Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels affirmed Tuesday that he wants to extend mayoral control by another four years, a reversal of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign pledge to get rid of the system. Samuels ...

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Delray Beach got an early-morning thrill this week when the city’s first sea turtle nest of 2026 appeared on the sand. Over 50 tires dumped in 13 cases: Palm City man faces felony charges, deputies ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. — The West Virginia Board of Education has declared a state of emergency for Hancock County schools, placing the district under the control of the state Department of Education.

The United States spent the 2010s incrementally upgrading bank-based magnetic-stripe cards with chips. Meanwhile, China leapfrogged the legacy card-based system by rolling out digital wallets and ...

DENISON, Iowa (KTIV/Iowa Capital Dispatch)— U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced Wednesday in Denison that Iowa was the first state approved for a Returning Education to the States ...

Elite U.S. universities are supposed to educate the best and brightest. But, if smart, ambitious young people know how to do anything, it’s how to exploit a loophole, and they’re apparently doing just ...

During National Transfer Student Week, I had the opportunity to present my dissertation findings. I was eager to share insights and connect with others doing similar work. Yet my excitement quickly ...

Montclair State University’s controversial plans to restructure its academic departments into interdisciplinary schools elevates a debate about college bureaucracy and disciplinary coherence that ...

In this July 5, 2017 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a press conference after a meeting with the German chancellor in Berlin. In July 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping was ...

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