Black Tulane med students take powerful photo at former slave quarters: ‘Resilience is in our DNA’

Black medical students at Tulane University shared a powerful message about resilience and a better future when they posed for a photo in front of former slave quarters at a Louisiana plantation.

Transparency questioned in DC schools sexual abuse cases

A District of Columbia Public Schools staff member is accused of sexually abusing a student at a Northwest middle school and advocates say a lack of transparency in the District is part of the problem.

PGCPS struggles to accurately track buses in the midst of driver shortage

With this season’s first taste of winter weather moving in overnight, some Prince George’s County students are still waiting more than an hour to catch their school bus. And new data just obtained by FOX 5 shows the school system isn’t tracking how many buses are seriously behind schedule. 

FTC: University of Phoenix to cancel $141m in student debts as part of settlement over deceptive advertising

Officials with the Federal Trade Commission announced that University of Phoenix will cancel $141 million in debts owed to the school by students who were harmed by ads that were allegedly deceptive.

91-year-old Buffalo, Minnesota man receives high school diploma

After eighth grade, Clifford Hanson dropped out of school to serve on the family farm. After a lifetime educating himself, his former school district awarded him a diploma.

College, university costs could force schools to close, Notre Dame CIO warns

One of the most successful CIOs in American higher education told FOX Business' Gerry Baker on "WSJ at Large" that rising costs will force more colleges to close their doors.

Arizona lawmaker wants to require students to say Pledge of Allegiance

An Arizona lawmaker has filed a bill that would require public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day in class.

Around half of 2020 class of Rhodes Scholars from US are first-generation Americans

Around half of the class of Rhodes Scholars from the U.S. who will study at Oxford University in England next year are first-generation Americans and a majority are minority candidates. 

Nearly 6,000 students in Montgomery County had personal info exposed in data breach, officials say

Officials now say nearly 6,000 students from six different schools in Montgomery County had their personal information exposed during a data breach that was discovered earlier this year in what they are calling a "brute force attack."

Group works to end student lunch shaming in Prince William County

At least four out of 10 students in a northern Virginia school district qualify for free or reduced lunch.  At times, their benefits lapse, which means the district foots the bill. 

Principal, vice principal removed from Charles County school amid sex assault allegations, source says

The principal and vice principal have been removed from a Charles County elementary school where three fourth grade girls claimed they were assaulted by classmates and threatened with rape last month, according to a source.