Education

A study revealed a steady decline of Black male enrollment at historically Black colleges and universities since the 1970s. News4’s Dominique Moody reports on a Howard University program designed to get young men excited for post-secondary education.

Sleep training is no longer just for newborns. Some schools are taking it upon themselves to teach teenagers how to get a good night’s sleep.

A crowd of hundreds gathered outside the headquarters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Southwest D.C. on Monday. Police shut down a section of the street for them and carefully guarded the building. “We are out here to demand the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil and all the other students who have been unlawfully detained,” Palestinian Youth Movement organizer...

A large group gathered at ICE’s headquarters to protest the Trump administration’s decision to detain Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, who participated in pro-Palestine demonstrations. News4’s Jessica Albert reports.

After Harvard’s president announced it wouldn’t accept Trump administration demands, the Education Dept.’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism’s froze billions in funding.

From coding to pickleball to cooking, kids can stay busy and keep learning by attending any of the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation events for free throughout spring break. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports. 

The Trump administration’s decision to revoke the visas of hundreds of international college students studying in the U.S. prompted protests. News4’s Jessica Albert spoke with an immigration attorney about what steps impacted students can take.

Some Democratic-led states and cities are pushing back on a Trump administration threat to cut education funding over diversity, equity and inclusion programs, creating a standoff that could test how far the White House is willing to go to press its demands on the nation’s schools. State leaders in Minnesota and New York said they will not comply with...

“He wasn’t worried about what’s going to happen to him and his reputation,” one student said. “He was worried about his students.”

Some Virginia military families once again are fighting to protect a higher education benefit they were promised. Kayla Owen spent most of last year fighting for a college waiver. She advocated and lobbied while also working, raising her kids and caring for her husband, a military veteran left severely injured as a result of his service. Because of her...

Some Virginia military families are once again fighting to protect a state benefit they were promised. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains.

The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts.

Harvard president Alan Garber said in response the school had “devoted considerable effort to addressing antisemitism” and would provide a full accounting to the government.

As a condition for receiving federal money, the Trump administration is ordering K-12 schools to certify that they are following federal civil rights laws and ending any discriminatory diversity, equity and inclusion practices. A notice sent Thursday by the Education Department gives states and schools 10 days to sign and return the certification. It’s the latest escalation against DEI policies,…

There’s an urgent call to action coming from the steps of Congress. “We have to keep fighting, whether it’s education, whether it’s cuts to government employees,” said Rep. Glenn Ivey, who represents Maryland’s Fourth District. Days after the Department of Education announced it won’t pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds to school districts across...

Days after the Department of Education announced it will not pay school districts hundreds of millions of dollars in promised COVID-19 relief funds, Maryland leaders say they may take the budget battle to court. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

School districts around the country are figuring out how to pay some bills after the Department of Education announced it won’t pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in promised COVID-19 relief funds. Congress approved the funding with a deadline of January 2025 to spend it, and the Biden administration allowed states to apply for an extension to January 2026….

School officials around the country are figuring out how to pay their bills after the Department of Education announced it won’t pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in promised COVID-19 relief funds. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

While band members hoped to do well, they weren’t prepared for the surprise they got.

Maryland is working on a program to encourage federal workers in need of a job to take up teaching. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports the “Fed to Ed” program would speed up the process of becoming a licensed teacher.