Students fighting at school is nothing new, but the fights are becoming more publicized and more dangerous. With social media at students’ fingertips, the secrecy around fighting in San Antonio-area schools is becoming nonexistent.

The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature has completed its override of Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation that addresses both private school scholarship grants and immigration.

Every month during the school year, KSAT has been recognizing educators, who have been nominated by you — our viewers.

Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump heaped scorn on the federal Department of Education, describing it as being infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists.”.

The Texas State Board of Education has given initial approval to a Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for public schools to adopt for lessons from kindergarten through fifth grade.

SCUCISD had 126 reports of teacher injuries caused by students in the 2022-2023 school year, according to records reviewed by KSAT Investigates.

The San Antonio ISD school board voted to amend Superintendent Jaime Aquino’s contract.

A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year.

Texas A&M University is set to mark the anniversary of the campus bonfire tragedy that killed 12 people and injured dozens more 25 years ago.

The San Antonio Independent School District on Friday celebrated Texas Recycles Day with a focus on recycling and sustainability, culminating in a revitalized playground at Sarah King Elementary.

Oklahoma's education superintendent has sent an email to public school superintendents requiring them to show students his video announcement of a new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism.

San Antonio STEM Week, organized by the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Port San Antonio, will take place on Nov. 19 and 20.

A French student detained for weeks in Tunisia has returned to Paris after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions.

President-elect Donald Trump has a vision for education that revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “wokeness” and “left-wing indoctrination.”.

If the San Antonio Missions want to build a new downtown ballpark, the San Antonio Independent School District has a list of conditions it wants met to sell the land to the team.

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath notified the South San Independent School District’s Board of Trustees Thursday that he is beginning the process of identifying potential members of a board of managers to take control of the school district.

The final piece of the property puzzle for a downtown baseball stadium could carry a big price tag for the San Antonio Missions and its partners. But the alternatives could be worse.

Texas State University is marking its 125th anniversary this week with a celebration that highlights its journey from a modest teacher’s college to a growing research university with big plans for the future.

The Republican-led Ohio Senate has approved a bill banning transgender students from using bathrooms that fit their gender identities.

Transgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign.

Food and beverage manufacturer Kraft Heinz says it's no longer serving the Lunchables meals it created for U.S. schools.

A newly unsealed federal complaint says a man accused of having a machine gun at Tuskegee University admitted to firing his weapon during a weekend shooting, but denied shooting at anyone.

Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill says the state will ask a federal appeals court to quickly stay a lower court's order declaring unconstitutional a law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1.

Pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course next year at Yale University.

A Tuskegee University student says he hid under a car when he heard the gunshots that ripped across his Alabama campus.

An annual teacher Thanksgiving drive is dedicated to helping local educators have food on the table during the holidays.

Former first lady Michelle Obama's brother and his wife have settled a lawsuit they filed in 2022 alleging a private school in Milwaukee refused to reenroll their children after the couple raised concerns about racism.

A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school next to a petrochemical facility embroiled in multiple lawsuits over its high levels of toxic emissions.

Julian Castro, a former Mayor of San Antonio and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has been tapped as the keynote speaker for Northwest Vista College's inaugural speakers series.

The University of Texas at San Antonio announced all of its classes for Friday, Nov. 8 have been canceled.

President-elect Donald Trump has not said what he would do on student loan forgiveness, leaving millions of borrowers facing uncertainty over what will happen with their payments once President Joe Biden leaves office.

Money from name, image and likeness deals has changed what it means to be an NCAA athlete for some college players.

As Texas State University celebrates its 125th anniversary, the institution is deepening its connections with San Antonio, where many of its current students, alumni, and staff reside.

A state-appointed conservator says the TEA should appoint a new Board of Managers to oversee the South San ISD.

It’s no surprise that students are pushing back on cellphone bans in classrooms.

Learning Undefeated and the Texas Education Agency have partnered together to bring a total of nine mobile stem labs to Texas.

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration.

Seguin ISD looks for voter approval on a tax rate change to increase how much money it receives from the state. Prop A is a voter approval tax rate.

Numerous school districts throughout the San Antonio area won’t have classes on Election Day.

Esther Perez Carvajal Elementary fifth-grade teacher Danielle Salgado admits teaching her kids about this year’s United States Election and its voting process without negativity was hard.

Jodi Picoult's “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often pulled from school shelves.

A museum in Virginia has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children.

Maine schoolchildren know about the boy lost for more than a week on the state’s tallest mountain.

The president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday just a week after he was appointed because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, anti-women and lending credence to a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Never before in a presidential election cycle has there been so much discussion of the child tax credit — a tool many Democrats and Republicans have endorsed as a way to lift children and young families out of poverty.

A group of news organizations, including KSAT 12, asked a Texas appeals court on Wednesday to order the release of state Department of Public Safety records of the law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde.

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, who dressed as a giant panda, hosted their final White House Halloween trick-or-treating event on Wednesday.

Elyssa Fields, a special education teacher at Langley Elementary School, is KSAT’s October Educator of the Month. She works with students from three to five years old.

The nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed by a former Liberty University employee fired by the Christian school after disclosing her identity as a transgender woman.

