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Police arrest dozens as they break up pro-Palestinian protests at several US universities
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The IndependentTeachers could get protection against blasphemy claims under new laws
The report has been influenced by recent blasphemy cases, which has seen some teachers forced into hiding
- The Telegraph
Oxford pro-Palestinian activists stage ‘die-in’ to disrupt graduation ceremonies
Pro-Palestinian protesters attempted to disrupt graduation ceremonies at Oxford University by blocking the entrances to the events as part of a “die-in”.
- BuzzFeed
Here's How Different The Japanese Elementary School System Is Compared To The US, As Told From Someone Who's Experienced Both
I still dream of the school lunch.
- The Guardian
US school apologizes for cutting feather from Lakota student’s graduation cap
Genesis White Bull had decorated her cap with traditional Lakota decorations including a feather plume, which school staff cut off
- The Telegraph
Craven universities are giving in to a dangerous new student intolerance
The conceit of our universities is that they’re bastions of free speech, enlightened thinking and eloquent debate. However, at Cambridge last week, rather than engage in coherent, informed discussion about a complex matter, students and pro-Palestinian protestors instead preferred to “cancel” me. Our world-beating higher education system really ought to be a bit better than this.
- The Guardian
‘Scary’: public-school textbooks the latest target as US book bans intensify
A school district in Houston has voted to redact chapters on vaccines and climate change, and parents and educators are worried
- The National
Ash Regan demands Scottish Government funds free school meals programme
ALBA Party Holyrood leader Ash Regan MSP has called on John Swinney to use cash freed up from the scrapping of the Bute House Agreement to fund free school meals for all school pupils.
- The Guardian
Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents
‘Heavy-handed’ crackdown ignores underlying reasons for failure to attend classes, say critics
- The Independent
Georgia student shot and killed by ‘armed intruder’ on college campus
Samuel Harris, who is not a student at the school, is charged with murder
- CityAM
Imposing VAT on private schools could be a net cost for the Treasury, research suggests
John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "VAT on private schools is a clear cut case of a policy gimmick that will do grievous harm to families with potentially pathetic results for revenues."
- The Argus
More schoolchildren being suspended for racist abuse
More students are getting suspended from school over complaints of racial abuse, new figures show.
- CNN
Teen awarded whopping $14.7M in scholarship funds
Madison Crowell, a college-bound Georgia teenager reacts to being awarded nearly $15 million in scholarships after working with her parents to create a spreadsheet she calls the “war board.” CNN affiliate WJCL reports.
- The Guardian
Pro-Palestine protesters vow to rally as La Trobe joins universities enforcing encampment ban
La Trobe on Friday followed Deakin in issuing a formal directive for protesters to end their encampment
- Associated Press
The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest
“Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making,” wrote poet John Milton, an alumnus of Cambridge University, in his 1644 treatise against censorship in publishing. “Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- The Telegraph
Ben Miller says private school pupils often look bored by his reading sessions...unlike state sector
Ben Miller has said that pupils at top private schools often look bored when he reads to them, but when he visits state schools the students “nearly start a riot”.
- CNN
UCLA faculty reject censure and no confidence resolutions against chancellor after attack on pro-Palestinian encampment
The UCLA Academic Senate rejected censuring and making a no confidence statement against university Chancellor Gene Block amid mounting criticism of his handling of a campus pro-Palestinian encampment that was violently attacked by counterprotesters.
- My London
School 'gun threat' as staff and students in lockdown after anonymous caller said they 'would shoot someone in 20 minutes'
A police presence was requested for the next day
- Eastern Daily Press
Leaders chosen for two new Norfolk schools - creating 270 much-needed places
Two new Norfolk special schools - in Great Yarmouth and Downham Market - have moved a step closer after leaders were selected to run the sites.
- Yahoo News
Biden acknowledges ‘heartbreak’ over Israel-Hamas war in speech to Morehouse grads
President Biden spoke about the Israel-Hamas war during his commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday.
- The Hill
Did colleges give away the store in deals with student protesters?
Colleges that used police force to end their recent on-campus student protests are facing criticism for their handling of the situation, but so are the small handful that cut deals to end the demonstrations. The few universities that successfully negotiated to end the pro-Palestinian encampments — among them Northwestern, Brown, Rutgers and Johns Hopkins —…