Tuskegee University is implementing a new dress code requiring students to bring a business suit and dress shoes to campus while banning bonnets, du-rags and other non-religious head coverings in classrooms and cafeterias....
Arlington ISD is helping thousands of students kick off the new school year on the right foot.
Arlington ISD is helping thousands of students kick off the new school year on the right foot.
Hundreds of families turned out for one of four Dallas ISD back-to-school events held this weekend at Dream Center Dallas, where students received free backpacks filled with school supplies and brand-new shoes to help prepare for the upcoming school year. Organizers handed out 1,...
The University of Texas tower shooting, one of the worst campus shootings in American history, happened 60 years ago on Aug. 1, 1966.
Back-to-school shopping is a ritual that most, if not all, families go through as summer comes to an end. This process can either be a headache or a cakewalk depending on a number of factors: When you go What you need How much you have to spend Those factors serve as the backbone...
Summer break, like so many things, has changed. Teens from 16 different Dallas ISD schools hoping to pursue a career in medicine are taking part in a summer future doctor’s program where they come together to take notes, dissect, and study how the body works. Ararh Cho and Lily R...
The parents of an 8-year-old girl have filed a gross negligence lawsuit against Plano ISD, Brinker Elementary's principal, and former teacher Paul Campbell, claiming officials failed to report prior sexual abuse allegations to authorities....
Organizations across Dallas-Fort Worth, including Arlington, Dallas, and Mansfield, are hosting back-to-school events this Saturday offering free backpacks, school supplies, shoes, haircuts, and health screenings....
Oprah Winfrey says she will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Africa two decades ago at the end of next year. Winfrey opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in 2007 after being inspired by conversations with former South African Preside...
More than 1,000 North Texas students will get a hand up ahead of the start of the 2026-2027 school year. It’s all thanks to the Dream Center Dallas, volunteers, businesses, churches, and other local community partners. The Director of the Dream Center Dallas, Kacie Kintz, said th...
A former Forney ISD special education teacher, who has a criminal past under a different name, is facing multiple charges after allegedly getting physically violent with students in January and February of this year. FOX 4's Peyton Yager has more....
Texas has approved a massive expansion of its transmission system to carry more electricity into the Permian Basin. The proposed 765-kilovolt corridors would cross through hundreds of miles of ranches, farms, schools, and rural communities. At a Texas Senate Committee on Business...
Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School mass shooter Colt Gray, appeared in a Barrow County courtroom Thursday where he was sentenced to prison for his role in the 2024 mass murder....
A father who gifted his 14-year-old son an assault rifle that the teenager then used to unleash a mass shooting at a Georgia high school was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. A jury in March convicted Colin Gray on multiple charges , including second-degree murder and inv...
Texas community college leaders are bracing for cuts because they’re missing out on millions that the schools earned, but the state can’t afford to pay. The administrators spoke publicly for the first time about the stress that the state funding shortfall puts on their budgets du...
Colorado-based Flexential announced Tuesday that it purchased 110 acres in Kaufman County and plans to build its fourth and largest data center campus in North Texas. Work on the site in Talty is expected to begin in early 2027. Site work is expected to begin in early 2027. The f...
Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa will close its residential campus after the 2027 academic year.
Texas public universities may now use the Classic Learning Test when considering students who do not qualify for automatic admission.
A report released this week found that law enforcement officials did not inform Old Dominion University of a student’s terrorism-related criminal history before he began shooting at the Virginia campus....
Texas’ tax-free weekend returns Aug. 7-9, giving back-to-school shoppers a chance to save up to 8.25% on qualifying clothing, footwear and school supplies. NBC 5 Responds compiled a list of commonly overlooked items that qualify for the Texas tax-free weekend. Items that qualify ...
A 40-acre data center campus proposed by Dallas developer Crow Holdings may spell the end of Dallas’ Market Hall building. No closing date has been publicly announced. But the building, once touted as the world’s largest privately owned exhibition hall, appears to no longer serve...
Hundreds of North Texas families are expected to gather in South Dallas this weekend for a free health expo designed to help children and parents prepare for the upcoming school year. The YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas will host its 4th annual Back-to-School Health Expo presented by...
Days after Howard University notified hundreds of first-time-in-college students that their spots for the upcoming semester were no longer being held, other colleges and universities are stepping up to fill the gap for students who are scrambling to find other options. Keana John...
This first day of school is like most others, except the calendar says July 28. “It’s sad because I love her being at home with me, but at the same time it’s exciting because I know it’s good for them,” said Alycce Fragoso, who walked her little sister to John Quincy Adams Elemen...
In the Southeast, a vast wildlife refuge filled with alligators is now considered one of the most important natural sites in the world. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, known as UNESCO , added 25 sites to the World Heritage List during their m...
Soldiers from Fort Hood are helping the DeSoto football team get ready for the season. It's part of the U.S. Army Experience Roadshow. High school athletes get a glimpse into the life of Army soldiers...
Summer is over for thousands of Dallas Independent School District students. On Tuesday morning, the district welcomed back students on 20 of its campuses....
This morning, some Dallas ISD students are headed back to the classroom. The district's new "Additional Days School Year" program kicks off today. Fox 4's Payton May is at John Quincy Adams Elementary to show us what's ahead....
Forget pre-med. Bye bye business majors. College students at Arizona State University can now opt to earn a degree in content creation. The bachelor of arts in content creation is offered through the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State Uni...
