Supreme Court to Hear Challenges to State Bans on Transgender Athletes
The outcome of a pair of cases on Tuesday could affect laws in 27 states that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.
SATURDAY, 17 JANUARY 2026, 02:44
The outcome of a pair of cases on Tuesday could affect laws in 27 states that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.
Some students are still mentioning their race or immigrant status as the Trump administration cracks down on diversity efforts. But many are avoiding sensitive aspects of their identity.
“Miracle Children” details how a Louisiana school exploited the demand for stories of Black trauma.
[263Chat] Teachers across the country returned to classrooms today for the first term of the academic year but many did so under severe financial strain, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has said.
[New Times] Education anchored in faith and strong moral values is key to building sustainable learning institutions, officials said on January 11, as International Covenant College (ICC) was officially inaugurated during a Thanksgiving service in Kicukiro District.
[Capital FM] Nairobi — The Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has confirmed that the first-ever Grade 10 learners under the Competency-Based Education (CBE) system have begun reporting smoothly to senior schools across the country.
[SAnews.gov.za] In a comprehensive progress report, the Director-General of the Department of Basic Education, Hubert Mathanzima Mweli, has revealed significant developments in South Africa’s education landscape, highlighting both achievements and ongoing challenges facing the nation’s school system.
[SAnews.gov.za] With many of the Class of 2025 celebrating their hard work after passing their matric exams, the Gauteng Department of Health is urging those who did not perform well to make use of free mental health services available at primary health care facilities in Gauteng.
[Scrolla] Eastern Cape education department says most schools are ready but nearly 48,000 learners still need scholar transport.
[Scrolla] Celani Sikhakhane brings you KwaZulu-Natal’s latest news.
[Scrolla] KwaZulu-Natal achieved the highest matric pass rate in the country at 90.6%, followed closely by the Free State and Gauteng. Only 34% of pupils wrote mathematics in the final exams, with most dropping the subject by Grade 11.

Home childcare businesses have been able to claim a 10% allowance for “wear and tear”.
The nearly 14-year civil war prevented Syrians from traveling freely to many parts of their own country. After the conflict ended a year ago, a group of outdoor enthusiasts began exploring newly accessible areas, fueled by a sense of adventure and hope.

More children in England are in drug and alcohol treatment, but families say many cannot get help.
[SAnews.gov.za] The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has expressed its readiness for the 2026 academic year, with schools set to reopen on Wednesday, 14 January.
The executive council of the American Historical Association said the resolutions, including one accusing Israel of ‘scholasticide’ in Gaza, would put the group at risk.
[Afropop] New York — We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Africa-America Institute’s State of Education 2026 Conference – ”Following The Gold Road–Global Medieval Africa in the Time of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.”
Kent D. Syverud will become the fifth person to run Michigan since the start of 2022, inheriting a school that has also been marked by debates about diversity.

Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East, had a visit with a local academy called off ‘in case his presence inflames the teachers’
A planned visit by a Jewish Labour MP to a school in his Bristol constituency was cancelled after a campaign by a pro-Palestine group, it has emerged.
Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East, had been booked to speak to students at Bristol Brunel...
[Vanguard] The former southeast spokesman to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Chairman of forum of former members of Enugu State House of Assembly Denge.Josef Onoh, in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday in Abuja addressed the misleading and politically motivated allegations leveled by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar regarding the BEA scholarship scheme.
[Vanguard] ABUJA — THE Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU,, has decried deep inequities in Nigeria’s education policy, accusing the government of neglecting non-teaching staff in basic and post-basic education while prioritizing teachers.