How Trump Made Life Difficult for International Students and UWisconsin
Last fall, the number of new international undergraduates fell by 25 percent compared to the previous year. That drop poses financial and competitive challenges.
Education
Robert Jenrick boasts that Reform is for the workers, but it’s a class war trap – and Labour shouldn’t fall for it
Though Labour’s voters are more likely to be the educated middle-classes, its focus must be fighting inequality. We know Farage’s party will only enrich the wealthy
Class politics is back, as if it ever went away. Robert Jenrick declares that Tories are toffs and “the divide in British politics has become Reform’s workers party versus the Tory posh party”. He says the Tories are so “out...
At nine, I disappeared into home schooling. No one came looking
Mom insisted I needed a ‘free-form education’ outside public school. After four years of loneliness, I gave up hope that someone would get me out
“Every mother in the world wishes her kid wouldn’t grow up so fast.”
Mom laughs as she holds me close.
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‘Disgustingly educated’: will this trend make you cleverer?
Social media is filling up with influencers telling us how to become much more intellectual. A great, enriching idea – or just another cue to show off?
Name: Disgustingly educated.
Age: About 18 months.
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Hundreds of university staff to vote on strike action
Strathclyde University said last month that it planned to cut almost 80 jobs to try to save £35m.
Search of Reporter’s Home Tests Law With Roots in a Campus Paper’s Suit
The Stanford Daily lost a 1978 Supreme Court case over the search of its newsroom. But a bipartisan backlash prompted a federal law protecting journalists.
Donald Trump’s Middle Finger at the Ford Factory in Michigan
The president doesn’t have ideals. Just enemies.
The Chicken Runner of Tyler County, West Virginia
A high school track star enhances his social media presence with his mile-long stunts.
Texas Schools Wait as Law on Ten Commandments Reaches Appeals Court
A state law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom has already divided Texas schools. Now a federal appeals court will decide its constitutionality.
Teachers on supply list for years or leaving country due to job shortages
Scottish government figures shows that most newly qualified teachers in Scotland are no longer getting permanent jobs, especially in primary schools.
Could Mamdani’s Child Care Plan Encourage a Baby Boomlet in New York?
Some New Yorkers hope that raising a child in the city could become more affordable thanks to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plans for free child care and preschool.
Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, Dies at 80
A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributor to a landmark paper that laid out how the universe came to look like it does today.
Police investigate reports of ‘explicit’ AI images at County Armagh school
The principal told a Sunday newspaper that as soon as the school became aware of the issue it had referred the matter to the authorities.
Ban for teacher who criticised colleague to parent
Erin Dempsey had trained in Canada but was an unqualified teacher in England, the TRA says.
One Year Later, What Kind of Country Have We Become?
The United States is broken, but not in every way.
Virginia’s New Governor Moves Swiftly to Overhaul State University Boards
Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, appointed new board members at three state schools, hours after she was sworn in as Virginia’s first female governor.
I left my toxic mums’ group because I’d had enough of being judged
Women describe experiences dealing with ostracisation and toxic behaviour from other mothers.
A.I. Is Coming to Class. These Professors Want to Ease Your Worries.
Even as some instructors remain fervently opposed to chatbots, other writing and English professors are trying to improve them.
Deported Student Hopes to Return After U.S. Acknowledges Error
A federal prosecutor apologized this week, saying an ICE officer made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.
Trump Administration Delays Forced Collections on Student Loan Defaults
The Education Department has temporarily paused a plan to seize tax refunds and begin garnishing the wages of borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans.
Some U.Va. Board Members Asked to Resign as a Democratic Governor Takes Power
After months of upheaval at the state’s flagship university, a new Democratic governor appeared ready to shake up the school’s leadership.