Twelve former students of a man convicted of sexually abusing them when he was their teacher at a San Francisco Bay Area school will receive a combined $10.9 million to settle a lawsuit against the school, an attorney said.

A Virginia teacher was charged with assault after he allegedly grabbed an 11-year-old girl by the ankles and held her upside down. Tenkoran Agyeman, 40, was arrested Tuesday after the incident was reported to have occurred at Rippon Middle School in Woodbridge on Nov. 1 or Nov. 4, Prince William County police said Wednesday. Police say Agyeman grabbed the student…

The Revere man who was convicted of murdering his wife, Vanessa MacCormack, will spend the rest of his life in prison after an emotional sentencing in which he denied ever hurting her.

A substitute teacher berated a Utah fifth grader after he said during a pre-Thanksgiving lesson that he was thankful he’s finally going to be adopted by his two dads, the parents said. The boy’s classmates said the teacher told him, “that’s nothing to be thankful for” and lectured the 30 kids in the class about her views on homosexuality. She...

A Massachusetts man was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of his wife, a beloved Lynn teacher, though he maintained at the Monday hearing that he was innocent. Andrew MacCormack, 31, was found guilty last month of strangling, beating and stabbing 30-year-old Vanessa MacCormack on Sept. 23, 2017.

Jason Moreno isn’t the type of student you’d expect to receive extra attention from his teachers. Moreno plays sports and serves on student council at the Snowden International School in Boston, where he’s a sophomore. Teachers say he’s bright and funny. He has plenty of friends, and he goes home each night to a supportive family.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has signed into law a bill that would provide $1.5 billion in new spending on the state’s K-12 education system when fully phased in over seven years. Supporters of the measure say it will help ensure schools have the resources needed to provide high quality education for students across Massachusetts, regardless of zip code or income...

A 10-year-old has been charged with fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault for an incident at an elementary school, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.

A Danvers, Massachusetts teacher is expected to appear in court after he was accused of sexually assaulting a student.

A teacher allegedly sexually assaulted a student at Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical High School.

A teacher at a Massachusetts high school was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a student after a parent reported an incident they said took place at the school, police said. Robert Vandenbulcke, a 62-year-old culinary arts teacher at Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical High School in Danvers, was arrested by state police at his home in Salisbury, police said.

Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested six people in connection with the death of American teacher Patricia Ann Anton, who was found strangled in her apartment last week. Anton, 63, was robbed and killed in Puerto Plata, on the country’s northern coast, Dominican national police said. Police announced her death Nov. 12. National police on Sunday said six men,...

Andrew MacCormack was found guilty in the 2017 killing of his wife, Vanessa, a second grade teacher at a school in Lynn, Mass.

A Massachusetts man has pleaded not guilty to drug charges after authorities said his 5-year-old son brought heroin to school and told his teacher that when he tastes the powder he becomes Spider-Man.

With a combined 211 years between them, Charlotte and John Henderson, from Austin, Texas, have been named the oldest living couple by Guinness World Records. John Henderson is 106 — he turns 107 next month — and Charlotte Henderson is 105. They will be married 80 years on Dec. 15. The pair met in 1934 as students at the University...

The case of a Revere, Massachusetts, man accused of killing his wife could end in a mistrial if the jury is unable to reach a verdict. A jury in Boston has been deliberating Andrew MacCormack’s murder charge since closing arguments wrapped up last week. He is accused of beating, strangling and stabbing Vanessa MacCormack at their Revere home on Sept....

The pilgrims arrive early and from all over, gathering hours before daybreak in an old pecan grove that surrounds a country church. They come, they say, for a dose of simple decency and devotion wrapped up in a Bible lesson. The teacher is the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter. Nearly four decades after he left office and...

Deep in the heart of Maine exists a decades-old Twinkie, all part of an experiment started by a now-retired teacher. Back in 1976, Roger Bennatti, a science teacher at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, Maine, opened up a Twinkie as part of a lesson about food additives and preservatives. The goal was to find out how long a Twinkie...

School officials in Pennsylvania have apologized to parents after students received a homework assignment involving President Donald Trump.

The Massachusetts high school teacher accused of exchanging nude pictures with a student at Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton, has been fired from her job, according to the superintendent. Dorothy Veracka, 42, of Clinton, was arraigned Oct. 29 in Clinton District Court on charges of posing/exhibiting a child in the nude, distributing obscene matter to a minor and possessing...