AccessiBe used data from the National Center for Education Statistics to explore enrollment of students with disabilities in Florida.

The Osceola County School District is hosting thousands of students and their families for the 2024 Choice Fair at Osceola Heritage Park.

The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature has completed its override of Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation that addresses both private school scholarship grants and immigration.

City leaders in DeBary are expected to reject a plan to build a K-8 public school west of U.S. 17-92.

Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump heaped scorn on the federal Department of Education, describing it as being infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists.”.

If you have a child in school, you may have been invited to visit their class for a teach-in.

The Texas State Board of Education has given initial approval to a Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for public schools to adopt for lessons from kindergarten through fifth grade.

Florida education leaders are trying to fend off a lawsuit filed by major publishing companies and authors over the removal of books from school libraries, disputing allegations that a controversial state law violates the First Amendment.

A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year.

Texas A&M University is set to mark the anniversary of the campus bonfire tragedy that killed 12 people and injured dozens more 25 years ago.

For Evana Fretterd, an activities director at Flagler Palm Coast High School, her vision for a dream classroom extends far beyond basic desks and chairs.

Oklahoma's education superintendent has sent an email to public school superintendents requiring them to show students his video announcement of a new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism.

A French student detained for weeks in Tunisia has returned to Paris after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions.

President-elect Donald Trump has a vision for education that revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “wokeness” and “left-wing indoctrination.”.

The Republican-led Ohio Senate has approved a bill banning transgender students from using bathrooms that fit their gender identities.

Transgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign.

Food and beverage manufacturer Kraft Heinz says it's no longer serving the Lunchables meals it created for U.S. schools.

The Walt Disney World Boys and Girls Club is located in the heart of Pine Hills. Every day, some 200 kids between the ages of 6 to 18 go to the club for free and safe after-school activities.

A newly unsealed federal complaint says a man accused of having a machine gun at Tuskegee University admitted to firing his weapon during a weekend shooting, but denied shooting at anyone.

Lisa Bell has been a member of the Boys & Girls Club since she was six years old. As News 6 gets ready for its live newscast at the Walt Disney World Boys & Girls Club in Pine Hills, Bell reflects on this full circle moment.

According to the latest data from the College Board, the statewide average is 948 out of 1600, an 18-point drop from last year, marking the third year in a row where SAT scores have declined.

Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill says the state will ask a federal appeals court to quickly stay a lower court's order declaring unconstitutional a law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1.

Pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course next year at Yale University.

Orange County Public Schools is urging parents to take the district’s new threats and weapons course so there is no room for misunderstanding:

A Tuskegee University student says he hid under a car when he heard the gunshots that ripped across his Alabama campus.

Former first lady Michelle Obama's brother and his wife have settled a lawsuit they filed in 2022 alleging a private school in Milwaukee refused to reenroll their children after the couple raised concerns about racism.

A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school next to a petrochemical facility embroiled in multiple lawsuits over its high levels of toxic emissions.

Two band directors at Orange County district high schools have been named semifinalists for the2025 Music Educator Award, presented by the Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Museum.

President-elect Donald Trump has not said what he would do on student loan forgiveness, leaving millions of borrowers facing uncertainty over what will happen with their payments once President Joe Biden leaves office.

Money from name, image and likeness deals has changed what it means to be an NCAA athlete for some college players.

It’s no surprise that students are pushing back on cellphone bans in classrooms.

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration.

All 10 Orange County charter amendments on the ballot passed, along with a referendum to continue a sales tax for public schools.

Voters in two Central Florida counties on Tuesday night said they wanted to pay a half-cent sales tax to fund repairs, renovations and maintenance costs for public schools.

Live results will start to become available in Central Florida after the polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day.

Election Day is on Nov. 5, and this year, incumbent Matt Susin will take on challenger Ava Taylor for the District 4 seat of the Brevard County School Board.

The number of families who choose to homeschool has risen drastically since the pandemic. But this week’s Getting Results Award winner says many are having a tough time finding support services to help them navigate the workload.

Jodi Picoult's “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often pulled from school shelves.

A museum in Virginia has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children.

Maine schoolchildren know about the boy lost for more than a week on the state’s tallest mountain.

The president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday just a week after he was appointed because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, anti-women and lending credence to a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

A school board candidate who lost his race in a county south of Jacksonville will get a seat on the board anyway, after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped him to fill a vacancy.

Never before in a presidential election cycle has there been so much discussion of the child tax credit — a tool many Democrats and Republicans have endorsed as a way to lift children and young families out of poverty.

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, who dressed as a giant panda, hosted their final White House Halloween trick-or-treating event on Wednesday.

The nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed by a former Liberty University employee fired by the Christian school after disclosing her identity as a transgender woman.

Voters are heading to the polls in two Central Florida counties to decide whether they want to pay a half-cent sales tax to fund repairs, renovations and maintenance costs for public schools.

A new ranking by Niche has named Seminole County Schools as the top-ranked public school district in Florida.

In just a few years, the issue of student loan cancellation has gone from being a pillar of the Democratic Party to a political liability.

