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The President of Sacramento State talks about their Black honors college -- and how schools are dealing with DEI under the Trump administration. This story was produced with support from the Education Writers Association's Reporting Fellowship program.

A Trump administration proposal would change access to Head Start for children experiencing homelessness and the kind of care they would receive if they do get in.

Federal data shows many borrowers who aren't paying their loans went to private, for-profit colleges — schools that often market to low-income students and rely on federal financial aid for revenue.

Millions of federal student loan borrowers are in default or well on their way. New federal data shows that tens of thousands of them attended the same problematic schools.

The words "climate change" are slowly being removed from textbooks in Florida and from the state's education standards.

A top official in Washington who oversees disability programs for students has abruptly quit.

The leader of the Education Department's special education office told employees she is resigning after less than four months in the role and as the agency overall is morphing and shrinking.

It's the first day of school for millions of students, including preschoolers at Charles City Elementary School, located outside Richmond, Virginia.