August 27, 2018 Archdiocese says school's hair extension policy rescinded A Catholic school official said Monday that a suburban New Orleans school has rescinded its policy forbidding hair extensions.
August 24, 2018 Missouri principal apologizes about dress code speech The principal of a suburban St. Louis high school is apologizing after telling girls they shouldn't display their breasts, bellies or rear-ends because it's distracting to boys.
August 14, 2018 Alabama high school quits playing 'Dixie' at football games A rural Alabama high school is ending its tradition of playing "Dixie" at football games.
July 25, 2018 Court: California school board's prayers unconstitutional A U.S. appeals court says a Southern California school board's policy of opening meetings with a prayer is unconstitutional in part because the prayers often invoke Christianity.
July 20, 2018 The Latest: APNewsBreak: Fired university VP sues for $50M The Latest on a Pennsylvania state university administrator fired over alleged sexual misconduct with students (all times local): 4 p.m.
July 3, 2018 Trump administration is breaking from Obama-era affirmative action policies The Trump administration is doing away with a series of affirmative-action policy documents put in place under former President Barack Obama that encourage colleges and universities to use race in admissions processes to promote campus diversity.
June 30, 2018 City in New York names school after Frederick Douglass' wife Officials in Rochester, New York, are naming a school after the wife of abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass.
June 26, 2018 2nd Dartmouth professor leaves in sex misconduct case One of three Dartmouth College psychology professors facing sexual misconduct allegations has resigned following an investigation and recommendation that the school fire him.
June 26, 2018 Immigrant child removed from mural near Brown v. Board site The image of an immigrant child clinging to her mother has been removed from a mural near the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic site in Topeka.
June 21, 2018 White House plans merging of education and labor departments: OMB report The White House on Thursday released its plan to merge the Departments of Education and Labor into a single Cabinet agency, moving ahead on President Trump’s “drain the swamp agenda” as his administration looks to do away with a long list of overlapping regulations and department functions.