A year after a deadly school shooting, Tennessee Republican lawmakers passed a bill that would let some teachers and staff carry concealed handguns on public school grounds. Protestors were removed from the gallery after shouting "Blood on your hands." (AP video by Kristin M. Hall)
Helms Ategeka, a high school senior in Oakland, California, received admissions to 122 colleges and universities. With almost too many choices, he and his father had to work through their differences about which school he should choose.
I still dream of the school lunch.
"I am no longer just a teacher. I am now a social worker, therapist, guidance counselor, parent, etc. all while trying to get kids to care about whatever topic we're covering."
Pro-Palestinian encampments have been cleared from more US college campuses as school officials have called in law enforcement in recent weeks to quell mounting demonstrations over the institutions’ ties to Israel amid its military action in Gaza. Here are the latest developments:
The University of Pennsylvania police arrested 19 pro-Palestinian protesters Friday night after they allegedly tried to occupy a campus building, the school said. The university's police department said the protesters, the majority of whom were not students, attempted to get into Fisher-Bennett Hall when campus officers and officers from the Philadelphia Police Department intervened. Officers were seen scuffling with protesters and several people were taken away in handcuffs.
A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature” on Max the cat, a beloved member of its community, ahead of students' graduation on Saturday. Vermont State University’s Castleton campus is honoring the feline not for his mousing or napping, but for his friendliness. “Max the Cat has been an affectionate member of the Castleton family for years,” the school said in a Facebook post.
Colleges that used police force to end their recent on-campus student protests are facing criticism for their handling of the situation, but so are the small handful that cut deals to end the demonstrations. The few universities that successfully negotiated to end the pro-Palestinian encampments — among them Northwestern, Brown, Rutgers and Johns Hopkins —…
A week after an encampment protest in support of Palestinians was set up at the University of Windsor campus, the group has met with university officials about their demands.But protesters say they are disappointed with the outcome.Jana Jandal Alrifai , co-organizer of the encampment, said they wanted to see senior administration in attendance. University president Robert Gordon was not part of the meeting."This meeting was not, we believe, in good faith," said Jandal Alrifai, who called the mee
“In Florida, we will not tolerate calls for genocide,” a Florida education official said in response to the Muslim prayer leader’s comment about Jewish people.
A campus Palestinian solidarity movement rolled into Saskatchewan's two universities with dual events on Friday.The all-day events at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and the University of Regina featured activities such as teach-ins, letter writing, and speeches from students, professors and Palestinians.Protests across the country have followed others that began on campuses in the United States. At some universities in Canada, encampments have popped up, and some have been dismantle
A Mason High School student is dead after a crash that shut down all southbound lanes on I-71 for hours, the district said in a letter to families. Ohio State Highway Patrol said the person was 17 years old.
Deep divisions and apprehension on the campus of Morehouse College have presented President Joe Biden with a delicate balancing act this weekend as he prepares to deliver the commencement address at the historically Black college.
A Lakota student's traditional feather plume was cut off her graduation cap during her high school commencement ceremony this week in northwestern New Mexico. It was during the national anthem Monday night when Farmington High School faculty members approached the student, Genesis White Bull, and confiscated her cap, the Tri-City Record reported. The top of it had been decorated with traditional beadwork and an aópazan — Lakota for plume.
The House Education and the Workforce Committee released a report Friday it says shows Harvard University’s lack of action against antisemitism, accusing the top university of suppressing its own antisemitism taskforce’s recommendations. Harvard’s Antisemitism Advisory Group (AAG) was created after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and laid out numerous recommendations to the school…
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A half-dozen University of Pennsylvania students were among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during an attempt to occupy a school building, university police said Saturday. Members of Penn Students Against the Occupation of Palestine announced the action Friday at the school’s Fisher-Bennett Hall, urging supporters to bring “flags, pots, pans, noise-makers, megaphones” and other items, the University of Pennsylvania Division of Public Safety said in a news release.
Ministers have come under pressure to cut international student numbers as part of efforts to reduce net immigration.
XThe Biden campaign gleefully turned one of Donald Trump’s favorite digs against him on Saturday, branding the 78-year-old candidate as woefully geriatric in response to his embarrassing stumble at a Minnesota rally on Friday.Video from the event shared by Biden-Harris HQ on X showed Trump grabbing the lectern during his remarks on stage, after nearly toppling the podium over.A feeble Trump nearly falls down on stage after he leans on his podium too hard and then goes on an angry rant calling hi
