FRIDAY, 13 MARCH 2026, 05:47
Documentary First They Came for My College goes inside the fight for academic freedom at Florida’s New College
It took a half century to build New College into a sanctuary of independent thought and less than a year to destroy it. In 2023 the beloved Florida liberal arts school became state governor Ron DeSantis’s latest target in his so-called war on woke. DeSantis decimated the school’s...
America’s strength has always been its private sector. Empowering it can save us from A.I.’s worst impacts on jobs.
“Immutable” is about young debaters in a league in Washington, D.C., as well as about the skill itself in a world where yelling can seem the norm.
[GroundUp] About 80 learners from the Enon farming community have been without scholar transport this year
[Nyasa Times] One of Malawi’s emerging masters of ceremony, Chris Loka, has launched a project to renovate classrooms at Chilaweni Community Day Secondary School in the area of Traditional Authority Machinjiri in Blantyre, where he studied from 2004 to 2008.
Adam Tickell, of University of Birmingham, says money is loaned to people who ‘are not really capable of graduating’
A leading vice-chancellor has questioned whether students without A-levels should be eligible for government-backed student loans, as part of an effort to solve England’s university funding crisis.
Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, said universities...
[This Day] Abuja — The Federal Government has unveiled plans to establish six additional centres of excellence in robotics, coding, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cybersecurity across selected tertiary institutions in the country.
[SAnews.gov.za] The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has urged students with pending appeals to submit all outstanding documents before the appeals window closes on 31 March 2026.
[HRW] HRW Oral Statement – ID with Independent Expert on Albinism – HRC61
Jamil Jivani, a Conservative rookie member of Parliament, follows an American playbook to win over young men on college campuses.
[New Dawn] Capitol Hill, March 6, 2026: The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has summoned the Minister of Education, Dr. Jarso Maley Jallah, over the lack of civic education in schools and the failure to include volunteer health workers on the government payroll.
[Afrobarometer] Most citizens favour keeping pregnant learners in school.
Photos show that both schools, southeast of Tehran, sustained damage. No injuries were reported.
As part of his Maha agenda, health secretary wants schools to incorporate 40 hours of instruction
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Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr unveiled a new effort on Thursday aimed at increasing the amount of nutrition education taught in medical schools.
For months, Kennedy has urged medical schools to expand their nutrition curriculum and warned that...
After the secretary of the Miami-Dade County Republican Party created the chat for college students, it devolved into slurs against Black and Jewish people.
[Leadership] The federal government has imposed a six-year ban on the establishment of new universities, polytechnics and colleges of education as part of efforts to strengthen quality and ensure sustainability across existing tertiary institutions.
[SNA] – The Emergency Chamber for the 2026 Secondary School Examinations met Wednesday under the chairmanship of Interior Minister Lt. Gen. (Police) Babiker Samra Mustafa and Education and National Upbringing Minister Dr. Al-Tohami Al-Zein Hajar.
[Nyasa Times] National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has launched Mo Excellence, an initiative aimed at investing in education through funding and sponsorship of high performing students, the needy and deserving tertiary students.
As children dress up in UK and Ireland on Thursday, not everyone is on the same page over event’s pros and cons
Thursday is World Book Day in the UK and Ireland, with many primary schools encouraging children to take part.
However, schools in England are moving away from dressing up for the event due to concerns that the activity could detract from the promotion of reading for pleasure, experts...
[Daily Maverick] Early hearing loss often goes undetected, quietly shaping a child’s ability to speak, learn and connect. A quick test at birth could change that trajectory – yet too many of SA’s infants are never screened.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the commitments in Washington, even as some in the medical community questioned whether the government should try to influence curriculums.