Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

Education

Education|Political|Technology

Senate passes bill to protect kids online and make tech companies accountable for harmful content

The Senate has passed legislation designed to protect children from dangerous online content

Senate passes bill to protect kids online and make tech companies accountable for harmful content
Education|Opinion|Political

JD Vance’s former Yale classmate and friend says emails show political transformation on ‘literally every imaginable issue’

JD Vance’s former Yale classmate and friend says emails show political transformation on ‘literally every imaginable issue’

JD Vance’s former Yale classmate and friend says emails show political transformation on ‘literally every imaginable issue’
Education|News|Political

Judge permanently blocks part of Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’

Judge permanently blocks part of Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’

Judge permanently blocks part of Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’
Crime|Education

St. John's University student severely injured after stabbing outside his home

St. John's University student severely injured after stabbing outside his home

St. John's University student severely injured after stabbing outside his home
Crime|Education|News

Man facing federal charges in firebombing of UC Berkeley police vehicle

Man facing federal charges in firebombing of UC Berkeley police vehicle

Man facing federal charges in firebombing of UC Berkeley police vehicle
Arts|Education|Lifestyle

Meet the couple using their art studio as a safe space for children of all abilities

Meet the couple using their art studio as a safe space for children of all abilities

Meet the couple using their art studio as a safe space for children of all abilities
Education|Health

Nearly a quarter of adolescent girls suffer partner violence, WHO study finds

Around a quarter of adolescent girls who have been in relationships have endured physical or sexual violence, a World Health Organization study said on Tuesday,

Nearly a quarter of adolescent girls suffer partner violence, WHO study finds
Education|News|Opinion|Political

Ohio school district's transgender anti-bullying policy upheld by appeals court

A divided U.S. appeals court upheld the right of a central Ohio school district to enforce policies against the bullying of transgender students, rejecting an effort by

Ohio school district's transgender anti-bullying policy upheld by appeals court
World|Education

School faces crisis as students create fake TikTok profiles targeting teachers

Earlier this year, several eighth graders at Great Valley Middle School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, created TikTok accounts impersonating teachers, leading to a wave of online harassment that shook the school. One day in February, about 20 Great Valley teachers were shocked to find phony TikTok profiles using their names and photos. These accounts featured real photos of the teachers, often including their families, accompanied by inappropriate and offensive content. The posts ranged from pedophilia innuendos to racist memes and fabricated sexual encounters between staff members. Patrice Motz, a veteran Spanish teacher at the school, discovered a fake TikTok profile using

School faces crisis as students create fake TikTok profiles targeting teachers
Education

5 growing threats to academic freedom

From educational gag orders to the decline of tenure-track positions, academic freedom in the United States has been worsening in recent years.

5 growing threats to academic freedom
Economy|Education|Sports

Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits

The entrance of name, image and likeness deals in college sports has raised questions about what it means to be a tax-exempt charitable organization

Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits
Asia|Education|News

Bangladesh restores internet as students call off job-quota protests

Bangladesh said it had restored internet services as conditions return to normal after students called off protests against reforms to job quotas that killed nearly 150

Bangladesh restores internet as students call off job-quota protests
Arts|Education|News|Opinion

Museums closed Native American exhibits 6 months ago. Tribes are still waiting to get items back

Native American artifacts have remained out of public view but still very much in the hands of some of the nation’s largest museums some six months after institutions closed and covered exhibits in response to new federal regulations

Museums closed Native American exhibits 6 months ago. Tribes are still waiting to get items back
Education|Lifestyle|Sports

First Olympics nursery is a step forward, athletes say, but much remains to do

First Olympics nursery is a step forward, athletes say, but much remains to do

First Olympics nursery is a step forward, athletes say, but much remains to do
Arts|Education|Lifestyle|News|Opinion

Apache Christ icon controversy sparks debate over Indigenous Catholic faith practices

The congregation at St. Joseph Apache Mission in the Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico, is struggling to deal with the hurt caused by their priest removing a cherished painting called the Apache Christ, which portrays Jesus as an Indigenous holy man

Apache Christ icon controversy sparks debate over Indigenous Catholic faith practices
Education|Sports

75% of US Olympians played in college. Future of Games hinges on fallout from NCAA athlete payouts

Three-quarters of the nearly 600 American athletes lining up for action at the Paris Olympics got their training in college sports in the United States

75% of US Olympians played in college. Future of Games hinges on fallout from NCAA athlete payouts
Asia|Education|News|World

Japan's Sado gold mine gains UNESCO status after Tokyo pledges to exhibit dark WWII history

The UNESCO World Heritage committee has decided to register Japan’s controversial Sado gold mine as a cultural heritage site after the country agreed to include it in an exhibit about its dark history of abusing wartime Korean laborers

Japan's Sado gold mine gains UNESCO status after Tokyo pledges to exhibit dark WWII history
Education|Sports

Damages to college athletes to range from a few dollars to more than a million under settlement

Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences

Damages to college athletes to range from a few dollars to more than a million under settlement
Education|Environment|Science

Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions

Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions

Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions
Education

Real equity in math education is about more than good grades and test scores

Developing students’ mathematical power and confidence is key to creating true equity.

Real equity in math education is about more than good grades and test scores
Crime|Education|Health|News

Site of 3 killings during pivotal, bloody 1967 Detroit riot receives historic marker

The site of a transient motel in Detroit where three young Black men were killed, allegedly by white police officers, during the city’s bloody July 1967 race riot has received a historic marker

Site of 3 killings during pivotal, bloody 1967 Detroit riot receives historic marker
Business|Education|Finance

KKR to take edu-tech firm Instructure private for $4.8 billion

KKR & Co will take education software platform Instructure Holdings private for $4.8 billion, the private equity firm said on Thursday.

KKR to take edu-tech firm Instructure private for $4.8 billion
Education|Health

‘The system is broken’: Cafeteria worker speaks out in death of 12-year-old boy

‘The system is broken’: Cafeteria worker speaks out in death of 12-year-old boy

‘The system is broken’: Cafeteria worker speaks out in death of 12-year-old boy
Education|News|Opinion

Baltimore residents express concerns over Fredrick Douglass Tunnel project in public meeting

Baltimore residents express concerns over Fredrick Douglass Tunnel project in public meeting

Baltimore residents express concerns over Fredrick Douglass Tunnel project in public meeting
Crime|Education|News

Former Uvalde officers plead not guilty in Texas school shooting case

Two former Texas school police officers have pleaded not guilty to charges related to the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde that killed 19 students and two

Former Uvalde officers plead not guilty in Texas school shooting case

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