The boards of education in two rural towns in Oita Prefecture will together launch a program in fiscal 2026 to nurture educators who have strong connections to the local community. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/japan/nurturing-teachers-locally/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #education #schools #teachers #kusu#kokonoe #oita
Since the age of 7, Japanese schoolboy Shun Sasaki has been offering free guided tours to foreign visitors at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, ensuring the horrors of nuclear war do not fade with the passage of time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/society/hiroshima-schoolboy-guide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hiroshima #schools #elementaryschools #children #atomicbombings #wwii #english #volunteers
#Idaho Schools Consistently Break Disability Laws. Parents Say They’re Not Doing Enough to Fix the Problem.
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Idaho #students with disabilities have worse outcomes than many of their peers in other states, according to federal data.
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Idaho #students with disabilities have worse outcomes than many of their peers in other states, according to federal data.
#Parents say it can take months to evaluate students, and in some cases #schools have refused to provide needed services.
#News#Government #Education#Kids
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-special-education-disabilities-complaints
Tristan Nitot✓
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In Finland, charging fees for tuition is illegal, which means rich kids have to mix with normal kids, which means rich families had to make sure the schools the kid went to were good, which meant the rich were prompted to invest in public schools. Finland, take a bow.
In Finland, charging fees for tuition is illegal, which means rich kids have to mix with normal kids, which means rich families had to make sure the schools the kid went to were good, which meant the rich were prompted to invest in public schools. Finland, take a bow.
This is just one school district in Tennessee, but WTF:
Under the Lawrence County School System’s new attendance policy, doctor’s notes will no longer excuse an absence. Students will now just be marked absent or present.
The policy states that after just three absences, schools will start intervention. If the student misses school for eight or more days, they will be referred to juvenile court.
While there will be exemptions for verified chronic illnesses and several other things, Adkins and other district officials said during the meeting that students need to learn reliability and work ethic.
“If you have the sniffles, that is fine,” Adkins said during the meeting. “You are going to have them when you go to work one day. We have all gone to work sick and hurt and beat up.”
International students continue to choose Tokyo, with affordability seen as a major driving factor for it maintaining its No. 2 rank in popularity for studying abroad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/society/tokyo-best-student-cities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tokyo #kyoto #surveys #schools #students
Growing concerns about heatstroke and aging pool facilities have driven many public junior high schools in Japan to abolish swimming lessons and turn to classroom lectures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/japan-school-swimming-lessons/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #schools #children #education #aichi #water
With techniques such as cross-ventilation and materials such as clay, architects around the world are adapting schools to climate change without the use of air conditioning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/17/climate-change/schools-built-extreme-heat-aircon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #education #climatechange #schools #heatwaves #architecture #pritzkerprize
A growing number of children in single-parent households are eating two meals or fewer a day during school holidays, according to a survey by Tokyo-based nonprofit Good Neighbors Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/lunch-summer-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #surveys #children #schools #poverty
A group chat that teachers allegedly used to share illicit images of elementary school girls has reignited the question: Is Japan facing a systemic failure to protect children from predatory educators? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/crime-legal/teachers-students-sexual-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #schools #students #children #sexcrimes #mext #teachers #sexualharassment #childporn
Emperor Naruhito has visited a private school in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, that incorporates Japanese-style education, with its school uniforms, school lunches and club activities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/emperor-mongolia-school/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan#emperornaruhito#imperialfamily #mongolia #ulaanbaatar #education #schools #temples
As 27 million Filipino students returned to school in June, teachers' groups said classrooms remained ill-equipped to withstand climate disasters and prevent learning loss due to insufficient funding for education. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/10/sustainability/philippines-green-schools-climate-risks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #philippines #climatechange #schools #environment #heatwaves #unesco
A ban on mobile phones and other electronic devices in Dutch schools has improved focus among students, a study commissioned by the Dutch government found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/05/world/dutch-survey-phone-ban-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #education #netherlands #schools #phones
Cory Doctorow
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The #Trump admin has declined to release nearly $7 billion in federal #funding for #schools that helps pay for after-school & summer programs, support for #students learning English, #teacher training & other services.
The money, which was already allocated by #Congress, was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Trump #Education Department notified #state education agencies that the money would not be available.
#law #policy #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The move is likely to be challenged in #court & has already been criticized [correctly characterized] as #illegal by #Democrats & #teachers’ #unions, who emphasized that the money had been appropriated by #Congress & was approved by #Trump in March as part of a broader #funding bill.
“This is lawless,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
The #Trump admin has taken an aggressive approach to cutting back the federal government’s role in #education, including plans to eliminate the Education Department entirely. Though only #Congress can abolish the department, the Trump admin has taken an ax to education staffing & #funding more broadly as it seeks to whittle down the department.
The admin has suggested that it may seek to eliminate the nearly $7 billion in frozen funding. [which it absolutely cannot do]
“It’s catastrophic,” said Jodi Grant, executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, a group that works to expand after-school services for #students. She estimated that the federal dollars for after-school & summer-school programs — about $1.3 billion annually — support 1.4 million students, mostly lower income, representing about 20% of all students in after-school programs nationally.
The move is likely to be challenged in #court & has already been criticized [correctly characterized] as #illegal by #Democrats & #teachers’ #unions, who emphasized that the money had been appropriated by #Congress & was approved by #Trump in March as part of a broader #funding bill.
“This is lawless,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.