Beginning of the end of Macronism | A student protest over deteriorating school conditions has snowballed into a nationwide movement, fuelled by a cost-of-living crisis and sluggish growth, putting mounting pressure on Emmanuel Macron’s centrist administration
Hong Kong firefighters continued to battle a hill fire near a residential area in Tuen Mun on Sunday afternoon, several hours after it broke out. No injuries were reported, but the flames were spreading along the hillside near Shan King Estate, not far from two secondary schools, sending thick clouds of smoke billowing into the air.
The blaze, reported at about 1.30pm, broke out in a patch of grass measuring about 10 metres by 20 metres (108 square feet to 215 square feet) on Por Lo Shan near a...
I didn’t know what homework was. And since my parents had never gone to school themselves, they never asked me about it.
Court says the Delhi government’s decision to provide financial assistance instead of uniforms is not arbitrary and does not violate the Right to Education Act
Russia wants a million drone operators by 2030 and schools are adapting fast to fill the quota. By the time students are 16, many will be taught how to fly multiple drones and how to use them in combat. The authorities are using games and competitions to draw millions of young people into the field.
Primary school breakfast clubs are under threat despite soaring demand, with Kellogg's-commissioned research showing 73% of teachers report increased pressure over five years
The proportion of Korean middle school students who experienced feelings of depression exceeded that of high school students for the third consecutive year in 2025, data showed Sunday. The share of middle school students who said they felt depressed accounted for 26.2 percent last year, compared with 25.1 percent for high school students, according to the data by the Korean Educational Development Institute.
In the study, "feelings of depression" were defined as experiencing sadness or despair severe enough to suspend daily routines for two consecutive weeks over the past year. In 2024, the proportion of such middle school students came to 27.9 percent, higher than 27.5 percent recorded for high school students.
In 2023, middle school students experiencing feelings of depression accounted for 26.3 percent, compared with 25.6 percent for high school students. In the January-June period of this year, a total of 112 elementary, middle and high school students died by suicide. Of them, 43, or 38.4 percent, were middle school students, according to data by the education ministry.
Last year, a
Parents and police officials are urging Los Angeles schools to restore greatly reduced staffing levels of on-campus cops who were replaced by "climate coaches."
Marilyn Hampton was blindsided by the announcement Wednesday during a board meeting for the Aubrey Independent School District.
A new report says nearly half of women with endometriosis have lost income due to the condition.
Nationwide protests in France have disrupted tourism, prompting museum closures, hotel cancellations and travel advisories. The movement began over school conditions and widened to living costs, with tourism professionals fearing a prolonged decline in domestic and international visitors.
The suspect in the fatal freeway shooting of a high school girl just outside St. Louis is being investigated in connection with a second roadway shooting, court documents show.
The Correctional Service of Canada said in a statement that a warrant was issued for Jeffrey Ewert and his conditional release has been suspended.
The Los Angeles Unified School District is staring at financial collapse. Its elected school board approved massive union contracts it couldn’t afford.
Hong Kong schools handled an average of 496 bullying cases each academic year from 2022 to 2025 – a 32 per cent jump compared with the previous three years, according to the Education Bureau. A youth group attributed the increase to greater reporting driven by heightened mental health awareness, but also students struggling to distinguish playful jokes from bullying.
According to the bureau, public primary and secondary schools recorded an average of 496 bullying cases each year between 2022 and...
Former president speaks to crowd of thousands in support of Abdul El-Sayed for US Senate and Democratic ticketBarack Obama told a Detroit crowd on Saturday that Abdul El-Sayed was “fighting for change, real change, that will get money out of politics and put money in your pocket”, as he threw his weight behind the Democratic Senate candidate and the rest of the ticket on the first day of early voting in Michigan.Obama said in front of thousands of onlookers at Cass technical high school in Detroit that El-Sayed would “finish the job we started with the Affordable Care Act and guarantee quality, affordable healthcare to every single American”.
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PARIS — More than 100,000 people marched in Paris on Saturday over school funding and soaring living costs, challenging President Emmanuel Macron’s government in a largely peaceful demonstration before clashes broke out near the march’s end point.
New York State’s education system is in steep decline. Enrollment is down, but spending is up, and academic results are either stagnant or declining. It’s time to reform our system of governance by axing the Board of Regents and giving the governor direct control of the State Department of Education.
