Lawrence Summers Has Come Back From Scandals. Will This Be His Last?
The former Harvard president has come back from controversy before, but revelations in new Epstein emails are threatening his omnipresence in public life.
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Miss Hall’s Students Accused a Teacher of Sexual Abuse, But Prosecutors Won’t Charge Him
Despite evidence of sexual abuse by a Massachusetts teacher, prosecutors said no criminal conduct occurred. Now survivors are trying to change consent laws they say “offered cover” to their abuser.
At Loyola Marymount’s KXLU, College Radio Keeps Its Cool
Against the odds, campus broadcasts remain a space of discovery, for students and listeners alike. Especially at KXLU in Los Angeles.
Namibia: Education Minister Steenkamp Targets Overcrowding As New Classrooms Roll Out Across Ohangwena
[Namibian] Minister of education, innovation, youth, sport, arts and culture Sanet Steenkamp on Wednesday said overcrowding in schools across Namibia remains a persistent challenge.
Tanzania: Youths Urged to Embrace Vocational Education for Jobs
[Daily News] Dodoma — YOUNG Tanzanians have been urged to fully embrace Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as a direct pathway to skills development, employment and self-reliance, as the government intensifies efforts to modernise the country’s workforce and dispel long-held misconceptions about vocational training.
Malawi: Norway Provides Crucial Funds to WFP to Support Families and School Children in Malawi As Lean Season Peaks
[WFP] Lilongwe — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of USD 8.3 million from the Government of Norway to support the food needs of crisis-affected families and primary school children in Malawi. The contribution comes at a crucial moment as the country enters the peak of the lean season – the period between planting and harvesting when food availability is at...
Nigeria: Federal Government Will Rescue Abducted Kebbi Schoolgirls – VP Shettima
[Leadership] The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has assured that the federal government will deploy all instruments of the state to rescue the abducted schoolgirls of Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State.
Larry Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties
The former Harvard president had previously stepped down from other positions following revelations about his longtime connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
Do You Use A.I. for College Application Advice?
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Inside the dawn patrols where San Diego teachers track ICE: ‘We have to resist’
With students terrified and arrests rising, educators turn activists – scanning streets, sharing alerts and defending the right to feel safe
Three teachers drove through a quiet neighborhood in southern San Diego, the sun not yet fully up over the horizon. They drank coffee and talked about their jobs. The start of the school day was still an hour or two away.
Suddenly, mid-conversation, they...
Northern Ireland Must Change How Its Schools Teach Religion, Court Says
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom said Northern Ireland’s public schools must include the study of faiths other than Christianity.
What is a Neet and what causes a young person to become one?
The government says it wants to tackle the high number of people not in education, employment or training.
Harvard Will Open a New Inquiry Into Faculty Ties to Epstein
The university is reviewing newly released emails between the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Lawrence H. Summers, a former Harvard president, and others at the institution.
Harvard to investigate Larry Summers’s Epstein ties as he exits OpenAI board
Newly released Epstein documents drag the ex-treasury secretary into deeper scrutiny as Harvard widens its review
Harvard is set to launch a new investigation into former university president and Bill Clinton economic adviser Larry Summers about his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as it also emerged Summers has resigned from the board of OpenAI.
The moves comes after Summers said he would...
Rural Kids Need More Than Vocational School
We need to support working-class kids before the 21st century abandons them completely.
At This College, the English Dept. Is Out. ‘Human Narratives’ Is In.
At Montclair State University in New Jersey, a departmental restructuring plan is igniting concerns about the future of the humanities.
Our son’s about to turn three – finding new childcare has left us at our wits’ end
The number of childminders in England is falling – with one charity warning they could all be gone by 2033.
Smoking Weed Could Lead to Less Drinking, New Study Suggests
In a makeshift bar on a college campus, researchers studied how smoking cannabis affected alcohol consumption.
Federal Judge Orders Some Texas Schools to Remove Ten Commandment Posters
The judge sided with families of students who had argued that the displays infringed on their religious freedom.
Trump Administration to Announce Steps to Dismantle Education Department
Responsibilities for K-12 and college programs, among others, will be moved to other federal agencies.
University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees
Total of 48 degrees could disappear from Russell Group institution, with falling revenues and rising costs blamed
Nottingham will be the only Russell Group university not to teach modern foreign languages degrees if it approves plans to close a swath of courses including Spanish and French as well as music and dozens of others.
The University of Nottingham’s council will next week decide the...