Parents across the country who are worried about excessive screen time in schools are lobbying educators to go back to pencils and paper.

Researchers are warning that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession, a slide that predates the COVID-19 pandemic.

Texas public schools have seen a drop of about 76,000 students this academic year, marking the first non-pandemic decline in nearly 40 years.

Instructure, the company behind the online learning system Canvas, has reached a deal with hackers to delete data stolen in a cyberattack.

The widow of a man killed in a mass shooting at Florida State University is suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI, blaming the artificial intelligence chatbot for contributing to the tragedy.

Freddie Hendricks, a middle school theater teacher in Georgia, is getting a Tony Award.

For the first time in more than a decade, a leading pediatricians group has put out new guidance about recess, saying it’s crucial for good health and good grades and should be part of the school day for students of all ages.

Mr. O from Children’s Museum Houston stopped by Houston Life with two kitchen STEM activities: color mixing and oobleck.

A key online learning system used by thousands of schools and universities is back after a cyberattack knocked it offline, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals.

A cyberattack has caused chaos for students at thousands of schools as they study for finals.

Tour HCC’s Central Campus and see how Houston City College is training Houstonians for in demand jobs.

The Justice Department has found UCLA's medical school illegally considered race in admissions.

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath has appointed new leaders in four districts across the state in recent weeks.

Rutgers University has canceled a planned graduation speech by business leader Rami Elghandour after students raised concerns about his criticism of Israel on social media.

The number of antisemitic incidents in the United States tallied by the Anti-Defamation League declined by 33% in 2025 — the first drop in five years — due in large part to what the ADL said was a dramatic decrease of incidents on college campuses.

A recent trip to New Zealand to visit her pen pal of 40 years made an Associated Press reporter from New Hampshire wonder about the history of programs that bring strangers together to write letters.

A woman who drove a Land Rover into a tea party at a London primary school, killing two 8-year-old girls, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

A Tacoma high school student has been booked on five counts of first-degree assault after four students and an adult security guard were injured in a stabbing at the school.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced more than $2.4 million in career training grants for 10 schools across the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

As the cost of living continues to rise, college is becoming increasingly out of reach for many families. But a new program from San Jacinto College aims to ease that burden for local students.

A group formed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has traveled the country trying to prevent such violence from happening.

The rollout of Texas’ new Education Freedom Account program is off to a high-demand start, with more than 274,000 applications submitted in less than two months, according to the Texas Education Freedom Account (TEFA) program.

The rise of artificial intelligence is prompting college students to second-guess their career paths.

A Virginia university has approved funding for a memorial for dozens of people, most of African descent, whose bodies were taken from their graves for use by medical students and then dumped in a forgotten well.

Houston ISD introduced its first fleet of 15 electric school buses on Earth Day, aiming to provide cleaner and more sustainable student transportation.

More kids than ever are attending state-funded preschool in the U.S., 1.8 million of them the last school year.

A U.S. appeals court says Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.

A renowned Texas journalist, the Education Writers Association president joins us as we expand our team covering Texas schools and universities.

Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell are donating $750 million to the University of Texas at Austin.

A high school history teacher in Pennsylvania who helps students look inward to find their strengths and outward to find community has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year.

Starting this summer, college graduates will be stepping into a different student loan landscape, one that involves fewer ways to pay back what you owe as well as changes to debt forgiveness.

The American Library Association says book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs.

Some of the harshest words that President Donald Trump has used against a leading Democratic rival aren't about political differences but rather a learning disability.

If you’ve been thinking about a hands-on career path with strong job potential, Fortis College is inviting prospective students to learn more at an upcoming welding open house in Houston.

A push by Republican leaders to promote Turning Point USA chapters in public high schools is stirring a free speech debate.

A former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges in connection with the sexual assault of several patients over his career, after an appeals court reversed his conviction earlier this year.

Hampshire College, which includes documentary filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, announced it is closing later this year.

A school counselor at a Goose Creek CISD high school is wanted on felony charges related to allegations of a sexual relationship with a student.

Thanks to money and technology, the MLB and NCAA versions of baseball have never been more similar.

Democrats in Congress are trying to overturn the Trump administration's changes to a student loan forgiveness program.

Los Angeles schools avoided a strike as the school district and the union representing support staff reached a tentative deal.

Texas education leaders have approved a draft of new social studies standards, sparking debate over the role of religion, race, and how history should be taught in classrooms across the state.

Pat's Run began in 2004 as a way to honor the legacy of Pat Tillman, who walked away from an NFL career to serve his country in the wake of Sept. 11.

Leaders on the board that oversees the Universities of Wisconsin say that the fired president of the system was slow to address pressing issues like artificial intelligence and feared upsetting policymakers, faculty and staff.

Army ROTC cadets who subdued the gunman attacking their classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University last month are recounting dramatic details publicly for the first time.

Two Minnesota school districts and the state’s main teachers union have asked a federal judge to block a Trump administration change in policy that gave immigration authorities a freer hand to conduct enforcement actions in and near schools.

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells The Associated Press in his first interview since the ouster that he was “blindsided” by the move but has no hard feelings and is unlikely to sue.

A U.S. judge says a customs officer improperly canceled the visa of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos in the U.S. In a ruling Tuesday, the judge said Customs and Border Protection officers have limited authority to cancel visas and can't do so for suspected smuggling of biological samples.

Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of another contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms.

Officials at the Universities of Wisconsin have fired the system’s president after he refused their offer to quietly resign and said they never gave a clear reason why he should.

