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+Chaos in Nigeria's APC primaries+WHO warns of Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda+Nigeria suffers school abduction

+++ Nigeria's APC primaries chaos +++ WHO warns of Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda +++ Nigeria suffers another school abduction in Borno state

Deutsche Welle - Health - 1 hour ago

Alberta students being treated for rabies exposure after bat encounter on school bus -- Amir Said -- -

A school bus ride in Drumheller took an unexpected turn when a bat turned out to be on board. At least three students on the bus are being treated for rabies exposure after making direct contact with the bat last week, according to two parents.

CBC News - Health - 1 hour ago

Qatar Education Summit highlights AI opportunities and risks in classrooms

Doha, Qatar: A discussion hosted by the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha has highlighted growing challenges surrounding the integr...

Peninsula Qatar - Entertainment - 1 hour ago

Former school official returns to court for case of 6-year-old who shot teacher

Last year, Ebony Parker was found liable for ignoring warning signs that the child had a weapon.

NBC News - Entertainment - 4 hours ago

What one Ivy League school is doing to get students hired in an AI jobs apocalypse

College students are increasingly worried that artificial intelligence will upend their future career plans.

CNBC - Top Stories - 4 hours ago

Misuse of school timeouts raises questions -- Offering calming spaces where students can regulate their emotions is an important strategy for promoting student well-being and maintaining a productive learning environment.

Offering calming spaces where students can regulate their emotions is an important strategy for promoting student well-being and maintaining a productive learning environment.

Boston Globe - Opinion - 1 day ago

High school surf star allegedly beaten, branded 'pedophile' and terrorized by teammates sues school

The brutal attack left the teen with lacerations on his back and bruises to his head.

New York Post - Top Stories - 14 hours ago

Lollapalooza awards $1.7 million grant to CPS for arts education

The grant, doled out over the next five years, is one of the largest financial awards CPS has received for arts education, according to the district.

Chicago Sun-Times - Top Stories - 15 hours ago

The Charter School Founder Turning Children Toward Plato, Virtue, and the Eternal | Caylan Ford

She founded Canada’s first tuition-free classical charter school in 2022 with about a dozen faculty. Now they’ve grown to 1,500 students and three campuses.

Epoch Times - Top Stories - 1 day ago

Wokeness in higher education is still alive and kicking

Ballots went out last month for leadership positions at the American Sociological Association. Here’s some advice for candidates: Emphasize your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion credentials. Among...

New York Post - Opinion - 1 day ago

How the old-school horror of The Birds speaks to 21st-century anxieties

Fears of technological overreach, environmental decline, and the violent rise of the irrational: our 21st-century anxieties were anticipated in an unlikely 20th-century horror metaphor. "The Birds" — a haunting 1953 short story by Daphne duMaurier, and the truly bizarre 1963 Alfred Hitchcock movie that it inspired.

CBC News - Top Stories - 1 day ago

YouTube, Snap, and TikTok Settle Kentucky School District's Social Media Addiction Claims

The Breathitt County School District still plans to take Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to trial next month.

Epoch Times - US News - 1 day ago

U. of C. faculty and parents protest Lab School policy they say limits classroom discussion, inclusion

Parents and faculty say the policy limits what teachers can talk about and makes it harder to show students how to be good community members. But Lab School administrators say the “viewpoint-neutral” model is more aligned with the school's values.

Chicago Sun-Times - Top Stories - 1 day ago

42 school children missing after suspected Islamist attack in Nigeria

At least 42 children were missing after a suspected Islamist militant school attack in Borno, Nigeria

Independent UK - World - 2 days ago

Share and care across common school playgrounds and classrooms adds up

The debate is not about rich kids versus poor kids, it is about asking whether Australia is comfortable with an increasingly divided education system.

Sydney Morning Herald - Opinion - 2 days ago

From Chicago to Gaza: Wear The Peace opens school for Palestinian children

Uplifting people in Gaza has been particularly important to clothing and accessories line co-founders Murad Nofal and Mustafa Mabruk, both children of Palestinian refugees.