Sprawling across southeastern Bexar County, from Victor Braunig Lake up to Interstate 10 and Loop 1604, East Central ISD has plenty of open space — though it’s quickly being filled in.

It’s a disturbing trend uncovered by KSAT Investigates -- uncovered more than 4,000 reports of students injuring educators in districts with schools in Bexar County in the last two school years.

KSAT Investigates found that during the last two school years, districts with schools in Bexar County reported more than 4,000 educator injuries caused by students.

In just a few years, the issue of student loan cancellation has gone from being a pillar of the Democratic Party to a political liability.

The school system in Aurora, Colorado, is striving to accommodate more than 3,000 new students mostly from Venezuela and Colombia.

Officials in New Haven, Connecticut, are considering a public apology for a decision by city leaders in 1831 to reject what would have been the nation's first Black college.

The Biden administration is moving ahead with a new path to student loan cancellation for Americans who face steep medical bills, child care costs and other types of financial hardship that prevent them from repaying their loans.

High school seniors in Asheville are grappling with several important life decisions as they still recover from the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene on their region.

A school district once had students required to pay $1 to receive a new hallway pass if it was lost.

The Chapel of the Incarnate Word, the Lourdes Grotto, and Brackenridge Villa were all built over 120 years ago and were some of the first buildings in San Antonio.

Louisiana’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1.

One of the most important signs of how people will vote is how much education they have.

All over the country, people with more education are leaning more Democratic, a shift that's reshaping American politics.

A 14-year-old Georgia boy indicted for murder in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School has pleaded not guilty.

The San Antonio ISD school board voted to amend Superintendent Jaime Aquino’s contract.

Some of the most visible demonstrations on college campuses this fall have involved professors speaking up for the right to protest itself.

President Joe Biden has honored acclaimed filmmakers, writers and others who have made their mark on American culture, awarding the prestigious National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals to 39 recipients.

Jill Biden has unveiled what she's calling a reimagined White House public tour that was designed to teach visitors more about the mansion's history and events that unfolded in some of its famous rooms.

A federal judge has heard arguments on whether he should temporarily block a new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1.

One of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults at them has died at age 83.

A fellowship program is training young Black men to become literacy aides in preschool classrooms across the country.

The graduating class of a historic academy in San Antonio is getting ready to celebrate their 50-year reunion this weekend.

A group of Oklahoma parents, teachers and ministers are suing to stop the state's top education official from forcing schools to incorporate the Bible into their lesson plans.

A grand jury in Georgia has indicted a father and son in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder.

Born and raised in San Antonio, Bonnie Salas has always had a deep passion for learning, which has shaped her personal and professional journey.

An outspoken pro-Israel professor at Columbia University has been temporarily barred from campus for harassing and intimidating other employees.

The time-honored tradition of high school athletes proudly sitting behind a table and signing a national letter of intent is a thing of the past.

The University of Texas at San Antonio announced Wednesday that USAA has been named the official military appreciation partner for its athletics program.

Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc so severe — on homes, campuses and municipal power and water systems — that some districts have no idea when they will reopen.

It’s a perk San Antonio ISD superintendent Jaime Aquino negotiated into his contract, but the district is fighting to keep records about his relationship with his personal development coach private.

Conservative politicians in states such as Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee have been questioning whether immigrants without legal residency should have the right to a public education.

A California school has planted a tree that’s out of this world.

Two Judson ISD board members got into a heated confrontation during a special board meeting on Wednesday.

Clarissa Briseno an avid reader and content creator shares some of her favorite books to get us all into the spooky season.

A former Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD substitute teacher facing child injury charges was released from Bexar County custody less than a month after facing similar charges in Guadalupe County.

An NCAA study on social media abuse of athletes, coaches and other officials during championship events found nearly one in five posts that were flagged by an AI-based algorithm and determined to be abusive involved sexual harassment and 12% were related to sports betting.

Brown University has rejected a proposal to divest from 10 companies that protesters say were facilitating the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.

North Carolina legislators have approved an initial $273 million relief package to help address Hurricane Helene’s devastation and recovery in the mountains.

Lawmakers and child care centers are pushing for a statewide mental health system for toddlers.

The regents who govern Georgia’s public universities and colleges want the NCAA to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports.

The San Antonio Local Organizing Committee (SALOC) is challenging young readers from across our city to fuel their love for books while celebrating San Antonio’s role in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Final Four.

The Ballmer Group, Blue Meridian Partners, and others are helping Partners for Rural Impact take a model from Harlem and adapt it for Appalachian Kentucky and beyond.

A judge has given preliminary approval to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that figures to transform college sports.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has named members of a new school board, days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the public schools in the nation’s third-largest city.

Campuses across the U.S. have been calmer in the wake of last spring’s protests, yet many are mired in a lingering unease.

A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire.

New York City is speeding up its switch to a new schools chief after Mayor Eric Adams' indictment.

The university will offer 18 "workforce-relevant" programs to prospective students beginning in the spring of 2025, according to a university release.

If you’re looking for a fun way to explore the physical properties of density with your elementary-aged kids, this experiment is for you!

STAAR test scores for students in San Antonio are trending down and falling below the state average, according to nonprofit City Education Partners.

The Fall 2024 semester is officially underway and we are getting an enrollment breakdown from local colleges and universities.