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A Waskom ISD middle school teacher and coach was placed on administrative after posting a TikTok video about a threat he received that he felt was not handled by the school
- USA TODAY Opinion
DeSantis wants to give Florida college students an anti-woke option. What's the big deal?
Some assume Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ goal is to create a bunch of conservative clones. But that’s the opposite of what a liberal arts education does
- Akron Beacon Journal
Ohio superintendent condemns neo-Nazi home-schooling curriculum reportedly used by family
A Nazi-themed home-schooling curriculum reportedly being used in Upper Sandusky upset the superintendent there.
- NextShark
29-year-old woman charged for posing as teen to enroll at New Jersey high school
A 29-year-old woman has been charged for posing as a teenager to enroll at a public high school in New Jersey. Hyejeong Shin, a graduate of Rutgers University-New Brunswick, was charged on Jan. 24 with one count of providing a false government document with the intent to verify one’s identity or age, the New Brunswick Police Department stated in a news release on Wednesday. Shin allegedly submitted a fake birth certificate that indicated she was 15 years old to the New Brunswick Board of Education to enroll at New Brunswick High School.
- Springfield News-Leader
Students are cheating with AI, so this Missouri State professor put it to the test
Plus, we asked ChatGPT some questions about Springfield. Here's what it had to say.
- BuzzFeed
18 "Incidents" Where Teachers Immediately Got Fired, And They Range From Necessary To WILDLY Undeserved
"My principal got fired for hypnotizing the school's football team before games so they'd play better."
- The Des Moines Register
How far will Iowa's $7,600 education savings accounts go for covering private school costs?
The law gives Iowa students $7,598 a year for private school tuition, fees and other educational expenses. We compared that to nonpublic tuition.
- Miami Herald
‘It was shocking’: Miami AP African American Studies students react to DeSantis rejecting course
“It was shocking to hear we’d stop midway through the year and be degraded to a class we didn’t choose,” Cyara Pestaina, a senior taking the AP African American Studies course that Gov. DeSantis rejected.
- Herald-Tribune
New College board member floats leadership shakeup, 'terminating' all employee contracts
Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees to the New College of Florida board could shakeup leadership at the Sarasota school.
- Miami Herald
DeSantis wants big higher education changes, including ‘civics institutes’ at UF, FSU, FIU
Florida governor’s plan for state universities would affect tenure, hiring of faculty and prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
- The 74
Opinion: Educator’s View: Restorative Justice Can’t Work If There Aren’t Enough Teachers
As schools face rising behavioral challenges, debates rage on about restorative justice, which rejects traditional, punitive discipline in favor of relationship-based work to address underlying causes of conflict. Studies show widely disparate results — for example, on school violence and academic performance. Many advocates explain these discrepancies by noting that neutral-to-negative results come about when […]
- The News-Messenger
Student loan payments postponed ... again
Do not give up on paying those student loans, and high schoolers should avoid long-term debt in future
- The 74
Teachers Would Make $60K Minimum Under Bill in Congress Making Grants to States
WASHINGTON – A panel of policymakers and educators, including author Dave Eggers and former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, gathered at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to promote the American Teacher Act. The bill, if passed, would authorize the federal government to create four-year grants for states to enact and enforce minimum school teacher […]
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Australia prepares for thousands of Chinese students to return as relations improve
Australia is preparing for the arrival of thousands of Chinese students, the education minister said on Monday, days after China's education ministry warned students enrolled overseas that online learning would no longer be recognised. Australia's education sector, which generated A$39 billion ($27.66 billion) in export earnings before the pandemic, has strong ties to China, with roughly 150,000 nationals enrolled in Australian universities.
- WTXF
Police: Threats made against middle school in Lansdale prompt early dismissal for students
According to police, two threats were made against Penndale Middle School, prompting law enforcement and school officials to dismiss students early on Monday.
- Mansfield News Journal
Madison Middle School student, 12, suspended for making a 'kill list'
The student said he had made the list because the kids annoy him and talk too much, and he showed the list to people as a joke, the report said..
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Student Loan Forgiveness: 16 Million People Have Been Approved, But Will They Actually Get Relief?
A total of 26.26 million student loan borrowers have applied or were deemed automatically eligible for relief under President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program, and there are 16.48 million...
- Savannah Morning News
Falling enrollment, half-empty dorms: Georgia Southern Armstrong five years after the merger
Happy anniversary? A look at the GSU-Armstrong merger five years later and the affect the consolidation had on the Savannah campus.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
This restraint technique left a Fort Worth student dead. Some lawmakers want to outlaw it
Lawmakers are looking at ways to keep dangerous restraint techniques out of Texas schools.
- The 74
Federal Data: Schools Have Been Adding Teachers Even as They Serve Fewer Students
Just before the winter holidays, the National Center for Education Statistics released new data on school staffing in the 2021-22 academic year. The data are provisional, but they represent the best look yet at how school staffing levels have changed over the course of the pandemic. As I forecast in September, the new data show […]