Chicago Sun-Times - Top Stories - 2 days ago

'Absence of anything': How the end of school marks a new challenge for these kids

For this Brisbane mother, the years after her autistic son finished school were harder than any that had come before.

Sydney Morning Herald - Health - 2 days ago

The Gulf's next higher education challenge -- m read

Explore how Gulf universities are evolving from importing global prestige to building locally rooted, resilient higher education systems in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Gulf News - Opinion - 3 days ago

Youth mental wellness and mentorship program to expand into 3 school districts

A Lancaster city-based nonprofit organization seeking to improve access to mental health resources and elevate mental health awareness in children and young adults hopes to serve six times the number

Lancaster Online - Top Stories - 3 days ago

The event aims to raise money for the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which helps kids access education and soccer.

Three major performers from pop, past and present, will perform during halftime of the World Cup final in the US. The Superbowl-style pageant will eat into the time to analyze the biggest football game in four years.

Deutsche Welle - Entertainment - 3 days ago

DOJ: Yale Medical School Illegally Gave Preferential Treatment to Black and Hispanic Student Applicants

The Ivy League institution continually violated federal Civil Rights laws despite a 2023 Supreme Court decision, the department’s investigation found.

Epoch Times - US News - 3 days ago

Mayor Johnson rules out school closings, mum on possible bid for reelection

A moratorium on school closings expires at the end of the 2026-27 school year, but Mayor Brandon Johnson said he won’t consider the possibility — even though scores of public schools are operating with more empty seats than students. “Didn't we do that already?" the mayor said.

Chicago Sun-Times - Politics - 3 days ago

Should Pennsylvania pass a law mandating nonpartisan school board elections?

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Lancaster Online - Opinion - 4 days ago

College Market Offers Students Fresh Food for Free in an Area With Limited Grocery Options

The market opened in February through a partnership between City Colleges of Chicago and the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Epoch Times - Top Stories - 4 days ago

Job training or well-rounded education: Can 3-year college degrees do both? -- Cameron Pugh

Three-year bachelor’s degrees are gaining traction in the United States, as they boost affordability and speed up career entry. But do they bypass traditional education goals?

Christian Science Monitor - Top Stories - 6 days ago

As CPS cuts staff to plug deficit, educator unions and school board members press for more state funding

CPS board members are considering a resolution that calls on Illinois lawmakers to raise taxes on corporations and wealthy residents and to pursue other measures that could boost funding for the state’s largest school district.

Chicago Sun-Times - Top Stories - 4 days ago

Image of water polo players in Speedos sparks feud. Mom demands SoCal school officials resign

Temecula Valley Unified School District Board President Joseph Komrosky and member Jennifer Wiersma compared teenage students to Chippendales dancers and an OnlyFans crew.

Los Angeles Times - Top Stories - 4 days ago

How one Kigali school is making tap water safe to drink.

Clean drinking water is still hard to access for many Rwandans. At one school in Kigali, a small filtration system is helping pupils drink safely and cut plastic waste.

Deutsche Welle - Health - 5 days ago

GLOBE MAGAZINE -- In 1970s Boston, young hustlers made easy money selling smart term papers to college students

Long before there was generative AI, “Mr. Papers” and other young hustlers made a fast buck selling smart essays to students.

Boston Globe - Top Stories - 6 days ago

The Times' top 25 high school baseball rankings

A look at the top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland after the final week of the 2026 regular season.

Los Angeles Times - Top Stories - 7 days ago

Boston pushes to keep school buses rolling

School districts nationwide struggle with late buses. In Boston, parents, local officials, and the school district are pressing for accountability.

Christian Science Monitor - US News - 9 days ago

Schools across U.S. disrupted after Canvas education platform hacked

The parent company of Canvas, a popular, cloud-based education platform, says it experienced a cybersecurity incident this week. NBC News' Valerie Castro explains the impact this has had on students.

