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Ron doesn’t want to erase black history
The College Board, the national education organisation that oversees AP courses, has said that all Florida high schools are expected to have a new AP African American Studies course next school year. This comes after the college board was banned by the Florida Department of Education over claims that the course was indoctrinating students and…
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The framework for African American studies is released by the College Board.
The Florida Department of Education said it wouldn’t accept an AP African American Studies course as it was “inexplicably” contrary to the state’s law. The College Board said it consulted more than 300 professors during the development of the course framework, who included faculty from dozens of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The course…
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The nation’s report card shows math and reading scores dropped during the flu.
According to the US’ Nation’s Report Card, 11 lakh fourth and eighth-grade students performed well on math exams across nearly 5,780 schools. “What we’re seeing…is (lower performing) students…dropping even faster and we’re also seeing students who were not showing declines – students at the top, meaning students at the higher performing levels, they were holding…
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The New York City schools banned access because of suspicions of cheating and misinformation.
The New York City Department of Education has blocked access to ChatGPT on its networks and devices over fears that the AI tool would harm students’ education. “The tool may be able to provide quick and easy answers to questions, it does not build critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, which are essential for academic and lifelong…
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Afghan women are not allowed to attend universities.
Taliban security forces used a water cannon on Saturday to disperse about two dozen women protesting the ban on university education for women in Afghanistan’s Herat city. According to witnesses, the women were heading to the Herat provincial governor’s house when they were pushed back by security forces firing the water cannon. They were chanting…
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Most kids are cheering for the heroes no matter who they are.
‘New Kid’ author Jerry Craft has said that book banning harms students, and their education, the most. “The parents and politicians who fight to ban books like mine will never entertain the idea that our books help kids who feel like outsiders see that they’re not alone,” he stated. “Many of these stories, as with…
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Afghan women are left with tears and anger as Taliban starts to enforce education ban.
The Taliban government has banned women from working forngos in Afghanistan, the country’s Higher Education Ministry said. The ban applies to women attending public and private higher education centres, it added. This is the second time that the Taliban has banned women from working for ngos in the country. They have banned girls from high…
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Afghan women are left with tears and anger when the Taliban enforces an education ban.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack at an education centre in the Afghan capital Kabul that killed at least five people and injured 27 others. The attack was the latest in a string of attacks on schools and education centres by the Taliban in recent months. The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan…
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Afghan women are left with tears and anger when the Taliban starts to enforce the education ban.
Afghan Minister of Higher Education Abdul Baqi Haqqani has admitted that he allowed women to attend universities in the country despite Taliban’s ban on women seeking education. He added that she only employed women and taught them, abiding by Taliban’s strict gender segregation rules. Haqqani said she allowed women to attend universities despite the Taliban’s…
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The Taliban prohibit Afghan women from going to universities.
A student at Nangarhar University in Afghanistan has said that the Taliban ban on women and girls seeking education is a crime. “It’s difficult to imagine how a country can develop…without the active participation of women and the education,” UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres said. He further said that the Taliban can’t be accepted as member…
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Academics should be worried about the writing of intelligent essays by an artificial intelligence bot.
A study conducted by Nature has revealed that “artificial intelligence” tools are used in education and may end up as essays. It found that some of the AI tools used could catch students using AI for things they shouldn’t, whether that’s work emails or College essays. It said the systems don’t have “intelligence in the…
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Biden’s pausing on payments has helped these students with student loan forgiveness.
The Department of Education initially said student loan forgiveness would be eligible for one-time action as long as borrower consolidated his or her debt into federal Direct Loan program. However, a lawsuit alleged fraud against the government by two people who were not eligible for student loan forgiveness as their loans were not held by…
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Sometimes the government can get things right.
The US Department of Education will appeal a federal judge’s ruling blocking President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness programme, White House said. “We strongly disagree with the district court’s ruling on our student debt relief program,” Justice Department said in a statement. The lawsuit was brought by two individuals, who are not qualified for full…
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The pioneer black feminists, known as the Pitman Hughes, have died.
Dorothy Pitman Hughes, who co-founded the Women’s Action Alliance and the Harlem Office Supply, died in Florida at the age of 81. Hughes and Gloria Steinem also co-founded the Women’s Action Alliance, a “pioneering national information centre that specialised in nonsexist, multiracial children’s education, in 1971,” according to her obituary. Hughes was born in Georgia…
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The Biden administration scales back on student loan forgiveness.
The Job Creators Network, a group of job seekers, has filed a lawsuit against US Department of Education for its student loan forgiveness programme. The suit claims that the department is acting outside its administrative authority by forgiving student loans. Earlier, a lawsuit was filed against the Obama administration by a group of Wisconsin taxpayers…
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Legal challenges to the plan on student debt have been rejected.
The US Department of Education has warned students seeking student loan forgiveness from the government about scams aimed at taking advantage of them. “We’re warning borrowers of scams related to the student loan forgiveness programme that ask for payment in return for help getting debt relief. We’ll review your application, determine your eligibility for debt…