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Days after a teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar was caught on camera urging her students to hit their Muslim classmate, a teacher in Karnataka’s Shivamogga asked two Muslim students to “go to Pakistan.” In the former case, the child had forgotten tables of multiplication, apparently, but the authority figure in class thought it fit to bring up his nominal faith. …

September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness about mental health resources, provide education on saving lives from suicide and encourage everyone to learn what role they can play in suicide prevention. The Kim Foundation, which works to increase awareness about mental health and suicide prevention in Nebraska, is engaging with the month by sharing resources and participating …

New York CNN  —  Parents aren’t alone in feeling the extra pinch in the wallet this year in paying for back-to-school necessities. Teachers, too, are digging deeper to meet their classroom needs out of pocket. Sarah Adkins, a third grader teacher with Pennoyer School District 79, a Northwest Chicago surburban elementary school, spends an average of $300 to $500 a …

It’s 6 A.M. A little girl, who looks to be about ten years old, hits the button on her alarm clock. She eats a bowl of cereal and brushes her teeth and hair before going to school. In class, she takes notes while her teacher, Mrs. Marty, gives a lesson. Then everyone puts on spacesuits and helmets, and the class …

The University of Michigan had to halt its internet services this week amid cybersecurity concerns. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Getty Images The University of Michigan cut off internet access and online services across all three of its campuses early this week to ward off a potential cyberattack, leaving students and faculty in digital limbo during the …

SAN ANTONIO — Vanessa Fears is worried her daughter’s school will close for good.  “Just overwhelmed. What am I going to do? Trying to figure out a plan, it’s just a matter of time,” Fears said. “My little one just started walking this year, which helps out a lot because I can get to work. I have to be there …

The Santa Barbara Unified School District and Santa Barbara City College recently received over half a million dollars in state grants to expand their dual-enrollment program. The funds will go toward professional development for instructors and counselors, community outreach events, and infrastructural updates, all in hopes of increasing the number and expanding the demographics of the high school students who …

Should the Aug. 21 proposal eventually become reality, the majority of the commission’s members would either be state-level GOP politicians or their designees. That political makeup was “not necessarily” part of Warren’s consideration, he said, but a product of the county’s deep red politics. “The culture determines the law,” he said, adding, “the culture elects who they elect.”  However, the …

SANTA ANA, Calif. — California’s attorney general sued a Southern California school district Monday over its new policy requiring schools to notify parents if their children change their gender identification or pronouns, the latest blow in an intensifying battle between a handful of school districts and the state about the rights of trans kids and their parents. Attorney General Rob …

Students and teachers are facing uncharted territory when it comes to increased accessibility to AI, which brings up questions of cheating and plagiarism. But could it also benefit learning? The question is very much on the minds of educators as they prepare to welcome students back to classrooms. Jeannie Wiley is associate professor in the philosophy department at The College …