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Northside American Federation of Teachers President Melina Espiritu-Azocar, right, speaks with middle school teacher Celeste Simone during a Microsoft AI skilling event, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
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Big Tech is paying millions to train teachers on AI, in a push to bring chatbots into classrooms

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The country’s largest teachers unions are teaming up with tech companies like Microsoft and OpenAI to help educators build literacy in artificial intelligence.

FILE - Passers-by walk and ride along a path on the campus of Brown University, in Providence, R.I., Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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Brown University rejects Trump's offer for priority funding, citing concerns over academic freedom

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Brown University is rejecting a Trump administration proposal that would provide favorable access to funding in exchange for a wide range of commitments.

Mater Academy sent notices to districts across the state advising that it plans to take advantage of the revised rules
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A charter school wants to take over part of a St. Johns County school building rent-free. A new state law says it can

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The St. Johns County School District is one of dozens of districts across the state that recently received notices from Mater Academy, a charter school based in Miami.

Grandmother says the family is talking to an attorney after incident at Landmark Middle School

‘Stomped on him with cleats’: Family says unsupervised teammates attacked Duval County middle schooler in locker room

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The grandmother of a Duval County Public Schools student says her family is now speaking with an attorney after her 11-year-old grandson was attacked by more than 10 teammates inside a Landmark Middle School locker room.

FILE - The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement

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A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was already hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools.

Friends and family of victims of a homecoming shooting embrace in downtown Leland, Miss., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Katie Adkins)

4 arrests made in connection with mass shooting that left 6 dead in Mississippi, FBI says

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The FBI says four people have been arrested, three of them on murder charges, in a weekend shooting that left six people dead and more than a dozen injured in a small Mississippi town.

FILE - Flower vendor Jose, an immigrant from Mexico, sits for a photo with his face covered by flowers outside a gas station in Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

California expands privacy protections as Democratic-led states resist Trump's immigration agenda

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A new law signed by California's governor attempts to shield the identities of sidewalk vendors from federal immigration enforcement officers.

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, Michelle Obama participates in the International Day of the Girl on NBC's "Today" show in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Michelle Obama's Girls Opportunity Alliance pledges $2.5 million for grassroots education for girls

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Former first lady Michelle Obama is putting new force behind efforts to ensure girls overcome educational barriers in some of the world’s most economically disadvantaged areas.

Tourist rest at Pnyx as the 5th century B.C. Parthenon temple stands free of scaffolding on the Acropolis hill in Athens, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after the removal of restoration structures that had covered parts of the ancient monument for decades.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece's famed Parthenon free of scaffolding for first time in decades

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Visitors to Athens can now enjoy an unobstructed view of the Parthenon.

Taylor Moyer's two youngest boys Colton, 4, behind, and Bradley, 2, eat strawberries at home, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, in Virginia Beach, Va. (AP Photo/John Clark)

WIC food program receives $300M to keep running during government shutdown

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The Trump administration has provided a $300 million infusion to a food aid program for low-income mothers and children, easing concerns about funding during the government shutdown.

FILE - Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

MIT president says she 'cannot support' proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits

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MIT's president said she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding.

Christopher Bernier highlighted the district's efforts in achieving an "A" grade for the first time in history.

DCPS superintendent says district plans to make new recommendations to board over future of riverfront property

Read full article: DCPS superintendent says district plans to make new recommendations to board over future of riverfront property

Since Duval County School Board members opted out of a proposal that would have sold the district’s riverfront headquarters, questions loom about the site’s future.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before signing an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Arrivals of international students to the US dropped almost a fifth in August, data shows

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Federal data shows a significant drop in international student arrivals in the U.S. this August, down 19% compared to last year.

In this photo provided by South Dakota News Watch, Rob Coverdale, superintendent of the Crow Creek Tribal School District in Stephan, S.D., poses for a photo in his office, Feb. 7, 2025. (Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch via AP)

Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee threatens rural schools and hospitals reliant on immigrant workers

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The new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas spells trouble for rural parts of the U.S. that rely on immigrants to fill vacancies in skilled professions.

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference to discuss the measures approved by the legislature to redraw the state's Congressional districts and put new maps before voters in a special election, in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)Gavin NEwsom

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law aimed at fighting antisemitism in schools

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law aimed at combating antisemitism at schools.

Pedestrians walk over a crosswalk on Miami Beach's iconic Ocean Drive that used to be rainbow-colored celebrating the history and contributions of the LGBTQ+ community, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Florida removes Miami Beach rainbow crosswalk after city loses appeal

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A rainbow-colored crosswalk celebrating the contributions of Miami Beach's LGBTQ+ community has been removed from the city’s iconic Ocean Drive.

JU's School of Aviation has seen record growth in the last two years.

Jacksonville University aviation enrollment climbs from 220 to 317 solo students, 20% are women pilots

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Jacksonville University’s School of Aviation has seen enrollment increase from 220 to nearly 317 solo students since 2022, said Captain Matt Tuohy, the program’s director. “Our top priority is to continue producing students that the industry wants,” Tuohy said.