The Education Department says it has terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding rights and protections for transgender students.

Texas leaders are reviewing new social studies standards that could change how students learn about history, slavery, and religion, and not everyone agrees.

A federal judge has halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions.

Moms for Liberty made a name for itself at the local level, fighting to win control of school boards as it battled “woke indoctrination” in the classroom.

President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at fixing college sports that would give federal agencies authority to cut funding at schools that don’t comply with mandates covering transfers, eligibility and pay-for-play in the rapidly changing industry.

Authorities have arrested a 12-year-old on suspicion of murder in the death of a Los Angeles middle school student.

The president of the multi-campus Universities of Wisconsin has said in letters obtained by The Associated Press that he’s been told to resign or he will be fired.

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student fighting deportation, have asked Judge Emil Bove to step aside from an appellate panel that could weigh in on his case because of Bove’s previous role as a top Justice Department official involved in investigating student protesters.

A man has killed four children in a machete attack at a nursery school in Kampala, Uganda.

Protests are growing at U.S. universities where buildings are named for those connected to the files on the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

Today, we are unveiling our most ambitious update yet to The Texas Tribune’s schools explorer, with more information and added context to help Texans interpret information about our schools.

The explorer now shows long-term trends, school funding data, and newly released Texas Academic Performance Reports, among other updates.

A federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination.

Once a semester, a Cornell University instructor requires her students to complete an in-class assignment using typewriters — an exercise to help them understand what writing, thinking and classrooms were like before everything turned digital.

A Portland soccer tournament brought girls from immigrant and refugee families together to push back against fear tied to federal immigration enforcement.

The Trump administration has carried out on a threat to sue the state of Minnesota and its school athletics governing body for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.

More than 7 million student loan borrowers who've been enrolled in a Biden-era repayment plan will receive notices with instructions to seek a new plan to repay their debt.

Another teen is running for governor of Vermont, and this time, he'll be on the general election ballot.

Earlier this week a jury in California this found both Meta and YouTube liable for mental health harms to kids using their services.

The Education Department will relocate from its Washington headquarters as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency, officials said Thursday.

The Trump administration has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, ratcheting up its pressure campaign against colleges and universities.

Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw turns its famous main hall into a quiet study space, with live classical music playing as students work.

Two teenage boys have been given probation after using artificial intelligence to create hundreds of fake nude photos of their classmates.

For some students, opportunity doesn’t always come easy—but across Houston, a unique program is helping change that in a powerful way. Through Scouting in Schools, part of the Sam Houston Area Council’s ScoutReach initiative, students are gaining access to leadership training, life skills, and confidence-building experiences—right in their classrooms, and at no cost to them or their schools.

Georgia lawmakers may require that every public school student be checked for weapons each day.

The Justice Department has filed a new lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing it of failing to address antisemitism on campus.

Education advocates in Texas are reacting to a judge’s decision to extend the state’s school voucher program deadline, calling the move a chance to reach more families and expand school participation.

The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department.

Shaquille O'Neal is offering to pay for the funeral of a 12-year-old Georgia girl who died days after she collapsed following a fight after school.

Klein ISD parents are banding together and demanding stronger safety measures after three gun incidents at different district campuses in a single week.

An advocacy group is providing support to candidates who want to expand support for child and elder care in the midterm elections.

A man has been charged with selling a stolen gun to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard who used it to kill one person and wound two others at Old Dominion University.

The FBI says ROTC students subdued and killed a gunman who yelled “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire in a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University.

Ohio State has moved past the abrupt resignation of the university’s president by elevating its chief academic officer into the role.

Rural school districts say the Trump administration’s visa changes are jeopardizing a key source of teachers.

Police are investigating the death of a 12-year-old girl who was hospitalized after a fistfight near a school bus stop in her neighborhood.

A coalition of 17 state Democratic attorneys general has filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy that requires higher education institutions to collect data showing they aren't considering race in admissions.

The superintendent of Los Angeles public schools who’s on paid leave during a federal investigation, denies any wrongdoing and asks to be reinstated as head of the nation’s second-largest district.

A federal judge is weighing whether the government can force the University of Pennsylvania to hand over detailed employee information in an antisemitism investigation.

Young students are still struggling to bounce back academically from the pandemic, even though many were babies at the time.

Fort Bend ISD has voted to close seven elementary schools as part of a proposal to handle the district’s budget.

Officials with Klein Independent School District confirmed Monday afternoon that a student accidentally discharged a firearm inside a restroom at Klein Collins High School.

It’s a first of its kind for traditional public schools in Texas: a campus tailored to the needs of young children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

As the Trump administration dismantles the Education Department, the agency is pulling back on its role policing discrimination in America’s schools.

Experts say adults can help children cope with the latest conflict in the Middle East by making time for conversations, validating their feelings and limiting exposure to frightening or inaccurate information.

A jury in Georgia quickly convicted a man who gave his son a gun linked to the fatal shooting of two students and two teachers.

Some of the United States’ most important historical documents are beginning a first-of-its kind journey as part of the country’s 250th anniversary commemoration.

The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign to cut ties with institutions that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called “factories of anti-American resentment.”.

After a unanimous 9–0 vote by the Houston Independent School District Board of Managers, HISD is moving forward with a plan to close or consolidate 12 campuses by the end of the 2025–26 school year.

The Houston ISD Board of Managers unanimously voted 9-0 Thursday to close or consolidate 12 schools across the district, but not before a woman was removed from the meeting by police.