State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa,...
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The protests involving the March and March movement at Addington Primary School in Durban in January 2026 exposed more than tensions over school admissions. They raised a fundamental question about the moral direction of South Africa’s democracy, says the writer.
Kaylub Giamanco, 36, grew emotional recalling how he shot dead Griffin John II, 16, who was shooting at special needs children at Silver Rail Elementary on October 15.
Top investigators with the NYC Department of Education hoarded nearly 6,000 rounds of ammunition, distributed the bullets amongst themselves to avoid getting caught, and systematically covered it up, a bombshell lawsuit claimed.
Organised jointly by the Sabnam Gafoor Foundation and the School of Gender Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, the lecture will examine how women’s life experiences and social engagements are documented in history through autobiographies, memoirs, and letters.
Schools must conduct preliminary rounds and nominate the first prize winner for the district-level final.
At the first Korea Book Festival in Vancouver, Canada, which runs through Oct. 31, a very meaningful book was exhibited: "Jessie’s Diary," reborn as a graphic novel. On Oct. 8, a session was held where readers read the original work and shared their impressions, receiving a great response.
The graphic novel has been introduced in French, Chinese and Japanese, and preparations are underway to publish an English edition of the original work as well. "Jessie’s Diary" is a child-rearing journal kept for eight years, beginning in 1938 with the birth of the couple’s eldest daughter, Jessie, by Yang Woo-jo (1897-1964) and Choe Seon-hwa (1911-2003), a husband and wife who participated in the Korean Provisional Government.
Alongside their deep love for their family, the diary chronicles the provisional government’s life in exile, the daily lives of independence activists and anecdotes about prominent figures in the independence movement, including Kim Gu and Ahn Chang-ho. It has been recognized for its historical value.
The diary came to public attention in 1999 when Kim Hyun-ju, 54, the
A spark is suspected to have triggered an explosion when staff of the tipper were shifting diesel to a pickup truck; government teacher who took a lift in the tipper for her school is among the deceased
Students must follow school rules on hair grooming and called for uniform guidelines. Teachers may check students’ bags to prevent them from carrying harmful items, including intoxicating substances, but must respect their dignity, says the panel
A series of major earthquakes close to Sicily led to an orange tsunami warning being issued - schools in Palermo have been evacuated
The Educators’ Union of South Africa rejects a South African Council of Educators (SACE) ruling that polices the behaviour of teachers’ outside of school hours.
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EXCLUSIVE: Swim:ED brings portable pools to primary schools to break down the barriers that stop kids learning to swim - and teaches vital water safety skills
Amanda Crafts was a computer teacher at Middle Township Middle School in New Jersey when she was arrested and accused of being the alleged muscle in a wild hooker-involved attack in Atlantic City.
A movement that began with a few high schools has broadened to encompass labor unions and other activists.
Ebro Ahmed, who acted after driver’s medical emergency, said he hopes incident will show Eritreans ‘in a good way’A man who hopped on to a school bus full of terrified children that was careering down a Minnesota street after its driver had a medical emergency and manually halted it says he was motivated to act by a Qu’ran verse about how saving one life is equivalent to saving all of humanity.“I’m a numbers guy, and those numbers make sense to me,” Ebro Ahmed, 27, said on Friday during an interview about his actions four days earlier in front of his family’s convenience store in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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The incident reportedly occurred while diesel was being poured into the truck from the tipper
Caringbah High pupils are now sitting HSC exams in Latin, five years after its reintroduction to the school students describe as a “mid-tier” selective.
The sudden announcement by private schools inconvenienced parents who had just dropped their children off, with school vans having arrived and classes about to begin
Diplomatic relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan have deteriorated sharply following an address by Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev asserting sovereign independence, which Ankara has interpreted as a rebuke of Turkish influence. The dispute escalated with Baku imposing entry bans against 31 Turkish nationals, compounding earlier friction over Azerbaijan’s school headscarf ban.
Turkish media expressed alarm over the total silence between Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while pro-government outlets like Yeni Akit accused Baku of tyranny and ingratitude for Turkish support during the 2020 Karabakh War.
Students at The Cooper School are campaigning to ban school uniforms in pornography, arguing the depiction sexualises real schoolgirls and fuels street harassment.