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State lowers bar for teaching hires amid Covid-related shortage
At least one US state is struggling so much to find enough teachers to keep classrooms open that it will hire teenagers who were high-school students themselves less than a year ago as fill-in educators.
Jan 12, 2022 23:50
New Jersey’s Rutgers University bans unvaccinated student from ONLINE courses – reports
A US university student who chose to take classes remotely rather than be forced to get vaccinated against Covid-19 for on-campus learning has reportedly been barred from school despite doing his studies 70 miles (100km) away.
Sep 7, 2021 18:55
Barking mad: Therapy dogs & puppy rooms are turning university students into toddlers Opinion
The increased use of de-stressing techniques at universities, such as therapy animals and playing with toys, is misguided. Students need to be able to perform under pressure or they’ll become intellectually flabby.
May 12, 2021 16:32
My alt-right, anti-rich views made me unemployable. Now I'm ghost-writing college papers for rich leftie kids. What an irony Opinion
Since becoming unemployable due to my political activism, I’ve been earning college degrees for the children of my oppressors. Business is booming – but it makes me sick to my stomach.
May 12, 2021 13:37
Virginia to revamp math curriculum, CANCEL advanced courses prior to last two years of high school to force racial equity
There's no need to worry about that ‘racist’ trigonometry, at least in Virginia, because the state is eliminating advanced math courses for all students prior to the 11th grade, all in the name of equity.
Apr 23, 2021 21:35
Teachers who tailor lessons so as not to offend Muslim children are becoming a problem Opinion
A new survey in France has found many teachers are self-censoring lessons for fear of upsetting Muslim students. This defeatist attitude represents a refusal to uphold cultural values – and it’s happening in Britain, too.
Jan 7, 2021 15:40
‘Threat to the community’? Detroit student sent to DETENTION CENTER during pandemic for not doing her homework
A Michigan teenager was incarcerated during the Covid-19 outbreak for breaching probation, despite the governor’s moratorium on locking up youthful violators who weren’t “threats to the community.” Her crime? Not doing homework.
Jul 14, 2020 17:37
How much do we REALLY know about Kim Yo-jong, the outspoken sister of Kim Jong-un who’s now North Korea’s No. 2? Opinion
Kim Yo-jong has been in the news lately, calling defectors in South Korea ‘human scum’ and blowing up buildings. But what is her background and is she being groomed for the top job if anything happens to Kim Jong-un?
Jun 21, 2020 12:05
California university system burnishes ‘woke cred’ by ditching standardized tests…and dodges a looming lawsuit Opinion
The University of California system has dropped standardized testing as an admission requirement, an unprecedented move that could spell the end of the SAT and ACT. While achingly ‘woke’, it won’t solve the inequality problem.
May 22, 2020 20:08
Last writes? Student who turns dead animals into pencil cases speaks to RT (VIDEO)
A design student who sells stationery made out of dead mice, rats and rabbits says he’s had a “mixed response” to his products.
Mar 6, 2017 14:01