NBC News - Technology - 9 days ago

How a massive hack on school software disrupted classes across America

Instructure, parent company of the education platform Canvas, said it took “immediate steps” to contain the hack before calling law enforcement.

NBC News - Technology - 9 days ago

Southern cities dominate rankings of best job markets for new college graduates

Recent college graduates are finding the best career opportunities in Southern cities like Birmingham and Tampa, according to a new ADP study.

Fox News - Business - 11 days ago

Education -- School cell phone bans may boost student well-being-but not test scores, new study suggests

Banning cell phones in schools has been touted as a silver bullet for poor test scores and low student well-being and attendance, but new research suggests the results are more mixed

Scientific American - Technology - 13 days ago

Your guide to the L.A. Unified Board of Education District 4 race: Nick Melvoin vs. Ankur Patel

L.A. Unified Board of Education District 4 race will feature incumbent Nick Melvoin and challenger Ankur Patel. Here is your election guide.

Los Angeles Times - Top Stories - 17 days ago

Professional school grads from diverse classes get higher salaries

Study authors say courts should reconsider rulings in light of this new evidence.

Ars Technica - Science - 19 days ago

Kızılay expands education efforts against bullying in 21,000 schools

The Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) has placed peer bullying among its priority areas in its 2026 education programs, as part of efforts to strengthen...

Daily Sabah - Top Stories - 21 days ago

Lancaster charter school board must provide public notice of its meetings [editorial]

For the last two years, La Academia Partnership Charter School, a brick-and-mortar school in Lancaster city, has failed to inform the public about its board meetings in accordance with Pennsylvania’s

Lancaster Online - Opinion - 1 month ago

Stormont Education Minister 'sympathetic' to social media ban

Paul Givan said he supports the concerns behind such a ban but questioned how it could be enforced.

Evening Standard - Technology - 2 months ago

A New Ban On Trans Girls And Women In School Sports Could Lead To "Invasive Examinations" Of Student-Athletes To Prove Their Gender, Advocates Say

The Republican lawmaker who introduced the bill said it would be enforced via student-athletes’ physical exams.

BuzzFeed News - Politics - 5 months ago

Recent college grads are losing their edge in the job market, study shows

The unemployment gap between college and high school graduates has reached its lowest level in decades, according to a new report from the Cleveland Fed.

Fox News - Business - 5 months ago

Trump administration's war on public schools comes to Detroit with unpublicized education chief visit

Linda McMahon, an outspoken supporter of charter schools and civil rights rollbacks, is visiting Renaissance High School

Detroit Metro Times - US News - 8 months ago

Lawsuit accuses Jewish school in Oakland County of using public funds to force educator to teach religion

The Hillel Day School allegedly fired a public school teacher after she raised questions about separation of church and state

Detroit Metro Times - US News - 8 months ago

Despite Trump's Win, School Vouchers Were Again Rejected by Majorities of Voters

In several Republican-led states, popular sentiment on the voucher issue has been overridden by the efforts of special interest groups and powerful governors who have enacted sweeping voucher programs that often benefit affluent families.

ProPublica - Politics - 10 months ago

Texas Lawmakers Push to Enforce Election Transparency Law After Newsrooms Found School Districts Failed to Comply

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found nearly three dozen school districts were missing required campaign finance reports online. Now lawmakers are pushing to impose steep penalties on local governments that fail to abide by the law.

ProPublica - Politics - 1 year ago

How Texas Conservatives Use At-Large School Board Elections to Influence What Students Learn

In six Texas districts that used at-large voting systems, ideologically driven conservatives successfully helped elect school board members who have moved aggressively to ban or remove educational materials that teach children about diversity.

ProPublica - Politics - 1 year ago

CBC Kids News - How acting in my school musical made me a braver person - January 10, 2024

Rasleen Buttar tells the story of how she auditioned for her school musical and got the lead, giving her confidence to try new things.

CBC News - Opinion - 1 year ago