search for a suspect in the killing of Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics professor Nuno F.

When a measles outbreak hit West Texas this year, school absences surged far beyond the number of children who likely became sick.

Authorities searching for a shooter who attacked students at Brown University are asking for tips from people who might have video of the shooter potentially casing the area the week before the attack.

Brown University is mourning the loss of two students killed in a classroom shooting.

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been fatally shot at his home near Boston and authorities say they have launched a homicide investigation.

Authorities have released three new videos of a man they believe is responsible for the shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine.

Authorities have released a new video timeline and a slightly clearer image of the man suspected in the Brown University shooting.

Orange County school board members will hold a special meeting on Tuesday at 1 p.m. to discuss the possible closure of several schools as the district grapples with declining enrollment.

An aspiring neurosurgeon at Brown University and a leader of a campus Republicans group were in a study group preparing for an economics final, with the end of the semester in sight.

With the Brown University shooter still on the loose, police fanned out to Providence schools to reassure parents, kids and teachers as investigators push for new evidence that might help them crack the case.

A group of students and professors in Alabama is appealing a state law that bans diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in public schools.

It’s well established that children have an easier time learning second languages.

Brown University junior Mia Tretta experienced a tragic sense of déjà vu when emergency alerts warned of a shooting on campus.

The latest shooting on a college campus in the U.S. unfolded Saturday at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren.

Since pandemic-fueled anti-Asian hate surged in 2020, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander advocates have mobilized to make AAPI history mandatory learning.

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional.”.

Measles outbreaks in South Carolina and on the Arizona-Utah border are growing.

Documents that detail Lawrence Kasdan’s career have been donated to the University of Michigan, the writer and director’s alma mater.

Chase Sui Wonders always thought she was “kind of funny,” but it was officially confirmed after booking “The Studio” after just one audition.

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.

Orange County Public Schools is experiencing a significant decline in student enrollment.

President Donald Trump’s push for the largest mass deportation in history has had an outsized impact on the child care field, which is heavily reliant on immigrants and already strained by a worker shortage.

Rod Paige, the first African American to serve as U.S. secretary of education, has died at 92.

The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits in 2025 Tuesday, marking a significant increase in her annual giving from recent years.

Officials say a student holding a musical instrument as if it were a weapon prompted an alert that resulted in a Code Red at an Oviedo school.

A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she challenges her arrest and detention by the Trump administration.

As the Orange County School Board prepares to vote, members express skepticism about a costly recruitment strategy aimed at reversing enrollment declines.

The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off.

Netflix has struck a deal to buy Warner Bros.

A SUSF spokeswoman said that several degree programs at universities across Florida have been terminated after a review by the state.

A University of Oklahoma instructor has been placed on leave after a student complained about receiving a failing grade on a paper.

Chile has passed a bill outlawing the use of mobile phones and other smart devices during classes at elementary and middle schools.

The Florida Department of Education has released its list of books removed from classrooms across the state.

The West Virginia Supreme Court has paused a ruling that allowed parents to use religious beliefs to opt out of required school vaccines for their children.

President Donald Trump's tax legislation included a provision called "Trump Accounts," which gives $1,000 to every newborn if their parents open an account.

A new report by the United Nations Development Program is urging governments to focus more on how artificial intelligence technologies might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world.

Students applying to college know they're not supposed to use AI chatbots to write their essays.

Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding.

The Trump administration’s effort to overturn decades-old school desegregation orders is facing pushback from a federal judge in Louisiana.

A West Virginia judge has ruled that parents can use religious beliefs to opt out of required school vaccines for their children.

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is one of the world’s wealthiest women.

Last week, Florida's education commissioner filed an official complaint against a teacher over her use of an unusual title.

Norfolk Southern railroad worked with the state of Ohio and Youngstown State University to revive plans for a $20 million first responder training center near the site of the worst derailment in a decade in East Palestine, Ohio.

The Trump administration has sued California for providing in-state college tuition, scholarships, and subsidized loans to students who aren't legally in the United States.

The Trump administration is steaming forward on its plan to dismantle the Education Department.

Tribal leaders and education advocates say the Education Department failed to meet a legal requirement by not consulting with tribes before announcing the transfer of dozens of Native American education programs to other federal agencies.

