EDUCATION

Columbia University has agreed to take additional steps to make its students feel secure on campus.

Due to the hot weather, the start of graduation ceremonies for Kennedy High School and Memorial High School will be delayed by half an hour.

Police in suburban Detroit are investigating pro-Palestinian graffiti spray-painted on the exterior of a law firm as a hate crime.

Elijah Hogan came through a senior year of high school in a homeless shelter to make it to the top of his class.

America’s schools have just started making progress toward getting students back on track after they fell behind by historic margins during the pandemic.

A man and a woman, who is a school board member in South Texas, were arrested and charged after reportedly getting into an altercation at a South Padre Island resort last month.

A crowd of students protesting the war in Gaza walked out of the University of Chicago’s commencement.

Three high schools within the San Antonio Independent School District will hold planned graduation ceremonies indoors, the district said in an update on its website.

Months after KSAT learned lead was found in San Antonio ISD water, emails and purchase orders reveal the district purchased water bottle fillers that didn't have lead filters days after learning some schools had high amounts.

Here’s a list of summer camps in the San Antonio area for parents and guardians who need a little extra help with childcare this summer.

Police with batons have approached protesters at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

As the school year comes to an end, the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) has marked an end for 15 of its schools affected by the district’s “rightsizing” plan.

Bruhat Soma was unbeatable before he arrived at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and neither the dictionary, nor his competitors, nor a lightning-round tiebreaker challenged him on the way to victory.

High school started off rough for one senior at Holy Cross, but thanks to her family and the support of her school community she was able to graduate on a high note and now has big plans for herself.

A local summer internship program that has been connecting hundreds of high school students with major local employers is seeking more companies to join this year.

UTSA announced the seven winning art designs that will appear on next season’s football tickets.

The special Tony Award that honors educators is going to a Baltimore-based actor, educator, choreographer and Broadway veteran who has created arts opportunities for everyone from kindergartners to senior citizens.

A great graduate from Frank Tejeda Academy earned a full four year scholarship and had some of the top math scores in her school's history.

Police have begun dismantling a pro-Palestinian encampment at Wayne State University in Detroit two days after the school suspended in-person classes and encouraged staff to work remotely.

A handful of nearby school districts announced free meals for children 18 and younger.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee had its toughest day of competition with the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds.

Classes are set to resume on Wednesday at two San Antonio Independent School District campuses after an air-conditioning issue canceled class for a day.

About 7 in 10 AAPI adults approve of K-12 public schools teaching about the history of slavery, racism and segregation.

Home visiting programs are providing a lifeline for families, especially those for whom access to quality early education is scarce or out of reach financially.

The Edgewood Independent School District is offering free meals this summer to students under 18 years old, according to a press release.

A four-letter word sent Shradha Rachamreddy to a third-place finish in last year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The Center for Simulation Innovation at UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing was recognized on a national level for its interactive courses and trainings.

It is the last month of the school year, and our KSAT crews surprised the last educator for the 2023- 2024 school year.

San Antonio Independent School District canceled classes at Mark Twain Dual Language Academy and Bonhamn Academy due to an air-conditioning issue.

Siyonamithra Kandala, 12, is among 20 Texans competing in this week’s Scripps National Spelling Bee.

A report by the United Nations says that as economies in Asia and the Pacific slow and grow older, countries need to do more to ensure that workers get the education, training and social safety nets needed to raise incomes and ensure social equity.

Get the latest election results for the Texas Primary runoff on May 28, 2024.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas on Monday hosted his annual send-off ceremony in San Antonio for Texas students who will be attending U.S. military service academies this summer.

Steve Spriester sits down with state Rep. John Kuempel and his runoff opponent Alan Schoolcraft as school vouchers has helped define their race for Kuempel's Texas House seat.

Trinity Adams, a student at St. Philip’s College Early College High School earned her associate degree before graduating from high school.

An evangelical seminary in Pasadena, California, is considering revisions to its sexual standards.

Since 1999, 28 of the last 34 Scripps National Spelling Bee champions have been Indian American.

The San Antonio Independent School District is offering free meals this summer to children under 18 years old, according to a press release.

A new South Dakota Board of Regents policy keeps employees from including their gender pronouns in school email signatures and other correspondence.

An 18-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly taking part in a violent attack on a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, last month.

The families of a group of victims of the Uvalde school shooting have announced new lawsuits against Instagram parent company Meta Platforms, the maker of the video game “Call of Duty” and the gun company that made the assault rifle used in the shooting.

The North East Independent School District is continuing its Summer Food Service Program, which provides free meals to children 18 and younger.

As Uvalde continues to move forward, the 19 students and two teachers who died on May 24, 2022, are far from forgotten. Their school, Robb Elementary, sits empty as a new elementary school is being built about two miles away.

With nearly a week left in the school year, the San Antonio Independent School District said it’s continuing to address HVAC issues at its schools, a problem the district has been facing for months.

Youth services and civil rights groups are suing to block a new Washington state parental rights law that is set to take effect next month.

Protesters packed up and left a pro-Palestinian encampment at Philadelphia’s Drexel University after the school announced a decision to have police clear the encampment.

