Four Ontario school boards are suing the makers of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok for $4.5 billion, alleging the way they designed their apps has negatively rewired the way children think, behave and learn while disrupting their education.
"Fire sprinkler designer here; fire sprinkler water is NOT clean and clear like the movies depict..."
The Ontario government is poised to crack down on cell phone use in schools with an announcement coming Sunday, a government source confirmed to CBC Toronto.The province will also be tightening its policies around vaping in schools, the source said. Stephen Lecce, the province's education minister, will share more details on the "comprehensive" policy changes Sunday morning, according to the source. Details of Lecce's announcement were first reported by the Toronto Star."It will have teeth," the
“Divest from death” read the bubble letters written in chalk on the sidewalk on Tuesday outside of The New School in New York City. The slogan articulates one of the demands of the antiwar protests on campuses which call on colleges or universities to divest their endowments from companies profiting from the Israel-Hamas war. Campaigns to pressure universities to divest for political or ethical reasons go back decades, at least to the 1970s when students pressured schools to withdraw from invest
Following the death of a student, L.A. Supt. Carvalho says a vendor that was a part of the safety team is 'no longer contracted with the school system.'
US colleges have been using law enforcement – along with academic suspensions and, for at least one school, expulsion – to try to bring to heel student demonstrations.
One of the core demands of the Pro-Palestinian student groups at Columbia that have been protesting over the past week is for the school to withdraw investment funds from what they describe as companies profiting from Israel’s military action in Gaza.
Former anti-apartheid student protest leader Seth Mazibuko is among activists and educators who believe a crisis is hollowing out the country’s education system.
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Second gentleman Doug Emhoff had calls with two Jewish leaders at Columbia University as pro-Palestinian protests spread to campuses across the country, a White House official confirmed. Emhoff spoke with the director of Orthodox Union-JLIC at Columbia and Barnard College, Rabbi Elie Buechler, and Columbia Barnard Hillel Director Brian Cohen earlier this week, according to…
Protests have erupted across more than two dozen campuses, including New York, Texas and California.
As university administrators and law enforcement crack down on campus protests over Israel’s war in Gaza, they’re invoking a familiar trope: the “outside agitator.”
How USC's controversial decision on Asna Tabassum's valedictorian speech led to nearly two weeks of campus tension with 93 arrests and a canceled 'main stage' commencement.
Protests against the Gaza war grip dozens of campuses across America, with hundreds of arrests.
A teenage boy has been arrested after a pupil allegedly received threats.
The move comes amid a wave of Pro-Palestinian protests at colleges across the U.S. Data shows antisemitism and Islamophobia are both on the rise.
University of Central Florida students join in as pro-Palestinian protests sweep campuses nationwide
Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States peacefully evacuated a campus building at a prestigious French university late on Friday after days of tensions. The head of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po, said an agreement was found Friday with students. Tensions had break out on the campus as pro-Palestinian students sought to occupy an amphitheater earlier this week.
A school board in Pennsylvania reversed its unanimous decision to cancel a speech by former ‘30 Rock’ actor and anti-bullying advocate Maulik Pancholy over concerns about his advocacy and “lifestyle.”
Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on a handful of U.S. university campuses on Saturday, as activists vowed to keep up the movement seeking a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas among other demands. The Indiana University police department in Bloomington said in an emailed statement that 23 protesters were arrested there. Indiana State Police along with Indiana University police told demonstrators they could not pitch tents and camp on campus.
In this reported op-ed, Jewish students on college campuses nationwide speak about holding solidarity Shabbos to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
