Alarm after Taliban arrests girls’ school activist amid crackdown | Taliban News
On the fifth day of the holy month of Ramadan, Matiullah Wesa, an advocate for girls’ and women’s education in Afghanistan, went to a neighbourhood…
Climate Change, Poor Education, Governance Gaps Driving Conflict In The Sahel
Since the beginning of the armed insurgencies in May 2012 in what has been described as the central Sahel — Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger,…
ACT Legislative Assembly hears motion calling for regulation, protection and education on local venomous snakes
An ACT snake catcher has brought some venomous reptiles to meet their local politicians in a bid to encourage education and protection for the species.Key…
Nashville police search for clues after latest US school shooting | Gun Violence News
Investigators are searching for clues to better understand the motive behind the latest school shooting in the United States, which left three children and three…
UN says prominent Afghan girls’ education activist arrested | Education News
UN mission says Matiullah Wesa, of the Pen Path NGO that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library, has been arrested in Kabul.…
Brazilian teenager accused of fatally stabbing Sao Paulo teacher | Crime News
Brazilian media outlets say the 13-year-old suspect appeared to be inspired by a deadly school shooting in 2019. A teacher has been fatally stabbed in…
3 children killed in Nashville primary school shooting: Officials | Gun Violence News
BREAKINGBREAKING, Three children suffering gunshot wounds pronounced dead at hospital after shooting on Monday morning. Three children have been killed in a shooting at a…
House Republicans pass broad education measure on ‘parents rights’
Amendment drama: The bill also became a sweeping vehicle for several other GOP priorities such as ensuring parents know what their schooling options are and…
Afghanistan school year starts without millions of teenage girls | Education News
Afghanistan’s schools have reopened for the new academic year, but hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending classes as Taliban authorities ban…
US saw record book-banning efforts in 2022, library group says | Censorship News
Attempted book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries are surging in the United States and set a record in 2022, according to the…
Indian teachers help pandemic-hit girl dropouts return to school | Education News
Nashik, India – Aarti Ambore, 17, says she saw her childhood slipping away when her father suddenly died of a heart attack in September 2021.…
Tens of thousands of US education workers launch strike | Education News
Workers in Los Angeles-area school district, second-largest in US, say wages are not enough to meet high living costs. Tens of thousands of education workers…
Why Chinese students are an increasingly rare sight in Taiwan | Education News
Taipei, Taiwan — It is Jamie Wang’s headline show at Taipei’s Two Three Comedy and the audience loves her. She has been doing standup sets…
What is Pi Day? The story of the circle | Science and Technology News
Circles are some of the most beautiful and versatile shapes in nature. Every March 14, mathematics enthusiasts from all over the globe commemorate Pi Day…
Major Canadian school board recognises caste-based discrimination | Civil Rights News
Toronto’s school board, the largest in Canada, joins a growing push to ban discrimination based on caste in North America. The school board for the…
Stanford archaeologist defends Black history, LGBTQ education
Stanford University archaeologist Ayana Omilade Flewellen has dedicated their life to examining America’s most wrenching truths. They have studied the remains of enslaved Africans at…
Afghanistan universities reopen but women still barred by Taliban | Women’s Rights News
The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in 2021. Male students have trickled back…
Schoolgirls in Iran hospitalised after suspected poisonings | Health News
Dozens of students hospitalised in Hamedan, Zanjan, West Azerbaijan, Fars and Alborz provinces, according to local media reports. Dozens of Iranian schoolgirls across five provinces…
Battleground university: Neoliberalism is silencing education | Education
In early January, news broke that Kenneth Roth, the former boss of Human Rights Watch, had been denied a fellowship by Harvard University’s John F Kennedy…
Edmund Rice Education Australia issues apology to parents at Victorian school for failing to meet obligations under child safe standards
A multi-billion-dollar body overseeing seven Catholic schools in Victoria, including Melbourne's St Kevin's College, has written to apologise to parents after receiving a notice that…