The school system in Aurora, Colorado, is striving to accommodate more than 3,000 new students mostly from Venezuela and Colombia.

Officials in New Haven, Connecticut, are considering a public apology for a decision by city leaders in 1831 to reject what would have been the nation's first Black college.

The Biden administration is moving ahead with a new path to student loan cancellation for Americans who face steep medical bills, child care costs and other types of financial hardship that prevent them from repaying their loans.

High school seniors in Asheville are grappling with several important life decisions as they still recover from the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene on their region.

Election Day is on Nov. 5, and this year, incumbent Matt Susin will take on challenger Ava Taylor for the District 4 seat of the Brevard County School Board.

Louisiana’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1.

One of the most important signs of how people will vote is how much education they have.

All over the country, people with more education are leaning more Democratic, a shift that's reshaping American politics.

A 14-year-old Georgia boy indicted for murder in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School has pleaded not guilty.

There are 10 Orange County charter amendments on the ballot this year, along with a referendum to continue a sales tax for public schools. News 6 is breaking down each one so you can go to the ballot box informed.

Some of the most visible demonstrations on college campuses this fall have involved professors speaking up for the right to protest itself.

President Joe Biden has honored acclaimed filmmakers, writers and others who have made their mark on American culture, awarding the prestigious National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals to 39 recipients.

Jill Biden has unveiled what she's calling a reimagined White House public tour that was designed to teach visitors more about the mansion's history and events that unfolded in some of its famous rooms.

A federal judge has heard arguments on whether he should temporarily block a new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1.

One of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults at them has died at age 83.

A fellowship program is training young Black men to become literacy aides in preschool classrooms across the country.

A group of Oklahoma parents, teachers and ministers are suing to stop the state's top education official from forcing schools to incorporate the Bible into their lesson plans.

A grand jury in Georgia has indicted a father and son in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder.

An outspoken pro-Israel professor at Columbia University has been temporarily barred from campus for harassing and intimidating other employees.

The time-honored tradition of high school athletes proudly sitting behind a table and signing a national letter of intent is a thing of the past.

Members of the Orange County Classroom Teacher Association continue to fight for better teacher pay.

Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc so severe — on homes, campuses and municipal power and water systems — that some districts have no idea when they will reopen.

Conservative politicians in states such as Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee have been questioning whether immigrants without legal residency should have the right to a public education.

A California school has planted a tree that’s out of this world.

The list is divided into different regions of the country, including the North, Midwest, West and — in Florida’s case — South.

Click through for a list of hurricane make-up days announced for Central Florida's public school districts.

An NCAA study on social media abuse of athletes, coaches and other officials during championship events found nearly one in five posts that were flagged by an AI-based algorithm and determined to be abusive involved sexual harassment and 12% were related to sports betting.

Brown University has rejected a proposal to divest from 10 companies that protesters say were facilitating the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.

North Carolina legislators have approved an initial $273 million relief package to help address Hurricane Helene’s devastation and recovery in the mountains.

The regents who govern Georgia’s public universities and colleges want the NCAA to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports.

The Ballmer Group, Blue Meridian Partners, and others are helping Partners for Rural Impact take a model from Harlem and adapt it for Appalachian Kentucky and beyond.

A judge has given preliminary approval to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that figures to transform college sports.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has named members of a new school board, days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the public schools in the nation’s third-largest city.

Campuses across the U.S. have been calmer in the wake of last spring’s protests, yet many are mired in a lingering unease.

Floridians in November will vote on six proposed constitutional amendments. Passage of each proposal would require support from at least 60% of voters.

A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire.

New York City is speeding up its switch to a new schools chief after Mayor Eric Adams' indictment.

Internship opportunities help students navigate their area of study paths as well as career goals.

Officials and rescuers say a school bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok, leaving more than 20 feared dead.

Preschools around the country are starting students early on civics education.

After Hurricane Helene made its way up Florida’s west coast late Thursday night and into Friday morning, Brevard, Orange, Seminole, Lake and Volusia school districts all opened Friday, but with backlash from parents.

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has voted unanimously to fire a communications professor who was seeking to retain tenure after his dismissal as chancellor of one of the system’s campuses for making pornographic films.

The head of New York City’s public schools system says he will step down at the end of the calendar year, becoming the latest high-ranking departure from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration amid an escalating federal inquiry.

The principal of a private Christian school in Palm Bay and his wife were arrested Monday, accused of stealing thousands of dollars in Florida school voucher money.

Researchers examined factors like teacher pay and work environments to determine which states placed among the best.

Students have begun pouring into Apalachee High School weeks after a school shooter killed two students and two teachers.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring school districts to restrict student phone use.

Some Florida school districts are rolling back a more comprehensive approach to sex education in favor of abstinence-focused lessons.

A new report by congressional Republicans asserts that partnerships between the U.S. and China at universities over the past decade have allowed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to aid Beijing in developing critical technology that could be used for military purposes.

Applications are now open for people who want to get a voucher for free swimming lessons for their young children in Florida.

A bench trial began last week in Baltimore federal court in a civil case over affirmative action at American military academies.

Some churches are launching new Christian schools on their campuses, seeking to give parents more education options that align with religious values.