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The Prime Minister’s spokesman has said police will “have our full support” if students in the UK try to replicate protests at US universities. More than 1,000 people have been arrested after pro-Palestinian protests on campuses across the US. And this week, smaller but growing numbers of students have occupied several UK campuses. Students in …
Everyone seeks out acceptance. This is basic. As you go down the unacceptability scale, the farther down you go, the higher the likelihood of doing outlandish things to gain it. — OkJulie (@Serenityin24) May 1, 2024
A bill that requires all Oklahoma public and charter schools to teach cursive writing to students in third through fifth grades has been signed into law. The Oklahoma House of Representatives said Gov. Kevin Stitt signed the bill, House Bill 3727, into law on Tuesday. Oklahoma House Representative Jason Lowe, D-Oklahoma City, created the bill with Senate author …
Pomona College’s priorities are crystal clear: bloated administration while faculty support shrinks. What a disgrace! Since 1990, Pomona College# of students: +17%# of tenured faculty: -3%# of administrators: +454% via @washingtonpost pic.twitter.com/CFXB6vOz41 — John Arnold (@johnarnold) April 23, 2024
Police clad in riot gear swarmed Yale University’s Connecticut campus early Monday and arrested dozens of students who refused to clear out from an anti-Israel protest encampment. At least 47 protesters were cuffed and hauled away from the Ivy League’s New Haven campus on shuttle buses, a university spokesperson confirmed to The Post. They were …
A North Korean girl who escaped to tell her story left woke college students stunned. This video unveils the harsh realities of socialism through the eyes of someone who lived it. Our North Korean defector, now a voice for the silenced, shares her gripping journey from the confines of her homeland to the halls of …
This column has written many times, in vain, about student loans, beginning here on May 8, 2014, with “Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Student Debt Has Got to Go!” but Republicans have yet to pull the fast one on the Democrats that was recommended in the columns. However good an idea student loans may have been …
I thought Asians were a minority, and “people of color?” Many come from other countries….blacks are generally born in America…what gives? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13266205/Seattle-closes-gifted-talented-schools-racial-inequities.html “Seattle has shuttered its gifted and talented programs because the school board determined they had too many white and Asian students. The district began phasing out its Highly Capable Cohort schools and classrooms …
China’s ambassador to the UK told students at British universities to serve ‘the motherland’ and uphold the teachings of the Chinese Communist Party, it has emerged. Zheng Zeguang was hosted by the Universities of York, Birmingham and Leeds last summer, and told Chinese students to ‘keep in mind’ the words of president Xi Jinping. It …
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6 Massachusetts 8th graders criminally charged for holding mock slave auction of black students on Snapchat. Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/sOzp2V3ixL — AF Post (@AFpost) March 15, 2024 SOUTHWICK, Mass. — Six eighth graders have been criminally charged for their alleged roles in using Snapchat to set up a “mock slave auction” and direct hateful and racist comments …
NEW: Students in Oklahoma schools have come forward and describe a culture of bullying, hazing, manipulation, and pressure to participate in disgusting dares like licking toes and armpits, spitting in people’s mouths, and having garbage thrown on you. This has been going on for… pic.twitter.com/VJbV4OGppB — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 8, 2024 A few …
A group protesting the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico in 2014 knocked down a door to the country’s presidential palace, video from local television stations showed on Wednesday morning. The protesters rammed down the door using a white pickup truck from Mexico’s state electrical company, videos showed, while President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was …
UPDATE: The school district @dcantlers is defending the toe sucking video claiming it was for charity. They also claim it was students sucking other students’ toes. This doesn’t make it any better. This was a school sanctioned event which was overseen and cheered on by adults.… pic.twitter.com/mTNNPSmLVd — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 3, 2024 …
Denver’s public school system is grappling with an unprecedented challenge as it absorbs an influx of new students, with as many as 250 joining each week since the beginning of the year. School officials attribute this surge to the increase in the number of migrants arriving in the city. Superintendent Alex Marrero expressed the magnitude …
