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On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order mandating the introduction of "cell phone–free education" in Virginia public schools. "The necessity of implementing cell phone–free education in Virginia's K-12 public schools is increasingly evident," Youngkin's order reads. "Parents, public health professionals, educators and other stakeholders across the Commonwealth are expressing concern over the alarming mental health crisis and chronic health conditions affecting adolescents, such as depression and anxiety, driven in part by extensive social media usage and widespread...
Reason
Dacca (AFP) - La plus haute juridiction du Bangladesh a temporairement suspendu mercredi les quotas pour les postes les plus prisés de la fonction publique, après des manifestations étudiantes exigeant la fin de ce système jugé "discriminatoire", a affirmé un avocat. Ce système vise à réserver plus de la moitié des postes de fonctionnaires bien rémunérés et très demandés à certaines catégories de la population, ce que les étudiants jugent discriminatoire. Ce système de quotas réserve 30% des postes de fonctionnaires aux enfants de ceux qui se sont battus pour obtenir l'indépendance du Banglade...
AFP (Français)
Last week, Oklahoma state Superintendent Ryan Walters announced that the state could soon require public schools to teach the Bible and the Ten Commandments, including requiring religious text be included in all classrooms. "Every teacher, every classroom in the state will have a Bible in the classroom and will be teaching from the Bible in the classroom," Walters said last Thursday, "to ensure that this historical understanding is there for every student in the state of Oklahoma." The statement came just days after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the state could not approve a religious ...
Reason
Pastor Joshua Robertson didn't set out to become a leader in the educational freedom movement, but when his community called, he answered. It was several calls, in fact. In spring 2020, Robertson's phone wouldn't stop ringing. "I was receiving 40–50 calls from parents every single day," says Robertson, the senior pastor of The Rock Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. These were the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns. The move to remote learning gave parents a closer look at their children's schooling—and they didn't like what they saw. "All these parents were venting about the school system,...
Reason
This year, the Department of Education created a massive headache for millions of college students and their families when it released an updated version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form that was riddled with technical bugs. Completing the FAFSA form is required for anyone seeking federal grants and loans, as well as institutional financial aid at the vast majority of American colleges and universities. However, despite the form's importance, issues with this year's FAFSA made it nearly impossible to complete for many families and led to a dramatic 13.5 percent decl...
Reason
Calls for more public school spending are growing louder in states like Texas, Pennsylvania, and New York. "You will see terrible cuts," warned Texas State Representative Jon Rosenthal, who is leading a group of Democratic lawmakers demanding that Gov. Greg Abbott call a special session to boost education funding in the state. Public school budgets are a mess heading into next school year but it's not for a lack of dollars—President Joe Biden's COVID-19 windfall for public schools is backfiring. During the pandemic, Congress doled out $190 billion in K-12 relief aid, which created a fiscal cli...
Reason
Riot police armed with batons clashed with pro-Palestinian student demonstrators at the University of Amsterdam campus on Monday. It's the latest in a series of clashes between Dutch police and demonstators over the last few weeks. Students and staff called for the Dutch institutions to end their complicity in “the ongoing genocide” in Gaza and denouncing violent methods that the police used to suppress peaceful protesters. Riot police also intervened to disband a demonstration camp on the university grounds last week, resorting to force against some protesters and dismantling their tents. WAT...
Euronews (English)
The international NGO interviewed Chinese and Hong Kong students studying in European universities, whose testimonies suggest that Chinese authorities' transnational crackdown is threatening freedom and democracy on European soil. The students say they were followed and photographed during demonstrations or protests, and monitored online. Their family members back home in China were also targeted and threatened by police because of their activism abroad. A total of 30 Chinese and 12 Hong Kong students were interviewed, based in universities in four EU member states - France, Germany the Nether...
Euronews (English)
On Monday, riot police intervened to disband a pro-Palestinian demonstration camp on the university grounds, resorting to force against some protesters and dismantling their tents.
Euronews (English)
Pro-Palestinian activists set up tents outside the sandstone main hall at University of Sydney, one of Australia's largest tertiary institutions.
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