Category Archives: Education
McGill threatens to sanction student union over pro-Palestine policy
MONTREAL — McGill University is threatening to sanction its student union, including by prohibiting it from using the McGill name, because the association championed a pro-Palestinian policy that the school and Jewish groups say is discriminatory. The ...
White House to extend student loan pause through August
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an administration...
Lawyer for NYC fired after grilling mayor over kid mask rule
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for New York City was fired after she crashed a news conference Monday to confront Mayor Eric Adams about the city's mask mandate for children aged 2 to 4.
Universities eye federal budget for research cash as competition for talent heats up
OTTAWA — Post-secondary schools and students are looking to the Liberals to make a down payment in the post-pandemic economy by boosting research spending in the federal budget coming this week. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will deliver the gover...
Library study finds ‘challenged’ books soared in 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, has never been so busy. “A year ago, we might
With students in turmoil, US teachers train in mental health
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Since the pandemic started, experts have warned of a mental health crisis facing American children that is now visibly playing out at schools across the country.
With students in turmoil, US teachers train in mental health
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As Benito Luna-Herrera teaches his seventh-grade social studies classes, he is on alert for signs of inner turmoil. And there is so much of it these days.
Including young kids likely to sink Kansas trans sports ban
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas appears unlikely to join other states this year in keeping transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's school sports, partly because conservative state lawmakers want the ban to apply to elementary school studen...
Alberta proposes legislation to remove disciplinary powers from teachers union
EDMONTON — Alberta is proposing new rules that would prevent the Alberta Teachers’ Association from disciplining its members who would instead be dealt with by an independent commissioner. Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says it’s a conflict of int...
Historian sues NY prisons over ban of Attica uprising book
NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the revolt at the Attica Correctional Facility in 1971 sued New York state prison authorities on Thursday, saying they’ve unconstitutionally banned her book behind bars.