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EDUCATION


A sign decorates the campus of Florida AM University in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)
1 day ago

Board of Florida's only public HBCU picks a lobbyist with ties to DeSantis as its next president

Read full article: Board of Florida's only public HBCU picks a lobbyist with ties to DeSantis as its next president
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1 day ago

FTC investigation shuts down company accused of student loan scams

Read full article: FTC investigation shuts down company accused of student loan scams
FILE - The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
14 hours ago

Student loans have been confusing lately. Here's a guide to know where you stand

Read full article: Student loans have been confusing lately. Here's a guide to know where you stand
UNF got its first tournament win in program history
1 day ago

UNF, SJR State softball teams ready for historic postseason runs

Read full article: UNF, SJR State softball teams ready for historic postseason runs

UNF is making its NCAA Division I Tournament debut Friday after winning its very first conference championship.  SJR State is hoping to defend its national title as the team is heading back to the World Series in its league. The Vikings won it all last season.

Team returned 13 players from last year’s title team & hopes to repeat the magic
13 hours ago

Defending national champion St. Johns River State College softball team heads back to World Series

Read full article: Defending national champion St. Johns River State College softball team heads back to World Series

The St. Johns River State College Vikings are the defending champs and are looking for back-to-back titles. The Vikings are getting up Saturday at 8 a.m. and hitting the road from Palatka to Oxford, Alabama, where the World Series is being played next week.

Questions raised after students, staff said they could not lock doors during deadly mass shooting
1 day ago

FSU shooting prompts call for improved campus safety protocols in Florida

Read full article: FSU shooting prompts call for improved campus safety protocols in Florida

After tragedy struck with a deadly mass shooting at Florida State University, state leaders are urging all of Florida’s public universities to reevaluate their security measures.

FILE - The sign above the door to the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging inside the main administration building on the main University of Kansas campus is seen on Friday, April 12, 2024, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)
1 day ago

As Trump targets DEI, Republican-led states intensify efforts to stamp it out

Read full article: As Trump targets DEI, Republican-led states intensify efforts to stamp it out

State efforts to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are accelerating during Donald Trump's second term.

FILE - The Harvard University logo is displayed on a building at the school, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
2 days ago

Americans are divided over DEI programs on college campuses, an AP-NORC poll finds

Read full article: Americans are divided over DEI programs on college campuses, an AP-NORC poll finds

A new poll suggests that while the overall concept of diversity, equity and inclusion is divisive, some of the DEI initiatives being affected by the Trump administration’s policies are less controversial.

This photo provided by Harvard Law School shows a rare copy of the Magna Carta from 1300 sits in a display case on April 15, 2025, at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. (Lorin Granger/Harvard Law School via AP)
2 days ago

Harvard thought it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta. It turned out to be extremely rare

Read full article: Harvard thought it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta. It turned out to be extremely rare

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30.

Sal Perez, executive producer and VP of Sesame Street at Sesame Workshop, talks to Bert and Ernie after winning the Elevate Prize Foundation's Catalyst Award, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Michael Laughlin)
2 days ago

Sesame Workshop receives Elevate Prize Catalyst Award as it charts a new path for 'Sesame Street'

Read full article: Sesame Workshop receives Elevate Prize Catalyst Award as it charts a new path for 'Sesame Street'

Elmo, Abby Cadabby and the rest of the “Sesame Street” gang will get some high-profile help as they travel down a new road.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before a Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
3 days ago

Kennedy assures Congress funding for Head Start will not be cut

Read full article: Kennedy assures Congress funding for Head Start will not be cut

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Spring buds appear on a tree near Eliot House, rear, at Harvard University, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
3 days ago

Harvard joins colleges moving to self-fund some research to offset federal funding cuts

Read full article: Harvard joins colleges moving to self-fund some research to offset federal funding cuts

Harvard University is putting up $250 million of its own money to continue campus research amid a federal funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration, but the school’s president warns of sacrifices ahead.

Four finalists for position to go through in-person interviews Tuesday before meeting community face-to-face
3 days ago

Interviews take place for 4 finalists vying to become next St. Johns County superintendent

Read full article: Interviews take place for 4 finalists vying to become next St. Johns County superintendent

St. Johns County Schools is holding in-person interviews on Tuesday, and the community will have the opportunity to meet them face to face.

An impromptu memorial shared online brings students bearing flowers near the center of the Florida State campus in sight of the Student Union building, Tallahassee, Fla., Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)

Florida State student accused in a mass shooting on campus to remain jailed

Read full article: Florida State student accused in a mass shooting on campus to remain jailed

A judge has ordered the Florida State University student accused of killing two people and wounding six others in a mass shooting on campus last month to remain jailed without bond.

The Harvard University logo is displayed on a building at the school, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Harvard loses another $450 million in grants in escalating battle with Trump administration

Read full article: Harvard loses another $450 million in grants in escalating battle with Trump administration

President Donald Trump's administration is cutting another $450 million in grants to Harvard University a day after the Ivy League school pushed back against government allegations it’s a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism.

Duval County School District Police Department file photo.

DCPS police officer arrested, accused of domestic battery, false imprisonment

Read full article: DCPS police officer arrested, accused of domestic battery, false imprisonment

A Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) police officer was arrested Sunday and accused of multiple charges, including domestic battery by strangulation.

An impromptu memorial shared online brings students bearing flowers near the center of the Florida State campus in sight of the Student Union building, Tallahassee, Fla., Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)

Man accused in Florida State shooting out of hospital and booked into jail on murder charges

Read full article: Man accused in Florida State shooting out of hospital and booked into jail on murder charges
FILE - A New York City police officer keeps watch on the campus of Columbia University in New York, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Campus protests flare on a smaller scale than last spring, but with higher stakes

Read full article: Campus protests flare on a smaller scale than last spring, but with higher stakes

Campus protests have been smaller and more scattered compared with last year's pro-Palestinian tent encampments, but the stakes are far higher.

