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Education level is viewed as a key factor in how people vote. But it’s dangerous to overlook the question of class
Since about 2020, a number of researchers have determined that the most salient divide in politics today is the diploma divide – that is, the division between those who have a four-year college degree and those who do not. Those who have a degree are more liberal, those who...
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — The Kids Reading For All Foundation has received a significant boost in its mission to empower rural youth, thanks to a major donation from the Ministry of Agriculture. The support comes under the foundation’s newly launched initiative, “Harvest for Hope: Cultivating Agriculture to Educate,” which aims to expand educational access for underprivileged children...
[Premium Times] This was contained in a statement signed by Peter Adamu, the chairman of the union and issued to journalists on Thursday in Kaduna.
Far too many academics are repeating propaganda about a ‘free speech crisis’. It’s time for a shared strategy
Harvard is refusing the plainly illegal demands by the Trump administration. That sends an important signal: resistance is possible.
But universities must realize that the government is adopting a divide-and-rule tactic: they should collaborate on a shared litigation strategy, take a...
Our community failed to resolve tension over L.G.B.T.Q.-themed books with the time-tested tools of straight talk, compromise and extending one another a little grace.
[New Zimbabwe] Authorities at Sherenje Primary School in Headlands, who dismissed an underprivileged student from school for failing to pay fees, have been forced to reverse their decision following the intervention of rights lawyers.
[Premium Times] Mr Dangut revealed that the exam will involve 1,973,253 students from 23,554 schools nationwide.
[Daily Trust] The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has said it is losing its human capital investment to the United Kingdom, United States and Canada.
Three teenagers and their teacher dad give some top tips on how to survive the stressful exam period.
This week, Harvard University, the oldest and wealthiest in the US, defied Donald Trump a list of demands. The Trump administration responded by freezing $2.2bn in federal funding for the Ivy League school.
This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Harvard professor Ryan Enos to consider why the university is pushing back, how far this fight may go and why other universities are watching...
Study shows women today are happier being women – but getting up to go to work remains as punishing as ever
The mundane tasks of everyday life, such as homework after school and household chores at the weekend, may not have changed in the past 80 years, but societal attitudes towards them could not be more different.
A study by the Policy Institute at King’s College London (KCL), comparing...
The authorities identified the attacker as a 20-year-old student at the university, and said he appeared to have been acting alone.
Students on Thursday protested the president’s attacks on Harvard, but at town hall meetings, defiance mixed with uncertainty as faculty members examined the toll of the White House’s actions.
The Trump administration said it would take $2.2 billion in research funds from the school. Some small donors are doing their best to make up for the shortfall.
Choice laws have now passed in every major Republican state. Congress and President Trump are now aiming at blue states that have resisted vouchers for decades.
The New York Times is looking to hear from students who are considering attending schools abroad because of Trump administration policies.
Gunshots were reported at the student union building on the university’s campus in Tallahassee shortly after noon on Thursday.
[Ethiopian Herald] The Ministry of Education recently issued a report to the HPR regarding the sector’s performance over the last six months. One of the areas of focus was quality education. The author intended to highlight issues of quality education in Ethiopia and what needs to be done to improve it.
The demand from the Department of Homeland Security is an escalation in President Trump’s fight against Harvard, the country’s oldest and richest university.
The National Education Union’s general secretary says Labour MPs could pay a ‘high political price’.
[GroundUp] “My mother was a citizen, yet I cannot get an ID” says Emmanuel Ndlovu