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A teacher was found dead in her bed. Unusual clues left police searching for answers.

Jocelyn Peters, an award-winning third grade teacher in Missouri, was found shot to death in her bed in 2016. Inside her apartment, police found potato fragments splattered in her bedroom and when questioned about the case, a man swallowed potential evidence - leaving investigators searching for answers.

UF College Republicans sue after suspension over Nazi salute post

<p>The University of Florida campus group says the suspension over an off-campus post violated free speech</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox</a></p></li></ul><p>A dispute among student Republican groups in Florida over alleged <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/antisemitism">antisemitic</a> behavior is heading for a courtroom after a chapter at the state’s flagship university was suspended for an online post featuring two people giving <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/03/16/florida-college-republicans-antisemitic">Nazi salutes</a>.</p><p>On Saturday, University of Florida (UF) blocked campus operations of the school’s College R...

Blue books make a comeback at colleges in the AI era. Why not "chisels," critic mocks

<p>Colleges besieged by AI-generated writing brought back blue book exams to <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/26/ai-chatgpt-cheating-college-teachers" target="_blank">deter cheating</a>, but some educators say hand-written tests don't showcase students' best work and disadvantage swaths of learners.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Educators say AI cheating is real — if sometimes overstated — but reverting to pen-and-paper tests sidesteps the reality that many employers want graduates who are <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-jobs-white-collar-unemployment-anthropic" target="_blank">comfortable</a> using AI tools.</p><hr><p><strong>State of play:</strong> Education has fundamentally changed since <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/03/11/openai-anthropic-pentagon-google" target="_blank">OpenAI</a> dropped ChatGPT in 2022.</p><ul><li>Blue books can help prevent copy-and-paste cheating. But Professor Dan Melzer, at University of California, Davis, says educators...

Colleges struggle to keep up with growing mental health problems

Depression and suicidal ideation are stubbornly high among college students despite increased efforts by universities to combat the long-growing problem.  While nearly all four-year institutions and the vast majority of community colleges offer mental health services, it hasn’t been enough to combat the academic stress, increased screen and social media time, rising isolation and other factors experts say can contribute to the…