The teacher, Joseph Taylor McKeel, was arrested Wednesday morning as he was on his way to work.

A closed-door White House event included news about the National Garden of American Heroes and an emphasis on the role of religion in the founding.

Schools have moved quickly to distance themselves from the labor leader after abuse allegations emerged. Still, many have careful procedures for weighing renamings and other changes.

Bright Horizons, the child care giant, will also surrender permits for a Manhattan branch where workers were charged with abusing toddlers.

[Namibian] The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture has instructed private schools to operate strictly within the grades and programmes approved in their certificates of registration.

[Namibian] Fifteen pupils from Rundu Secondary School in the Kavango East region are currently at the Rundu State Hospital for suspected food poisoning.

The arrest of Dylan Lopez Contreras last year was the first reported case of a public school student in the city being taken by federal immigration agents since President Trump returned to office.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — A student of the University of Liberia(UL) has emerged winner of the ECOWAS @ 50 Essay Competition organized for undergraduate students in Liberia.

[Nile Post] Pearl Bank has donated water tanks and assorted food items to Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) in celebration of Ramadan and Women’s month season that are key highlights during this season.

[Nile Post] At least 91 pupils from three primary schools in Ibanda District have been directed to repeat Primary Seven and resit the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) after their results were cancelled by the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) due to examination malpractice.

[Nile Post] Young Ugandans have been urged to embrace education, learn new languages, and seize international opportunities.

[Ghanaian Times] His Royal Majesty Ohempon Dr. Yeboah Asiamah, Paramount Chief of Atebubu and President of the Atebubu Traditional Council, on Wednesday paid a high-level courtesy call on the Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Mr. Paul Adjei, to seek support for critical educational infrastructure in the Atebubu Traditional Area.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam — Construction of the Weights and Measures building at Dar es Salaam’s College of Business Education (CBE) is 93 per cent complete, advancing the institution’s capacity to meet growing business education and skills demand.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam — THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Culture and Sports has expressed satisfaction with the construction pace of the modern printing plant at Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited (TSN), noting that it will attract a large domestic market and strengthen the company’s financial sustainability.

[Daily News] Dodoma — THE Tanzania Teachers’ Rights Protection and Defence Association has urged the government to direct employers to allow workers to join trade unions of their choice in order to end the challenges that face some employees when seeking union membership.

Leqaa Kordia, 33, had been held in a Texas facility, where she said her health had declined. She was arrested during a 2024 protest and then detained by ICE in March 2025.