What’s Driving the Spike in College Students with Disabilities
Universities from Harvard to Hampshire have admitted significantly more students with disabilities over the last decade, as diagnoses for A.D.H.D. and anxiety increase.
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‘Apartheid newsroom’: minority ethnic journalists still locked out of top jobs, report finds
Exclusive: Survey suggests journalists from minority ethnic backgrounds feel excluded from influential posts and seen as ‘diversity hires’
Broadcast journalists from ethnic minorities are still locked out of top jobs and face a backlash after being perceived as “diversity hires”, according to a new survey of UK television newsrooms.
While there has been a sustained focus on racial diversity...
A.I. in New York Schools: What Lies Ahead?
The city has been absent from the list of school districts around the nation that are using A.I. in the classroom. That could change.
The Nation Faces a Crisis. Colleges Have a Unique Role to Play.
What better way to celebrate the nation’s 250th?
How RFK Jr. Is Trying to Revamp Medical School
The health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has tapped into an old debate about how much doctors should know about nutrition. But some of his ideas, and tactics, concern medical experts.
Pupils told to remove blazers to prevent disorder
Posts encouraging fights between different schools are emerging on social media.
Columbia Is Investigated for Handling of Sex-Abuse Claims Against Doctor
Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the university for its actions after the 2012 arrest of Robert Hadden, a former Columbia gynecologist convicted of sex crimes.
Judge Vacates Punishments of Columbia Students Who Occupied a Building
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had taken over Hamilton Hall in 2024 faced expulsions, suspensions and the revocation of their degrees.
Schools in England sidelining dressing-up for World Book Day, MPs hear
Literacy experts say move comes over cost concerns and fears costumes can detract from reading for pleasure
Schools in England are moving away from pupils dressing up as their favourite literary characters for World Book Day, with experts telling MPs they feared the costs of costumes undermined efforts to increase reading for pleasure.
Jonathan Douglas, chief executive of the National Literacy...
An Epstein Associate Steps Down From Japanese Government Tech Project
Joichi Ito’s involvement in a publicly funded Japanese initiative had come under scrutiny after new details revealed his close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
How do student loans work and when are they written off?
Increased tuition fees in England and Wales mean that students are likely to graduate with more debt.
Telegraph censured for fabricated story of banker’s struggle to pay school fees
Watchdog upholds complaint it breached code with article about impact of VAT on a family that did not exist
The Telegraph has been reprimanded by a press standards watchdog after it published an entirely fabricated story about a wealthy banker complaining of the impact of school fee increases.
Ian Fraser, a freelance journalist and author, complained to the Independent Press Standards...
Schools are using AI counselors to track students’ mental health. Is it safe?
As hundreds of schools implement an automated monitoring tool, educators say that students can find talking to chatbots ‘more natural’ than confiding in a human
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Brittani Phillips checked her phone. A middle school counselor in Putnam county, Florida, Phillips receives messages from an artificial intelligence-enabled therapy...
JD Vance Has His Reasons
The vice president’s political transformation from Trump skeptic to MAGA superstar has many roots.
Welsh ‘revolution’ required to hit target of 1m speakers by 2050, says report
Welsh language commissioner calls for ‘transformative’ intervention, amid Reform UK threats to undo new powers
A “revolution is required” to protect the Welsh language, according to a major new report.
While the number of Cymraeg speakers has remained more or less stable for decades, it has not risen in line with significant population growth, making the language more vulnerable, according to...
Cheating machine or powerful assistant? The AI anxieties of a trainee teacher
I was a newcomer, negotiating all of usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack
Two years ago, at the age of 39, I began training to be a school teacher. I wanted to teach English – to help young people become stronger readers, writers and thinkers, with a deeper connection to literature. After 15 years...
‘Deeply misleading’ school talks compared student loans to £30 phone contracts
Graduates hired to deliver the presentations a decade ago were told to avoid using words like “debt”.
Melania Trump Promotes ‘Peace Through Education’ at U.N. as War With Iran Expands
The first lady advocated an increased focus on education and empathy, as her husband has waged war in the Middle East and sought to cut education funding at home.
Parents of nursery abuse victims to meet minister
Parents of Vincent Chan’s victims will meet the education secretary to press her on safeguarding.
Supreme Court Sides With Religious Parents, Blocking California’s Trans Student Policy
Christian teachers and parents challenged the state’s policies, which they say require schools to hide students’ transgender status from their parents.
U.S. University Campuses in Mideast Move Classes Online as War Spreads
A number of major universities with campuses in Qatar and other nations are operating remotely as the conflict expands throughout the region.