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New York school board investigates wooden ‘timeout’ box allegations

22 December 2025 at 22:00 PM, via The Guardian

Governor calls accusations that students with disabilities may have been confined in boxes ‘highly disturbing’

A school district board in upstate New York is investigating school officials amid accusations that the district may have confined elementary school students inside wooden “timeout” boxes.

Images of the boxes, which resemble tiny padded cells, first spread on social media last week,...

More Abducted Nigerian Children Released, Government Says

22 December 2025 at 13:09 PM, via New York Times

A spokesman for the Nigerian government said that the “remaining” students from a Catholic school had been freed, but the Diocese said only that a “second batch” had been released.

Regulator ‘asleep at the wheel’ over University of Greater Manchester investigation, MP says

22 December 2025 at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Office for Students accused of ‘glacial’ response to allegations of fraud, bullying and mismanagement

England’s universities regulator has been attacked for being “asleep at the wheel” over its delays in investigating suspected fraud, bullying and mismanagement at the University of Greater Manchester.

Phil Brickell, the MP for Bolton West whose constituency includes the campus, has accused the...

A Lifeline for New York’s Working Families

21 December 2025 at 08:00 AM, via New York Times

Children’s Aid provides free after-school programs for low-income New Yorkers that students love and parents see as a solution.

Scott C. Beardsley Named University of Virginia’s New President

19 December 2025 at 22:26 PM, via New York Times

The selection of Scott Beardsley by the G.O.P.-appointed board comes after the previous president resigned under pressure from the Trump administration. A new Democratic-appointed board could try to overturn the choice.

The Brown Manhunt Ends

19 December 2025 at 14:10 PM, via New York Times

We tell the story of the search for the suspect in not one but two killings.

U.S. Will Pay $450,000 to Wildfire Fighters With Cancer

19 December 2025 at 12:03 PM, via New York Times

They will be eligible for a one-time payment as well as college tuition for their children. The effort is part of a legislative push to address the dangers of working in toxic smoke.

Gaza PhD student and family evacuated to UK after foreign office U-turn

19 December 2025 at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

Manar al-Houbi’s family had been denied entry despite a scholarship covering their living costs, but other students remain stranded

The UK government has finally evacuated Manar al-Houbi, the Gaza student who won a fully funded scholarship to pursue her PhD at the University of Glasgow, along with her family from the war-ravaged territory this week.

In October, the Guardian highlighted...

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