Students preparing to study abroad often have long checklists, but the experience of learning and living in another country can be challenging in unexpected ways.

An administrative law judge closed a high-profile case involving discipline against an Alachua County teacher, after state Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas requested an opportunity to “conduct further investigation” and take other steps.

A new Texas law says every public school classroom must display a poster listing the Ten Commandments.

Nigeria’s president has postponed his trip to this weekend’s Group of 20 summit after promising to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by gunmen earlier this week in a northwestern region of the country.

Orange County school board members expressed concern and confusion Tuesday surrounding the potential implications of a recently enacted law that allows charter schools to move into underused schools in the district.

The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the department entirely.

At 100 years old, Lee Grant knows the cost of McCarthyism better than almost anyone else on the planet.

The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.

The Brevard County School Board discusses a controversial proposal to shut down a decades-old elementary school.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and current Harvard professor Larry Summers says he'll step back from public commitments after the release of emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein long after the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is urging the board that oversees Alabama Public Television to delay a decision to sever ties with PBS.

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.

Schools across the U.S. are seeing a big drop in enrollment from immigrant families.

A program in New Mexico highlights the contributions of women through historical markers.

An immersion program that helps preserve an Alaska Native language has been a boon to children displaced by last month's severe flooding in western Alaska.

Critics are warning that Florida's new social studies standards rehabilitate aspects of McCarthyism and the anti-communist Red Scare.

Police in Oakland, California, say Laney College football coach John Beam, known from Netflix's “Last Chance U,” has died after being shot on campus.

The declaration was unanimously approved on Thursday and lists seven "guiding principles for education in Florida."

This week, the Florida Board of Education approved the full list of standards students can be expected to learn as part of a new communism curriculum in schools.

When families are evicted, kids' schooling is often disrupted.

Families and staff who rely on the federal preschool program Head Start may have to wait even longer to return to their centers even though the 43-day government shutdown ended Wednesday night.

Rick George, the athletic director at Colorado who hired football coach Deion Sanders, is stepping away from his role at the end of the academic year.

Superintendent Dr. Mark Rendell is meeting with families at the two schools to learn more about how they feel about possibly closing Cape View Elementary and doubling the enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary, seven miles away in Cocoa Beach.

A Chinese scientist charged in Michigan with smuggling biological materials has pleaded guilty.

Orange County Public Schools wants to know if it should move its start times.

The district has presented four options for consideration, ranging from maintaining the current schedule to substantially later start times for high school students.

Eustis Elementary School has been around for 100 years, which is why the district is prioritizing community input on this project. The county school board is discussing the proposal at its board meeting on Monday evening at 6 p.m.

China has a new visa scheme that is creating job opportunities for foreign professionals, part of its effort to attract global talent and gain an edge in global technology.

Tensions over the Israel-Hamas war have spilled into K-12 schools around the U.S., with advocates reporting a rise in antisemitism since the 2023 surprise attack on Israel.

Along with stop, drop and roll, some states are teaching students to 'Stop and don't touch that gun.'.

Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks in Miami.

Cora Anderson and Madison DeCleene spent their first two years at Division III St. Norbert College believing their academic pursuits would force them to end their athletic careers earlier than they wanted.

A top executive at a startup company that helped college students apply for financial aid has been sentenced to over five years in prison for cheating JPMorgan Chase in a $175 million buyout four years ago.

Osceola County School District officials say the district is only two points away from earning an A grade, but leaders acknowledge challenges remain — including concerns from some parents about the recent integration of the Exceptional Student Education (ESE) program into general classrooms.

A jury in Virginia has started deliberations in a lawsuit filed against a former school administrator accused of ignoring repeated warnings that a 6-year-old had a gun hours before a teacher was shot.

Witnesses say a Chicago day care employee was detained at work during a drop-off time for children, reflecting the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics.

In the New Jersey township of Montclair, a group bicycle ride to school has become a weekly community ritual.

The government shutdown has cut off funds for some school systems that rely on federal money for the bulk of their budgets.

During a town hall-style meeting at city hall, concerned parents of the 270 students who could be relocated from Cape View Elementary to Roosevelt Elementary, seven miles away in Cocoa Beach, spoke before the Cape Canaveral city council and BPS superintendent Dr. Mark Rendell, who was in attendance as well.