California track-and-field finals enter spotlight for rule change after trans athlete's success

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/30 8:28A Associated Press

CIF will let an additional student compete and potentially offer an extra medal in three events in which a trans athlete is competing.

North Texas teen Faizan Zaki overcomes a shocking, self-inflicted flub and wins the Scripps National...

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/30 3:19A Associated Press

Throughout Thursday night's finals, the 13-year-old from Allen, Texas, looked like a champion in waiting. Then he nearly threw it away.

California opens track-and-field finals to more girls after success of trans athlete

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/27 7:38P Vania Patino, Associated Press

The governing board for California high school sports is allowing more girls to take part in the competition.

Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/27 8:03A Associated Press

The government already has canceled more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for the Ivy League school.

Harvard has long been the world's top college, but Trump's sanction puts its allure at risk

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/24 8:32A Associated Press

The move threatens to undermine Harvard's stature, revenue and appeal among top scholars globally.

China criticizes U.S. ban on Harvard's international students

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/23 5:54A Associated Press

Chinese students accounted for 1,203 of Harvard's 6,703 international students in 2024.

Harvard sues the Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/23 3:37A Associated Press

Harvard said in the suit that the government's action violates the First Amendment.

Teen to plead guilty to stealing teacher, student data from PowerSchool, N.C. attorney general says

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/22 7:22A Spectrum News Staff, Associated

“This hacker compromised the personal data of millions of people in our state and I’m glad to see he is being brought to justice."

Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/22 5:34A Associated Press

The school would have been the nation's first religious charter school.

Wake Tech offers free financial program as student loan repayments return

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/21 3:15A Sydney McCoy

The average student loan debt in North Carolina is close to $39,000.

Libraries are cutting back on staff and services after Trump's order to dismantle small agency

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/18 8:54A Associated Press

Maine has laid off a fifth of its staff and temporarily closed its state library after not receiving the remainder of its annual funding.

Harvard thought it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta. It turned out to be extremely rare

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/15 2:24A Associated Press

Two researchers have concluded it has something much more valuable — a rare version from 1300 issued by Britain's King Edward I.

Feds say Western Carolina University breaking Trump order on transgender students

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/9 6:00A Justin Pryor

The university faces allegations that include openly refusing to comply with Title IX and ensuring sex-separated intimate spaces.

Trump says his administration is revoking Harvard's tax-exempt status

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/2 5:29A Christina Santucci

“We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status," he wrote on Truth Social. "It’s what they deserve!”

Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net...

Education | Spectrum News 1 5/2 2:40A Associated Press

The document listed more than 150 research projects under consideration for termination by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.