A Christian man fights LGBTQ+ discrimination at religious schools
NEW YORK – Caught between his Christian faith and what some Americans view as a deepening assault on transgender rights, Zayn Silva remembers the moment…
Matthew McConaughey’s new push to help protect schools after Uvalde
On Thursday, McConaughey launched the Greenlights Grant Initiative, a privately funded program intended to help smaller school districts and local education agencies (LEAs) apply for…
We need to free our schools of sexual violence | Child Rights
Education is a fundamental human right. It has the power to raise people and populations out of poverty, level inequalities, and ensure sustainable development. Yet,…
Summer traffic chaos warning as millions of Brits leave town after schools break up
With school holidays beginning across England and Wales on Friday, the RAC expects the number of journeys will exceed the pre-pandemic average in a warning…
Nations where 3.3bn live spend more on debt than health, schools | Poverty and Development News
Almost half of humanity lives in countries that spend more servicing interest on debt than health or education, UN says. Approximately 3.3 billion people –…
Why is India cutting back on teaching evolution in schools? | TV Shows
On Wednesday, June 14 at 19:30 GMT:This school year, students under 16 will no longer be taught about evolution or the periodic table of elements.…
Queensland schools increase reliance on waivers for unregistered teachers to front classrooms
The number of unregistered teaching students granted early approval to teach in Queensland schools has more than doubled in one year, and is almost seven times…
Man Utd v Man City: The schools teaching future stars for both clubs
An 18-year-old Marcus Rashford, pictured outside Ashton on Mersey's Sixth Form building in March 2016Arms over shoulders, smiles breaking across fresh faces, marker-pen messages scrawled…
Concerns some schools are contravening disability legislation by not accepting neurodiverse children
Sydney mother Jana Hunt is worried she won't be able to find the right school for her four-year-old son Harrison to start at next year.She…
In South Africa, pupils in 3,000 schools still use pit toilets | Health News
At a high school in rural northern South Africa, more than 300 students and their teachers share three toilets, and that woefully lopsided figure is…
Racial and socio-economic diversity in schools has stalled, report says
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced a new grant program to address a lack of diversity in schools. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo…
Grand Rapids, Mich., schools ban backpacks after 4th confiscated gun
Students will no longer be allowed to carry book bags in Grand Rapids, Mich., following the fourth gun confiscation of the current school year. File…
Israel’s demolition surge: Schools become a primary target | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Jubbet adh-Dibh, occupied West Bank – Ten-year-old Omar Salah could not go to school on Sunday because Israeli forces demolished it after no building permit was…
Parent pleads for vape dealer fines, as governments promise to step up action after 3,000 retailers warned
The sale of nicotine vapes and e-cigarettes without a prescription has been illegal in Western Australia for several years, but not a single retailer has…
California lawmakers consider banning ‘willful defiance’ suspensions from schools
Misha Karigaca was a middle school principal when the Oakland Unified School District revamped its disciplinary policies in 2015 to end willful defiance suspensions. Instead…
Republican-controlled House passes trans sport ban for certain schools
The Republican-controlled House passed legislation on 20 April that would see transgender women and girls banned from competing in certain female school athletics. The bill,…
Bill requiring California schools to out transgender students dies
A bill that would have required California school officials to alert parents if their child identified as gender-nonconforming or transgender won’t get a committee hearing,…
Multiple Wyoming schools go on lockdown after false shooter reports
Several high schools in Wyoming went on lockdown Monday after receiving calls about active shooters. The calls turned out to be false. File Photo by…
Decades of deadly gun violence in US schools | Gun Violence News
EXPLAINERNashville shooting that killed six people, including three children, is just the latest school attack to raise questions about easy access to assault weapons. An…
White House criticizes Florida plan to expand ‘don’t say gay’ measure to high schools
Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., said Florida could expand its so-called ‘don’t say gay’ law to the high school level. Florida's Parental Rights in Education law…