St. Johns County Schools

St. Johns County community will soon get a chance to meet the next potential superintendent as search process wraps up

Read full article: St. Johns County community will soon get a chance to meet the next potential superintendent as search process wraps up

St. Johns County Schools is nearing the final step in selecting its next superintendent. All four candidates will be interviewed in person on Tuesday, and the community will have the opportunity to meet them face to face.

President Donald Trump gestures while answering a reporter's question during an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

House Republicans propose $5 billion for private school vouchers

Read full article: House Republicans propose $5 billion for private school vouchers

House Republicans want to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private and religious schools, marking an unprecedented effort to use public money to pay for private education.

FILE - People walk between buildings, Dec. 17, 2024, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Harvard says it won't abandon ‘core’ principles to meet Department of Education demands

Read full article: Harvard says it won't abandon ‘core’ principles to meet Department of Education demands

Harvard University has responded to threats from the Education Department to halt grant funding to the Ivy League school.

A room of a high school is seen filled with debris after it was allegedly hit by an airstrike by the military in Ohe Htein Twin village in Tabayin township, also known as Depayin in Sagaing region, Myanmar, Monday, May 12, 2025. (White Depeyin People Defence Force via AP)

An airstrike in central Myanmar kills up to 22 people at a bombed school, reports say

Read full article: An airstrike in central Myanmar kills up to 22 people at a bombed school, reports say

Witnesses and independent media reports say that an airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a village in the country’s central Sagaing region has hit a school.

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St. Johns County to have new bus tracking system next school year

Read full article: St. Johns County to have new bus tracking system next school year

St. Johns County parents will have a new system next school year to track their kids’ buses.

Students, faculty and members of the Harvard University community rally, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo)

Trump's reshaping of higher education tests America's appeal for international students

Read full article: Trump's reshaping of higher education tests America's appeal for international students

The durability of the America's appeal for international students is facing a test under the Trump administration, which has ramped up scrutiny of student visas and moved to deport foreign students for involvement in pro-Palestinian activism.

FILE - The nation office of the NCAA is shown in Indianapolis on March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Non-scholarship athletes argue proposal to fix roster-limit rule in lawsuit does not go far enough

Read full article: Non-scholarship athletes argue proposal to fix roster-limit rule in lawsuit does not go far enough

A court filing in the multibillion-dollar college sports lawsuit argues the proposed remedy for the roster-limit rule holding up the case doesn't go far enough to protect walk-on and other athletes who lost their spots when schools started cutting players in anticipation of the settlement being approved.

Tufts University student from Turkey, Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested by immigration agents while walking along a street in a Boston suburb, talks to reporters on arriving back in Boston, Saturday, May 10, 2025, a day after she was released from a Louisiana immigration detention center on the orders of a federal judge. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)

Turkish Tufts University student back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center

Read full article: Turkish Tufts University student back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center

A Tufts University student from Turkey has returned to Boston after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center.

FILE - A New York City police officer keeps watch on the campus of Columbia University in New York, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Columbia suspends over 65 students following pro-Palestinian protest in library

Read full article: Columbia suspends over 65 students following pro-Palestinian protest in library

Columbia University has suspended dozens of students and barred alums and others who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration inside the school’s main library earlier this week.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican shortly after his election as the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Wordle, White Sox and more: Fast facts about Pope Leo XIV

Read full article: Wordle, White Sox and more: Fast facts about Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV, now the successor of St. Peter, leads the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church in a sacred role that few others will ever hold.

A general view of St. Thomas of Villanova Church on the Villanova University campus is seen, Thursday, May 8, 2025 in Villanova, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

From Villanova to the Vatican: Alma mater is floored it taught the 1st US pope

Read full article: From Villanova to the Vatican: Alma mater is floored it taught the 1st US pope

Church bells rang out for hours in celebration at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia after one of their graduates was elected the first pope from the U.S. in the history of the Catholic Church.

FILE - James Crumbley listens to a victim impact statement during his sentencing, April 9, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Wisconsin father charged in school shooting is latest parent accused in gun violence

Read full article: Wisconsin father charged in school shooting is latest parent accused in gun violence

A Wisconsin man charged with crimes for a school shooting committed by his daughter is the latest U.S. parent taken to court for violence caused by a child.

Author Mo Willems poses with The Pigeon, a character in his children's books, on April 22, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton)

Kids author Mo Willems and The Pigeon stare down the future in a new book

Read full article: Kids author Mo Willems and The Pigeon stare down the future in a new book

Author Mo Willems has sold millions of books and won many awards, but the accolade that means most is when a parent says their child read aloud for the first time from one of his books.

FILE - People walk between buildings, Dec. 17, 2024, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Most Americans disapprove of Trump's treatment of colleges, a new AP-NORC poll finds

Read full article: Most Americans disapprove of Trump's treatment of colleges, a new AP-NORC poll finds

A new poll shows a majority of U.S. adults disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of issues related to colleges and universities, as his Republican administration ramps up threats to cut federal funding unless schools comply with his political agenda.

Mohsen Mahdawi speaks during an interview at the ACLU of Vermont on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Alex Driehaus)

Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence

Read full article: Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence

A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalize his U.S. citizenship is accusing Columbia University of eroding democracy with its handling of protests against the Israel-Hamas war.

A student and a teacher carry study material at UNRWA Girls School run by the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in east Jerusalem, Thursday, May 8, 2025. After Israeli forces ordered the closure of six of its schools in east Jerusalem Thursday. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israel closes 6 UN schools for Palestinians in east Jerusalem

Read full article: Israel closes 6 UN schools for Palestinians in east Jerusalem
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