A 45-year-old custodian at Indian Ridge Middle School in Davie was arrested Tuesday on several charges related to child pornography, Jail records confirmed Wednesday.

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Susan Crawford’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election victory over a conservative candidate backed by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk cements a liberal majority on the state’s top court for at least three more years.

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday laid off scores of Health and Human Services employees, including many who ran the Head Start early education program.

U.S. Justice Department lawyers say a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities had been moved to Vermont by the time a federal judge ordered that she be kept in Massachusetts.

The “Gulf of America” bill, SB 608 continues to move along in the Florida Legislature.

The Trump administration has halted several dozen federal research grants at Princeton University.

A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked over campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.

Twenty staffers at a suburban Philadelphia charter school are facing charges related to the alleged physical abuse of students in a program that helps them deal with emotional issues.

Georgia lawmakers said repeatedly that a student-tracking database had been removed from a school safety bill.

Harvard University has become the latest target in the Trump administration’s approach to fight campus antisemitism.

Mexico says a government-sponsored junk food ban in schools has taken effect as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst obesity and diabetes epidemics.

Thousands of people have rallied outside a pro-government television station in Serbia accused of a propaganda campaign against university students behind months of anti-corruption protests.

Columbia University's interim president Katrina Armstrong has resigned, returning to her post running the New York school's medical center.

A federal judge in Massachusetts says a Tufts University doctoral student who was detained this week can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order.

The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service academy.

The Trump administration is investigating Maine with a claim that dozens of school districts in the state violate federal law by withholding information about students’ gender transitioning from parents.

After decades of partnership with the U.S. government, American colleges are facing new doubts about the future of their federal funding.

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student facing deportation for his role in pro-Palestinian campus protests, appeared before a judge in New Jersey to debate where Khalil’s fight to be released from federal custody should play out.

The Trump administration says it has opened investigations into the admissions policies at Stanford University and three campuses within the University of California system, including UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Irvine.

President Donald Trump has reopened a debate in the fight over the federal government’s role in education policy after signing an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Education Department.

A Turkish student detained by federal police as she walked on the streets of a Boston suburb is the latest supporter of Palestinian causes to be swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants who have expressed their political views.

The U.S. Education Department reopened online applications Wednesday for income-driven repayment plans for student loan borrowers.

A lawyer for a Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University says she has been detained by Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation.

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow it to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training.

Researchers at Columbia University remain in limbo after the Ivy League institution bowed to the Trump administration’s demands for unprecedented changes in a bid to restore some $400 million in federal funds cut.

A federal judge says Iowa for now cannot continue to enforce part of its book ban law.

A federal judge New York has ruled that a Columbia University student who is facing potential deportation for participating in a pro-Palestinian protest cannot be detained by immigration officials for now.

There was a false alarm at a private school that caused some parents to panic on Tuesday morning after a report of an intruder in Miami-Dade County.

Governors in several Republican-led states are pressing the Trump administration to cut the strings attached to their federal education aid, a goal conservatives have long dreamed of that now appears within reach as President Donald Trump moves to dismantle the Education Department.

As colleges and universities respond to Trump administration directives to change how they operate, educators worry that fewer international students will want to study in the U.S.

One of Republican Patrick Morrisey’s first moves as West Virginia governor was to issue an executive order allowing families to apply for religious exemptions to mandated childhood vaccinations.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing people’s private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management.

Around the globe, hotter temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation that can wreak havoc on people and the environment.

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon says Columbia University is “on the right track” to recover federal funding frozen by the Trump administration.

Columbia University agreed to implement a host of policy changes, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department.

President Donald Trump’s order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department has complex implications.

The grieving family of a 23-year-old trained firefighter and paramedic who died after a head-on crash honored his memory on Friday at the Miami-Dade College Fire Academy.

President Donald Trump has begun sketching a roadmap for dismantling the Education Department, with other agencies taking over responsibility for federal student loans and programs serving students with disabilities.

The U.S. Education Department says it is investigating dozens of universities for alleged racial discrimination, citing ties to a nonprofit organization that has helped Black and Latino students pursue business degrees.

Since it was created in 1979, the Education Department has enjoyed enough bipartisan support to keep it in business, with some Republicans even embracing its role in funding and shaping public schools.

A federal judge has ordered Columbia University and Barnard College to refrain from complying with a Republican-led House committee’s demand for student disciplinary records, at least until he holds a hearing next week on a request by Mahmoud Khalil and other students for a temporary restraining order.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has been added to the list of government agencies targeted by President Donald Trump.

Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a GOP-backed bill to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the state's public universities.

Two South Florida schools will be taking part in a world robotics championship.

A federal judge has ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown University scholar that the government detained until the court has had a chance to rule.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Education Department.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is tapping into his state's love of college basketball to promote his drug prevention campaign aimed at young people.

The Trump administration has suspended approximately $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over the participation of a transgender athlete in its swimming program.