Students in a Seattle English class were told that their love of reading and writing is a characteristic of “white supremacy,” in the latest Seattle Public Schools high school controversy. The lesson plan has one local father speaking out, calling it “educational malpractice.” It also chides the idea that we hyper-value written communication because it’s …
A bill making its way through the California legislature could, if approved, pave the way for free college tuition for black students and other perceived marginalized communities. ACA-7 passed the state Assembly in September and sits before the Democrat-controlled Senate. If approved there, it would be put before voters this November. The bill would effectively …
Oh, the epitome of educational excellence! Spending $47,000 per student to achieve the remarkable feat of ZERO passing math proficiency. Bravo, Illinois! https://twitter.com/eyeslasho/status/1754894367439900947 Spry Community Links High School, in the Heart of Little Village in Chicago, says its vision is to “provide a challenging and supportive environment…to enable our students to succeed in the 21st …
Ah, the modern education system – where students need to book a teacher like a dinner reservation. Totally normal! Ask not what your country can do for you but what your country can do for illegal immigrants. — The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole) January 10, 2024 The situation in James Madison High School is even worse …
by Chris Black I reckon this is the essence of democracy, i.e. a small weird minority forcing its will on the majority of normal people. LBC: Tens of thousands of students from one of Britain’s top Russell Group universities will now be served vegan food after activists won a vote to ban all meat and …
via sfexaminer: The San Francisco Unified School District will reexamine its math curriculum following a near decadelong outcry from parents who have been incensed that the district stripped algebra from middle school curriculum. Now, voters will get to weigh in on whether algebra should be offered in eighth grade. A March 2024 ballot initiative was …
Oregon department of education “minority students are too stupid to keep up so we are getting rid of standards.” Seems racist. — Brett (@Texan__Pride) October 24, 2023
Harvard Students Doxxed, Groups Withdraw Signatures Amid Continued Backlash to Israel Statement Amid continued national backlash, multiple Harvard student groups have withdrawn their signatures from a controversial statement calling Israel “entirely responsible” for the ongoing violence, and group members have faced doxxing attacks. As of Tuesday night, at least five of the original 34 signatories …
Fifty-six years after it exempted antiwar teenagers from First Amendment protections while on campus, a federal appeals court in America’s heartland affirmed students’ speech rights in public schools on an equally contentious subject today. The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction Monday against an Iowa school district policy that …
Despite receiving a substantial amount of funding, Baltimore city schools experienced a disheartening outcome. “Last year, Baltimore city schools received a record $1.6 billion plus an additional $799 million in COVID funds The result? 0 students tested proficient in math in 40% of schools. 0 students. The person in charge of Baltimore schools is Dr. …
Teachers in Portland, Ore., are on track to strike if their school district refuses to provide subsidized housing for poor public school students and lobby for expanded rent control, an approach that has led to school shutdowns in other liberal cities as powerful teachers’ unions pursue left-wing priorities. After months of negotiations with Portland Public …
View post on imgur.com New York City: Migrants Exempt from Vaccinations Migrants living in temporary shelters in New York City don’t need vaccinations to initially enroll in the city’s public school system. Officials said during a press conference on Wednesday that migrants living in temporary shelters have a certain timeframe that the vaccinations need to …
The broke-woke-stroke convergence: Why professors lower standards. “Broke” colleges and universities “scramble to attract and retain students, whatever their intellectual readiness,” they write. Faculty are under pressure to please the customers. If too many switch to an easier major, the professor could lose his or her job. “Woke” sensibilities have politicized student performance disparities, especially …
An event at Harvard University encouraged some graduate students to apply for food stamps, despite the school’s $53billion endowment. Earlier this year, Harvard University Health Services reminded grad students that they could fuel their bodies and stock their pantries by using government assistance to pay for groceries. ‘Did you know that Grad Students may qualify …