A long-time Uvalde Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District board member resigned on Wednesday night at a school board training meeting.

House Republicans have summoned the leaders of Northwestern University and Rutgers University to testify about concessions they gave to pro-Palestinian protesters to end demonstrations on their campus.

The University of Texas at San Antonio has dozens of camps happening this summer for children of all ages to attend and learn something new.

A Judson Independent School District Elementary school was the first ever winner of the San Antonio Sports “i play! afterschool” flag football tournament that took place this past weekend.

A Judson Independent School District Elementary school was the first ever winner of the San Antonio Sports “i play! afterschool” flag football tournament that took place this past weekend.

The police chief at the University of California, Los Angeles, has been reassigned amid criticism of his handling of campus demonstrations.

IDEA Public School is offering free meals this summer to children under 18 years old, according to a press release.

The Dee Howard Foundation is bringing a commercial drone program to different schools around Bexar County.

Many high school students in the United States are sensitive to the ongoing climate crisis, and some are demanding more paths that allow them to work on solutions to the planet's warming.

The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a combination of existing programs.

The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde elementary school shooting in Texas have filed a $500 million federal lawsuit against 92 state police officers who were part of the botched law enforcement response.

An SAISD spokesperson told KSAT Wednesday night that the board’s trustees completed their agenda, including the budget discussion, during a special meeting on May 20.

A nationally-recognized STEM camp that is designed to make innovation fun returns to San Antonio just in time for the summer.

Police have broken up a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Michigan less than a week after demonstrators showed up at the home of a school official and placed fake body bags on her lawn.

A Maine woman is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit that accused school officials of encouraging her teen’s gender expression by providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, without consulting her.

Billionaire philanthropist Rob Hale has surprised the graduating class at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth by giving each of them $1,000.

University presidents around the country are scheduled to meet this week to vote on whether to accept a proposed settlement of an antitrust lawsuit that would cost the NCAA nearly $3 billion.

Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz walked off their jobs and went on strike Monday.

More than 40 bilingual students at San Marcos High School had books recently published thanks to a financial grant.

Colleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishment.

President Joe Biden has offered his most direct recognition of the anguish American college students are feeling over the Israel-Hamas war.

The 1954 Brown v.

States have for decades been using foster children's federal Social Security benefits to help cover the costs of state services.

A local nonprofit is asking for the community's help. SAY Sí offers free creative arts programs for San Antonio students, but those programs come with a cost.

Would Lisa Simpson set up a tent at New York University to protest the war in Gaza.

A Bexar County program is helping connect students with disabilities to paid summer employment experiences.

A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature” on a cat named Max who has become a beloved member of its community.

Police say suspected militants have bombed a girl's school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying the structure.

A federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to a local school board in Pennsylvania's coal region is unfairly shutting Latino voters out of power.

Seventy years after the Supreme Court's Brown v.

Additional changes could come to SAISD because of budget constraints even after its decision last fall to close 15 schools next school year.

Armed with sledgehammers, students and district officials on Thursday celebrated what will one day be a major facelift at Sam Houston High School.

President Joe Biden has marked the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down institutionalized racial segregation in public schools by welcoming plaintiffs and their family members in the landmark case to the White House.

Two San Antonio area educators were recognized by H-E-B at the 22nd annual H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards held last Sunday in Houston.

A former top official in Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget office has pleaded not guilty to extortion, bribery, conspiracy and false statement charges.

The school system in Topeka, Kansas, was at the center of the landmark Brown v.

President Joe Biden will have his most direct engagement with college students since the start of the Israel-Hamas war when he speaks at Morehouse College's commencement.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a measure that could have earmarked up to $5 million for certain gun-detection software in schools.

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism, but he received a standing ovation at the May 11 commencement ceremony at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.

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As students across the nation consider jobs that play a role in solving the climate crisis, they’re looking for meaningful climate training.

Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional.

Dorothy Jean Tillman's participation in Arizona State University’s May 6 commencement was the latest step on a higher-education journey the Chicago teen started when she took her first college course at age 10.

Pre-K 4 SA is hosting a job fair this Saturday to hire teachers, teacher assistants, teacher aids and substitutes for the 2024–2025 school year.

Anti-war protesters have taken down their tents in Harvard Yard after the university agreed to meet to discuss their demands.

Researchers around the world are racing to create large wind turbines and floating platforms as upcoming lease auctions bring offshore wind closer to reality.

Child care has long been expensive for families, hard to find and financially precarious for day care owners and workers.

The district’s Board of Trustees voted to accept an ad-hoc committee’s report and recommendations on the issue during a Monday evening meeting, an SAISD news release said.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a new law regulating transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted to cut diversity program funding for next year's budget starting July 1.

Applications for the new Bezos Academy preschool coming to the Northeast Lakeview College campus are open for parents to enroll their children in the 2024-25 school year.

Protests over the Israel-Hamas war have spread across U.S. university and college campuses in recent weeks, leading to disruptions and arrests.

Despite pro-Palestinian protests roiling some U.S. college campuses this spring, graduation ceremonies are going off largely peacefully so far.

Despite pro-Palestinian protests roiling some U.S. college campuses this spring, graduation ceremonies are going off largely peacefully so far.