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While the pandemic had an outsize impact on student achievement, experts said falling scores are part of a longer arc in education that cannot be attributed solely to COVID-19, school closures and related issues such as heightened absenteeism.

Northwestern emerged as a prominent target of President Donald Trump's campaign to reshape elite colleges he has derided as hotbeds of liberalism and antisemitism.

The Minneapolis city government says the shooter had been "contained" after the gunfire at Annunciation Catholic School, and there was no longer any "active threat" to residents.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Wednesday a shooting has occurred at a school, calling it a "horrific act of violence."

As schools opened across the capital city, parental social media groups and listservs were buzzing with reports and rumors of checkpoints and arrests.

According to recent reports, sophisticated criminal networks are using identity theft to disguise themselves as students at U.S. colleges. They flood colleges with applications in order to siphon off tens of millions of dollars in financial aid, ...