Suicide rates have climbed among children and young adults in the 10-14 and 15-24 age groups since 1999, mirroring trends in the population as a whole, new federal data show.

A 16-year-old Delaware girl died after being seriously injured in a fight with classmates in her high school's restroom Thursday morning, school officials said.

The agreement to rework its discipline policies resolves a federal investigation that found disproportionately high rates of discipline for black students there.

In a decision that could have far-reaching implications for schools around the country, a federal appeals court has sided with a transgender student who sued his school after it prohibited him from using the boys' restroom because he was born a girl.

A lawsuit seeks to hold the New York City schools liable for student violence and bullying, a standard two other recent suits failed to meet.

Heated presidential campaign rhetoric and divisive policy proposals have had a negative effect on school climate, a new report says.

So-called "summer melt" is long studied in the academic world, but students' social and emotional development may also regress when they are not in school, according to new findings presented at the American Educational Research Association meeting.

The school police officer was fired after a video of him body slamming a girl to the ground spread online last week.

The San Antonio district expects to wrap-up its investigation of the video, in which a school officer slams a 12-year-old girl face-first on the ground, early next week.

The law suit claims that New York City schools do not respond adequately to violence, harassment, and bullying, creating an unsafe learning environment for students. The plaintiffs seek class-action status.