Students visiting Rocky statue have chance encounter with Sylvester Stallone

Students and staff from East Side High School in Paterson got the surprise of their lives when they were approached by actor Sylvester Stallone just as they were visiting the Rocky Balboa statue outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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.

New fashion magazine proudly leaves photos unretouched

A new fashion magazine showcases women of all shapes, sizes, colors, and backgrounds. And all the photos are unretouched.

Study: Students who silently talk to themselves improve their math scores

Encouraging kids to talk to themselves could improve their math scores, according to a new study published in the journal child Development.

Candlelight vigil in Morningside Park mourns Tessa Majors

Nearly 1,000 people braved the wind and cold Sunday night to attend a candlelight vigil to remember the life of Tessa Majors, the Barnard College freshman who was brutally murdered on Wednesday.

13-year-old boy charged in stabbing death of Barnard student

A 13-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder in connection to the stabbing death of Tessa Majors.

School district apologizes for assignment comparing value of slaves

A North Carolina school district has apologized for an assignment that asked middle school students to compare the value of slaves and white people.

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.

School director faces pay cut, demotion for flasher costume

An administrator for Broward County schools faces a demotion and a nearly $44,000 pay cut because she showed up for work on Halloween dressed as a flasher.

Warrant: Special education teacher made boy, 5, sit in his own waste

A special education teacher in Cobb County was charged in connection to accusations she made a 5-year-old boy sit in his own waist stating she was "going to prove a point" about restroom habits.

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.

Brooklyn Tech evacuated after bomb threat

Brooklyn Technical High Schoolw as evacuated Thursday following a bomb threat made to the school.

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. 

Adapt Community Network casino night
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FOX 5 NY'S Teresa Priolo, Mike Woods and Ines Rosales attended the Adapt Community Network's annual Santa party and casino night. The event benefits the Adapt Community Network's preschool program. Adapt is the largest provider of preschool education for children with disabilities in New York.