Illinois State University graduate student who flipped TPUSA table fired from teaching assistant position

An Illinois State University graduate student who flipped a Turning Point USA table on campus was arrested and fired from his teaching assistant position after clip of the hot-headed move made waves online, the school confirmed Monday. Derek...

Northern Cape Takes Top Honours At 2025 Heritage Education School Outreach Programme National Camp

The National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHC), in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DBE), South African National Parks (SANParks) and the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), has announced Kimberley Technical High...

Minister of Science and Education meets with Azerbaijani students studying in U.S.

Baku, October 21, AZERTAC As part of his visit to the United States, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Science and Education Emin Amrullayev met with around 90 Azerbaijani students studying in the country. During the meeting held at George Washington...

FG reopens student loan application portal, sends message to universities and students

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced the opening of its student loan application portal for the 2025/2026 academic session The portal will be accessible from 23 October 2025 to 31 January 2026, offering financial support to...

Northampton retro: 34 'new' pictures of school pupils, teachers and heads from years gone by

All the pictures featured in this latest collection were taken in 2009 – are there any faces you recognise? 1. Looking Back Term-Time Special Cedar Road Primary school, after school football club, run by Mark Lyons (Director of coaching, DS soccer...

Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking?

When students entered Tsinghua University in Beijing this year, one of the first representatives they met wasn’t a person. Admission letters to the prestigious institution came with an invitation code to an artificial-intelligence agent. The bot...

Research: Can VR Teach Students Ethics?

Virtual reality courses have become more common, thanks to the development of new classroom applications for the software and the increased affordability of VR and augmented reality technology for institutions. A 2025 survey of chief technology...

Teachers slam Zanu-PF ideology plan

Teachers' unions have condemned a proposal made at the Zanu-PF National People's Conference to employ "ideologically grounded" cadres in the civil service, warning that the move would politicise government institutions and threaten...

School Cell Phone Bans Can Boost Test Scores

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Charles Longshore distinctly remembers the tipping point that led his Alabama middle school to ban cell phones, two years before the state adopted its own ban....

Education: Huber invests $170K in STEM education in Noxubee, Kemper counties

NOXUBEE COUNTY – Huber Engineered Woods, a company in the J.M. Huber Corporation business portfolio and builder of a new mill in Shuqualak, recently celebrated a $170,000 investment supporting hands-on STEM education and career-connected learning...

University of Wisconsin–Madison hosts late-night Aqua Zumba for student wellbeing

Students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have recently participated in a late-night Aqua Zumba event, according to university sources. The activity, organized as part of the campus's recreational offerings, drew attention as an example of...

Teachers’ Unions Are Not Neutral and That’s Dangerous.

For decades, many Jewish families have trusted public schools not just to educate their children, but to keep them safe and allow them to thrive as full participants in American civic life. Teacher unions, most prominently the National Education...

University Of Arizona Rejects Trump Compact, Vanderbilt Gives Feedback

With the University of Arizona's refusal to join and Vanderbilt University's noncommittal response, President Trump's higher ed compact still has no takers. getty The University of Arizona became the seventh university to reject President Trump’s...

University Announces Accommodations for Families Affected by Federal Government Shutdown

University temporarily defers Fall 2025 payments for qualifying Students and families This past weekend at the 75th Anniversary of the Newark, Delaware NAACP Chapter Freedom Fund Annual Dinner, University President Tony Allen, announced that...

Schools competition invites essays on free speech online

Pictured: Hazel Barrett, winner of the 2025 Gráinne O'Neill Memorial Legal Essay Competition. Transition Year students have once again been invited to enter the national Gráinne O’Neill Memorial Legal Essay Competition. The 2026 competition...

Teachers union leader: North Dakotans for Public Schools project aims to counteract ‘attack’ on education

GRAND FORKS — Amid what he calls an “unprecedented attack on public schools,” Nick Archuleta hopes a new project will bring awareness to the importance of public education. North Dakotans for Public Schools aims to reshape the public’s perception...

University of Johannesburg distances itself from Calvin Rafadi

University of Johannesburg distances itself from Calvin Rafadi The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has distanced itself from forensic investigator and part-time research associate Calvin Rafadi following his mention at the Madlanga Commission....

Education Minister orders CSSPS review

The Ministry of Education has announced plans to constitute a technical team in the coming days to undertake a comprehensive review of the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). The effort, the ministry says, is to ensure...

Students are yelling ‘6-7’ in classrooms across the world. Here’s why

Trends on social media teach us a lot of things. Some of it can be very interesting, other times they can be banal and, in many cases, they can be downright bizarre and even annoying. Case in point: children hollering the numbers ‘6-7’, pronounced...

TEACHER TUESDAY: Get to know Sean Craig of Juniata, C.G. Johnson

Editor’s note: Teacher Tuesday is a new Courier Express weekly feature highlighting a local educator. The CE started the series by inviting elementary teachers in the DuBois Area School District at C.G. Johnson, Juniata, Oklahoma and Wasson to...