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.

Sen. Rand Paul offering bill to combat student loan debt

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul wants to combat the rising debt load engulfing college students by allowing families to use their retirement savings to pay off their loans.

Student, officer hurt in second Wisconsin high school shooting

An armed student confronted a school resource officer at a Wisconsin high school Tuesday morning and both were wounded, police said, in the second such shooting at a school in the state in as many days.

School cancels ‘Tarzan’ production over racism fears

A suburban New York high school is canceling a production Disney’s “Tarzan” after two parents complained about the source material’s implicit racism and imperialism.