California's attorney general sues school district over policy requiring parental notification when students change gender identification
California's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against a local school district over its new policy requiring parents to be notified when a child tells a teacher they want to be recognized by a different gender identity or pronoun than the one listed on their birth certificate.
2023-08-30 01:23
Sara Sharif: Pakistan police widen search for family
Sara Sharif was found dead at her home in Woking the day after her family flew to Pakistan.
2023-08-29 16:28
France to ban the wearing of abayas in schools, fueling accusations of Islamophobia
France will ban schoolchildren from wearing abayas ahead of the upcoming academic year, the government has said, the latest in a series of contentious restrictions in the country on clothing associated with Muslims.
2023-08-28 21:15
Schools got $190 billion in pandemic aid, but the funds haven't reversed learning loss
America's K-12 schools received the largest-ever infusion of federal aid to help them address pandemic-related challenges, yet students are still struggling to catch up from the learning loss they experienced during remote learning.
2023-08-27 22:25
Vigil to be held after four young people killed in crash
A vigil will be held later in memory of four young people who died in a County Tipperary car crash.
2023-08-27 15:23
1 teen killed, 4 people injured following shooting at Oklahoma high school football game, authorities say
A 16-year-old boy was killed and four others were injured in a shooting at a high school football game in Choctaw, Oklahoma, authorities say.
2023-08-27 04:15
Florida elementary school principal and teacher are placed on leave after Black students are singled out at an assembly
The principal and a teacher at a Flagler County, Florida, elementary school are on paid administrative leave after an assembly was held only for fourth and fifth-grade Black students, who were collectively told to improve their school performance, according to the school district -- regardless of how each student was doing individually.
2023-08-25 13:45
Sara Sharif murder inquiry: Renewed appeal two weeks after girl found dead
Police are continuing to investigate after the 10-year-old's body was found at her home in Woking.
2023-08-24 19:15
Sara Sharif: Murdered girl was being home schooled, says neighbour
"I never saw her smile or laugh," a neighbour of murdered 10-year-old Sara Sharif tells the BBC.
2023-08-23 19:50
Fukushima disaster: What happened at the nuclear plant?
A tsunami struck the Japanese plant in 2011, leading to the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
2023-08-23 16:16
1 student killed, 23 taken to hospital in Ohio after school bus crash the first day of classes
One student was killed and 23 were injured -- including one with life-threatening injuries -- after a school bus crash on the first day of school.
2023-08-23 03:28
Sara Sharif: Surrey Police had contact with family of murdered girl
A senior Surrey Police officer said contact with the murdered girl's family had been "historic".
2023-08-23 01:46