When Dr. Jason Gibson began grading midterm exams for two summer history courses at Alcorn State University, he noticed a pattern that quickly became impossible to ignore. The assignment asked students to compare the Industrial Revolution with today’s digital age. Many of the res...
The application portal is now open for school bands, choirs, and holiday-themed entertainers to perform during the holiday open houses at the White House during the month of December. Volunteers are also needed to help decorate the White House for the holidays....
The admitted murderer Bryan Kohberger plans to file for post-conviction relief after pleading guilty to killing four University of Idaho students in a 4 a.m. home invasion attack, according to court records....
Years after Coppell ISD school resource officer Tonard “Tee” Warmsley met Modjet Brown Jr. the two continue to demonstrate the lasting power of showing up. Brown first met Warmsley as a middle school student, and over the years, the school resource officer became a steady presenc...
Stricter heat-safety standards for Texas high school athletics and marching bands will become mandatory statewide on Aug. 1, following a formal rule change by the University Interscholastic League....
Today the UIL is announcing a new heat policy for all outdoor sports and marching band activities. This comes after a student athlete at Lancaster ISD died after suffering heat stroke. Fox 4’s Payton May has more on the latest protocols....
This week, the Dallas Arts District announced its new Executive Director: Ahava Silkey-Jones. Silkey-Jones comes to her new role with more than 15 years of leadership experience spanning higher education, nonprofit management, arts administration and civic engagement. As Vice Pro...
Following the 35-year murder conviction of Karmelo Anthony for the fatal 2025 stabbing of high school track athlete Austin Metcalf, Metcalf's father has established a foundation dedicated to youth conflict resolution....
The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, rescinding a decades-long standard for civil rights enforcement. In a rule change announced Thursday, th...
Christopher Anne Affleck, mother of actors Ben and Casey Affleck, died in June after a monthslong battle with a terminal illness, the family announced July 23. She was 83. Affleck, a civil rights organizer and teacher, received her diagnosis in December 2025 and was given six mon...
The number of Texas borrowers who have fallen far behind on paying back their federal student loans has doubled in less than a year, data shows. Between September 2025 and March 2026, the number of Texans who have defaulted on student loans jumped from about 461,000 to 878,000, a...
Tomorrow’s global leaders are spending time in North Texas as part of a program designed to build international friendships and leadership skills that will last long after the students return home. Fort Worth Sister Cities International is hosting high school students from Japan,...
President Donald Trump says Trump Accounts could hoist children out of poverty and give more Americans the chance to benefit from investments in the stock market. But some parents say they’re still waiting for the money to arrive. Trump on Wednesday plans to speak at a Georgia hi...
A Haslet private school will close its doors several months after a sex offender controversy rocked the tight-knit community.
A new report evaluates how well school systems across the nation support their students, highlighting the significant role parents play in choosing the right school for academic success....
New details from Daniel Erving’s autopsy report are shedding light on the high school senior’s final moments before he drowned in Lake Ray Hubbard in April, as his family continues to call for a full and impartial investigation into his death. According to the autopsy report obta...
A nonprofit that gives teachers free classroom supplies is now doing something good for community artists who want to show off their work. The Welman Project just moved into its new home in the shadows of abandoned grain silos on South Main Street in Fort Worth. The nonpr...
Defaults on student loans have surged across the United States, reaching record levels as borrowers struggle to keep up with payments. The numbers have spiked since payments came due again following a lengthy pause intended to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today...
Two Frisco ISD schools finish top 10 in UIL Lone Star Cup
Summer vacation is in full swing, and for many children that means spending long days at home or attending summer camps. But not every family can afford camps that include educational activities. Experts say children lose an average of two months of reading skills over the sum...
As the new school year approaches, recent graduates from Allen are helping make back-to-school shopping a little less stressful for some North Texas families through a nonprofit they launched while still in high school. Pathway Packs, founded two years ago by twin brothers Ama...
A new class of students at the TCU Barnett School of Medicine is about to start. They get their ceremonial white coats this weekend, just as third-year med student Michaela Mitchell did when she started. “Yeah, I mean everyone gets that white coat syndrome, myself included,” M...
“Who wants to go first?” During the last week of the spring semester, a few dozen graduate students, in a mix of sweatshirts and business attire, chatted softly around tables as they awaited the start of their Agentic AI class, a new course in the University of Texas at Dalla...
Project Transformation North Texas is a nonprofit focused on literacy, leadership development and community engagement. Since the program started in 1998, organizers said they have helped more than 10,000 students improve their reading skills through the summer. “We have more ...
High in the skies over Argentina, a flight instructor at the controls of a Cessna 150 suddenly turned to his student and reportedly said, “You know what you have to do, carry on.” Then he took off his headset, unbuckled his seatbelt, shoved open the door, and jumped out of the...
A 22-year-old student pilot safely landed a plane Saturday after her instructor jumped out of the aircraft and died mid-flight over Argentina.
It’s easy to find articles with lists of the most popular baby names in America. (In fact, we’ve written many of them!) But this one is different. This list is for the parents who think outside the box. The parents who want their child to be the only one in school with thei...
Professors at Texas Tech University are suing the school over mandatory course reviews they say are discriminatory and censor instruction.
Justin Bieber will bring his swag to the World Cup’s star-studded, Super Bowl-style halftime show, joining fellow headliners Madonna, Shakira and BTS, FIFA announced Wednesday. Afrobeats star Burna Boy, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus — a choir of elem...
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