As Visa Policies Tighten, International Students Find Tougher Job Market
Students say they have been passed over for jobs and interviews because of visa restrictions. Some have a Plan B: leaving the United States.
Education
Cursive Club, Where Students Learn With a Flourish
Students are practicing cursive in clubs after school and in libraries after it was cut from the Common Core curriculum. Some states are reintroducing it into schools.
South Africa: The DBE Textbook Story That South Africa Isn’t Being Told
[Daily Maverick] A once-in-14-years opportunity to put better books in South African classrooms. Daily Maverick investigated what happened when a group of educators tried to seize it — and who is driving the narrative against them.
Cambridge University seeks deal with Saudi defence ministry despite rights concerns
Senior academics describe the Judge business school’s proposal to provide services and training as ‘horrifying’
Cambridge University’s business school is seeking to provide “leadership development” and “innovation management” to Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry despite concerns over its government’s record on human rights and climate change, the Guardian has learned.
Cambridge’s leadership...
‘One of the greatest invisible tragedies’: is the loss of childhood imagination inevitable?
We have created the most stifling and sanitised imaginative space conceivable for children, says teacher Brendan James Murray. Today true imagination has become a radical act
The six children sit together at the waterline in roaring wind. Seagulls dip and strain, beating their wings against the gusts as, far below, waves crest, thump, whisper. A girl, scarcely three years old, stands suddenly...
I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment | Micah Nathan
The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words
I have been teaching fiction writing at MIT since 2017. Many of my students last wrote fiction in middle school, and very few have experienced a proper workshop, so at the start of every semester I offer these directions for writer and reader...
How Students Interact With A.I. Is What Matters
Readers discuss artificial intelligence and writing in the classroom. Also: President Trump’s latest assault on science; election workers.
What to Do About the White House Correspondents Dinner After an Attack?
A gunman’s attack at the April dinner has spurred more debate than usual about one of Washington’s most dissected rituals.
How Brandeis Is Trying to Change College Shopping
A new tool on the university’s website tells you what the first year “will” cost if you get in.
Teachers in England to vote on striking over pay
The National Education Union says it will hold a formal ballot this autumn without “urgent action”.
‘It’s about recognising our role in history’: Bradford exhibition to revisit live Somali display
At the city’s Great Exhibition of 1904, 57 Somali men, women and children cooked, weaved and danced for visitors
It was, the posters said, a rare chance to see a “little known but interesting people”: a live display of 57 Somali men, women and children who cooked, weaved and danced for the entertainment of hundreds of thousands of Edwardians who flocked to Yorkshire to see them.
More than 120...
The New Harvard Trend? Getting Punched in the Face.
Harvard’s boxing club is drawing new members. So are boxing clubs at other colleges, as students look for real-life connection.
Mahmoud Khalil Hurtles Toward Potential Deportation as U.S. Speeds Case
A key judicial decision in Mr. Khalil’s immigration case was expedited significantly and included the recusal of multiple judges.
David Attenborough, a Voice of Nature, Turns 100
Pictures and striking scenes from the making of perhaps the world’s most celebrated naturalist.
Sexual harassment more than twice as prevalent at England’s top universities, analysis finds
Harassment reported by 35% of students at ‘high tariff’ institutions compared with 17% at those with lowest entry grades
Students at England’s leading universities were more than twice as likely to experience sexual harassment than those at “lower tariff” institutions, according to analysis.
Data from a national survey of undergraduates shows that 35% of students at “high tariff”...
She Tried to Help Schools Build Healthier Playgrounds. Then Her E.P.A. Grant Was Canceled.
Kirsten Beyer was assessing the benefits of improving school playgrounds in Milwaukee. Then her E.P.A. grant was canceled.
Liberia: Cuaaa Breaks Ground for Agape Clinic At Cuttington University
[FrontPageAfrica] Suakoko — The Cuttington University Alumni Association in the Americas on Thursday broke ground for the construction of the Agape Clinic at Cuttington University’s main campus in Suakoko, marking what officials described as a significant step toward strengthening healthcare delivery for students and surrounding communities.
South Africa: SA Loses 6,000 Educators Annually, but a Targeted Mentorship Is Fighting the Mass Exodus
[Daily Maverick] South Africa has lost more than 32,000 teachers in just the past five years. A pioneering fellowship is stepping in to address this with the robust mentorship, community and psychological support our educators desperately need.
Ghana: Ghanaian Bags $20,000 Stanford Impact Prize
[Ghanaian Times] A Ghanaian MBA student at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Evans Adanya, has been named among one of five winners of the 2026 Stanford Impact Leader (SIL) Prize, one of the most prestigious social impact awards in global business education, carrying a $20,000 grant.
U.S. Schools Face a Crisis as the Number of Children Drops
With fewer students, many school districts are confronting unfilled classrooms, and hard choices about school closures.
Tanzania: Mkenda Outlines Five Priorities in 2.394tri/ – Education Plan
[Daily News] Dodoma — Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Adolf Mkenda, has requested Parliament’s approval of a total budget of 2.394tri/- for the 2026/27 financial year, as his ministry seeks to implement five key priorities aligned with ongoing reforms in the education sector.