Canadian school boards sue social media giants over effects on students | Social Media News

Canadian school boards sue social media giants over effects on students | Social Media News

Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram are addictive and have ‘rewired’ the way children learn, educators say. Four major school boards in Canada have filed lawsuits against some of the world’s largest social media companies, alleging that the platforms have disrupted students’ learning and are highly addictive for children. The school…

At JNU, student ‘flame flickers’ against India’s Modi before national vote | India Election 2024 News

At JNU, student ‘flame flickers’ against India’s Modi before national vote | India Election 2024 News

New Delhi, India – A Bollywood film called JNU will be released across India next week. The tagline on its publicity posters asks: “Can one educational university break the nation?” The film is only the latest, thinly veiled attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), one of India’s premier public universities…

Mexico’s teachers seek relief from pandemic-era spike in school robberies | Education News

Mexico’s teachers seek relief from pandemic-era spike in school robberies | Education News

Guadalajara, Mexico – In Maria Soto’s classroom, nearly half of the fourth-graders have not yet learned how to read. The rest are at least a year behind. For these kids, the pandemic era continues, even if no one wears a mask anymore. But as Soto sees it, the problem lies…

How RSS textbooks are reshaping Indian history and science under Modi | Education News

How RSS textbooks are reshaping Indian history and science under Modi | Education News

Kolkata, India – At the three-storey building of Sarada Shishu Vidya Mandir, a school for grades five to 10 in Uluberia town in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, students gather every day at the prayer hall 15 minutes before their classes begin. The walls in the prayer hall…

Hungarian president resigns after pardoning child sex abuse accomplice | Child Rights

Hungarian president resigns after pardoning child sex abuse accomplice | Child Rights

NewsFeed Hungary’s President Katalin Novak bowed to public pressure to resign after it was revealed she pardoned the deputy director of a state-run children’s school who was convicted for covering up the sexual abuse of its director. Published On 11 Feb 202411 Feb 2024 Check out our Latest News and…

How Israel has destroyed Gaza’s schools and universities | Israel War on Gaza News

How Israel has destroyed Gaza’s schools and universities | Israel War on Gaza News

Grade five and six students at the Rosary Sister’s School in Gaza were supposed to sit for a science test on October 9, 2023, two days after Israel launched its devastating military assault on Gaza. But they never got to sit the test. The school along with its library and…

Photos: Greek students protest government plan for private universities | Education News

Photos: Greek students protest government plan for private universities | Education News

Thousands of Greek students rallied in Athens and other cities on Thursday to protest against planned education reforms that would allow the introduction of private universities in the country. The conservative government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who won a second term last year, is expected to submit a bill to parliament…

University of Pennsylvania president quits after anti-Semitism uproar | Education News

University of Pennsylvania president quits after anti-Semitism uproar | Education News

Elizabeth Magill faced backlash after failing to say that calling for genocide against Jews would violate university policy. The president of a top university in the United States has resigned after a backlash over her testimony at a congressional hearing on rising anti-Semitism on campuses. University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth…

‘Unprecedented’ decline in global literacy scores, OECD report says | Education News

‘Unprecedented’ decline in global literacy scores, OECD report says | Education News

A global education survey has revealed an “unprecedented” decline in academic progress in many countries. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey, published on Tuesday, is the first such study since the COVID-19 pandemic and showed the historic setbacks suffered by students. The average international mathematics score fell by…

For Every Child, Every RightDelivering Psychosocial Support for Crisis Impacted Children — Global Issues

For Every Child, Every RightDelivering Psychosocial Support for Crisis Impacted Children — Global Issues

Aya, a 5-year-old girl clutching her doll to ease her fear, gazes at Gaza’s sky filled with warplanes from inside an UNRWA school in the Gaza Strip. Credit: UNRWA by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Monday, November 20, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Nov 20 (IPS) – As the global community marks World…