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KCRA - Sacramento Videos'This should have never happened': Parent attacks student in Citrus Heights classroom
A parent of a San Juan Unified School District student attacked another student inside a classroom, according to the Citrus Heights Police Department. KCRA 3 spoke to the 17-year-old San Juan High School student and her mother, but both wanted to remain anonymous. The student said the woman who attacked her is the parent of a girl that she had a fight with on Friday. The student said she has bruises on her nose and on her leg, following what she describes as a completely unexpected attack.
- Associated Press
College ends partnership with school over the David issue
A Michigan college has ended its partnership with a Florida charter school whose principal was forced to resign after a parent complained sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included Michelangelo’s David sculpture. A Hillsdale College spokesperson said Tallahassee Classical School no longer is affiliated with the small, Christian classical liberal arts college in southern Michigan, MLive.com reported Thursday. “This drama around teaching Michelangelo’s ‘David’ sculpture, one of the most important works of art in existence, has become a distraction from, and a parody of, the actual aims of classical education,” spokesperson Emily Stack Davis wrote in a statement.
- In The Know by Yahoo
Top high school students are getting waitlisted and rejected from these universities, and they’re not sure why: ‘its so brutal this year’
College admissions TikTok is popping off -- and it's pretty bleak. The post Top high school students are getting waitlisted and rejected from these universities, and they’re not sure why: ‘its so brutal this year’ appeared first on In The Know.
- Business Insider
A principal in Florida has resigned after writing a $100,000 check of the school's money to a scammer pretending to be Elon Musk
Despite staff warnings, the principal talked with the scammer for months, thinking Elon Musk would donate millions in exchange for $100,000 upfront.
- NextShark
Black Japanese student segregated during his graduation ceremony for wearing cornrows
A high school in Japan became the center of online scrutiny after a biracial student was segregated from his classmates during their graduation ceremony in February for wearing cornrows. The student, who was born in China and is a dual citizen of Japan and the United States, decided to go home in the middle of the ceremony, before his name was called.
- Austin American-Statesman
More layoffs are coming to Central Texas as two employers cut dozens of jobs
Round Rock-based nonprofit Trellis Company to cut 105 jobs.
- GOBankingRates
Student Loan Crackdown: Elizabeth Warren Pushes Sweeping Overhaul of College Debt System — and Even More Forgiveness
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who just announced that she will seek re-election in 2024 for a third term, also made headlines this week for rolling out an expansive plan to protect student...
- Fox News
Temple University president resigns as Philadelphia crime concerns wreak havoc on enrollment
Temple University's first Black President Jason Wingard is resigning amid safety concerns and dropping enrollment as crime plagues the northern Philadelphia campus.
- Associated Press
Basic training without yelling: Army recruits get 2nd chance
Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. 2nd Class Holiday is a proud graduate of Army basic training, and is finishing her advanced instruction at Fort Lee, Virginia, to become a power generation specialist who will maintain engines and other equipment for the service. Holiday is an early beneficiary of the new program, which gives lower-performing recruits up to 90 days of academic or fitness instruction to help them meet military standards.
- Lohud | The Journal News
Hastings principals: Racist, sexist, homophobic student behavior affecting ability to teach
A memo from principals at Farragut Middle School said some students feel unsafe because of the racist, sexist behavior of other students.
- Tallahassee Democrat
Faculty tell board erosion of tenure has prospective profs saying 'not Florida, not now'
“If you pass this regulation, Florida’s university system will go from the most competitive in the country to the least, and it will happen overnight,” United Faculty of Florida President Andrew Goth…
- USA TODAY
Why do mass shooters target K-12 schools? Here's what we know after Nashville shooting
Why do shooters target schools? In part because shootings of children draw significant attention, experts said.
- The 74
‘The Wild West’: GOP Lawmakers Push to Refuse Billions in Federal School Funds
Republican leaders in two states — Tennessee and Oklahoma — have taken steps to cut ties with the U.S. Department of Education, arguing that they’d rather lose billions in federal funding than comply with what they view as onerous mandates from Washington. In Tennessee, that would mean a loss of roughly $1.8 billion — close […]
- State College Centre Daily Times
Penn State pushes back planned DEIB town hall to April; announcement expected soon
The town hall was originally expected to take place sometime in March.
- Associated Press
A college in upheaval: War on 'woke' sparks fear in Florida
Professors at the New College of Florida are using personal email because they’re afraid of being subpoenaed. Students are concerned, too. For years, students have come to this public liberal arts college on the western coast of Florida because they were self-described free thinkers.
- The 74
Florida Just Became the Nation’s Biggest School Choice Laboratory
Florida became the nation’s biggest K–12 marketplace on Monday, when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that offers school vouchers and education savings accounts to every family in the state. The new law, HB 1, effectively universalizes a multi-pronged system of private school choice that has grown over the past few decades to include vouchers, ESAs […]
- Tallahassee Democrat
'We’re not in a battle. We’re in a war': Florida students protest attack on higher ed DEI
After a march to the Board of Governors meeting at FAMU, about 10 students walked into the university’s ballroom and sat in silence with their fists held up high in solidarity.
- Ocala Star Banner
Book controversy: Residents pack Marion County School Board meeting to share concerns
Hundreds of residents were at Tuesday's school board meeting to engage in a discussion about making sure school reading material is age appropriate.
- Robb Report
Ivy-League Educations Are Approaching Nearly $85,000 a Year for a Bachelor’s Degree
The eight coveted schools have raised tuition yet again—to staggering new heights.
- Lexington Herald-Leader
Officials identify body found on Kentucky college campus that had been there ‘for years’
According to NKU officials, the body is believed to have been in the woods for several years. A cause of death has not been determined, but no foul play was involved, university officials said.