Confronted with huge cuts to its federal funding, Columbia University’s leaders face a grim decision: They can yield to the Trump administration’s demands over alleged antisemitism — ceding extraordinary control to the federal government — or they can fight back, potentially risking even more debilitating cuts in an escalating clash.

A federal appeals court in Cincinnati has heard arguments in a legal dispute that pits a suburban Ohio school district’s gender pronoun policy against the free speech rights of classmates who believe there are only two genders.

Harvard University has announced that students whose families make less than $200,000 won't pay tuition.

Two Broward County Public Schools have earned bragging rights after winning the championship in the inaugural Minecraft Education South Florida Showdown.

A Columbia University student arrested and threatened with deportation for his role in campus protests against Israel gave his first public statement, saying that his detention is indicative of “anti-Palestinian racism” demonstrated by both the Trump and Biden administrations.

A basketball coach at Nova High School was released from jail after authorities said he is accused of having sex with a minor.

For parents of kids with disabilities, advocating for their child can be complicated, time-consuming — and expensive.

Reductions to federal support for research at universities and other institutions under President Donald Trump are dimming young scientists’ prospects, cutting off pathways to career-building projects and graduate programs.

International students and foreign faculty have watched the crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University with apprehension.

Ryan Haimo, a student activist, was volunteering for an organization that helps kids who have suffered neglect and abuse when he had an idea.

Two Dillard High School students are accused of attacking a teacher on campus, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Local 10 News on Friday.

More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs his officials say exclude white and Asian American students.

The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other policies.

The Trump administration’s recent changes to student loans are causing frustration and confusion for some borrowers.

Universities across the U.S. have announced hiring freezes due to the risk of federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration.

A coalition of Democratic-led states is challenging the Trump administration’s layoffs across the Education Department, saying it amounts to an illegal dismantling of an agency created by Congress.

Tennessee became the first state in the country a hundred years ago to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms.

The power has been restored after authorities at Texas Tech University said an explosion inside a maintenance hole set off fires and power outages on the campus, leading school officials to issue evacuation orders for several buildings and cancel classes for the rest of the week.

An hours-long outage on StudentAid.

The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers.

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, effectively gutting an office that already faced a backlog of thousands of complaints from students and families across the country.

Schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology to monitor students on school-issued devices like laptops and tablets.

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities.

When protests over the Israel-Hamas war took root on Columbia University’s campus last spring, Mahmoud Khalil became a familiar, outspoken figure in a student movement that soon spread to other U.S. colleges.

The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff -- a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.

The Trump administration is canceling studies about ways to improve vaccine trust and access.

A 21-year-old woman is facing charges after authorities say she falsely reported a school shooting threat that led to a lockdown at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Monday.

A federal judge in Boston has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage.

Police responded to reports of a threat at a high school in Doral on Tuesday.

Two universities in Florida are among the 60 schools the Trump administration is investigating for antisemitism.

From feathered wildlife to fashion forward pieces, the eighth annual Local 10 eARTh Day Art Contest showcased the ingenuity and teamwork of our local art students.

Students in the special education program at Miami Southridge Senior High School have found an unlikely classmate who’s making a big difference in their lives – Charlie, a French bulldog who serves as their emotional support animal.

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is best known for enforcing disability rights across America’s schools, but under President Donald Trump it’s being reshaped into a frontline figure in the president’s political battles.

President Donald Trump is warning that the arrest and possible deportation of a Palestinian activist who helped lead protests at Columbia University will be the first “of many to come” as his administration cracks down on protests against the war in Gaza.

A social media threat against Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School prompted a law enforcement response Monday, leading officials to place the campus on secure status as a precaution, authorities said.

The father of a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student from Virginia who went missing in the Dominican Republic while on spring break says he's asking authorities to widen their investigation.

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A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.

Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst.

President Donald Trump is ordering changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that would disqualify workers of nonprofit groups deemed to have engaged in “improper” activities.

The Trump administration says it’s pulling $400 million from Columbia University.

A federal judge says he won't order immigration authorities to revert to a Biden-era policy limiting arrests at schools after officials in Denver challenged new policies from the Trump administration.

Georgetown Law School’s dean has rebuffed an unusual warning from the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.

In an overhaul of an agency President Donald Trump has described as being infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists,” the Education Department cut $600 million in grants to teacher training programs, which it characterized as supporting divisive ideologies.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for a plan to shut down of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades.

President Donald Trump could take the first steps this week to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, sources tell CNN.

A children's theater group in Pacific Palisades lost its beloved playhouse to the Los Angeles fires.

A new Columbia University disciplinary committee is investigating students who have criticized Israel.

A federal judge is preventing the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding.

Attorneys seeking approval of the $2.8 billion legal settlement for college sports pointed to nearly 102,000 athletes who signed up to receive damages from the action, while batting down objections to what they described as the “intergalactic paradigm shift” the settlement will create across the NCAA.

One year after University of Miami senior Daniel Bishop was killed in a scooter crash, friends, family, and classmates continue to honor his legacy.