A wooden relief depicting the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, long displayed at an art gallery, has returned to the junior high school where it was created about 50 years ago after alumni restored it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/21/japan/society/hiroshima-atomic-bomb-relief/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #students #schools #museums #saitama
RE: https://gultsch.social/@daniel/113549020656921249
#Signal isn’t just AWS. It also has a hard dependency on Google’s push notification system (FCM) if you don’t want your battery to catch fire.
Signal’s attitude towards #UnifiedPush and #FDroid speaks volumes.
@daniel but it's a big step for most of the people!
However the problem is that most people don't even think about switching from WA to Signal - and NEVER heard about conversations #XMPP
#Schools could / MUST do more! Instead they are pushing students into digital dependencies. School leaders avoid the hassle to think, they appreciate conformity.
Minneapolis residents are arranging security patrols at schools to watch for immigration agents amid the latest operation of U.S. President Donald Trump's mass deportation program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/18/world/crime-legal/minneapolis-schools-ice-arrests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #minneapolis #minnesota #donaldtrump #ice #us #immigration #schools #education
Texas First State to End American Bar Association oversight of law schools
#HackerNews #Texas #Law #Schools #AmericanBarAssociation #Oversight #LegalEducation #TexasSupremeCourt
Volunteers from the Children and Families Agency have launched an awareness-raising campaign to alleviate the anxiety of children who struggle to talk about their problems with adults. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/japan/children-problems-campaign/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #suicide #children #bullying #schools
A small but growing number of parents in China are rethinking the country’s rigorous education system and switching to homeschooling, despite a current ban on the practice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/asia-pacific/society/china-homeschool-students-youth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #education #eastasia #children #schools
The number of children on waiting lists for gakudō hoiku after-school facilities fell for the first time in four years as of May 1, the Children and Families Agency has said, after authorities boosted capacity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/society/children-waiting-list-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #children #schools
AI Bathroom Monitors? Welcome to America's New Surveillance High Schools
#HackerNews #AI #Surveillance #High #Schools #Privacy #Concerns #EdTech #Student #Safety
A panel on Monday released draft guidelines for a system to check the sexual offense records of teachers and others whose work involves contact with children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/japan/japan-dbs-guidelines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sexcrimes #teachers #children #schools #childrenandfamiliesagency
Nearly a million young Ukrainians are still living in an eternal lockdown, doing either all or part of their lessons online. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/world/ukraine-lost-generation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #schools #mariupol #donetsk
AI & Learning - How does feedback from artificial intelligence affect us and what does the future of #learning look like? Educational researcher Jennifer Meyer discusses the risks and opportunities of #AI -supported feedback in #schools, #universities and lifelong learning. 🏫⤵️
https://rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/learning-with-ai-feedback?mtm_campaign=bildung&mtm_kwd=socia…
Thomas Ryberg
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While the notion of student belonging & mental welfare is often invoked, the English school system, due to the frequent use of 'high-stakes' testing actually is very stressful for pupils:
Fear of failure 'can lead to reduced academic performance. It’s also linked with missed opportunities for learning, lower emotional wellbeing & higher levels of stress, burnout & depression'!
English school are disempowering & damaging our young.
Alex Akselrod
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"Blacklock's Reporter says Mohammed Hashim, CEO of the taxpayer-funded #Canadian #RaceRelations Foundation, told the #Senate #humanrights committee that criminals targeting #Jewish institutions are deliberately sending a message meant to intimidate the community.
“All these incidents across the country are to send a message, that #Jews cannot be safe here,” he said.
Hashim said Jewish #schools and #synagogues have been hit repeatedly.
#Toronto’s Kehillat Shaarei #Torah #Synagogue, he noted, has been #vandalized 10 times despite cameras, reinforced windows and fencing.
A Toronto day school, Bais Chaya Mushka, was shot at on three separate occasions.
“To every Jewish Canadian who feels unsafe or alone, who fears they need to be hidden, I want to say #Canada will always be a place of safety for you,” Hashim told senators.
Sen. Marilou McPhedran pressed him on how he could make such a promise.
“Hope,” he replied. “No one knows what the future is going to hold.” 😂
"Blacklock's Reporter says Mohammed Hashim, CEO of the taxpayer-funded #Canadian #RaceRelations Foundation, told the #Senate #humanrights committee that criminals targeting #Jewish institutions are deliberately sending a message meant to intimidate the community.
“All these incidents across the country are to send a message, that #Jews cannot be safe here,” he said.
Hashim said Jewish #schools and #synagogues have been hit repeatedly.
#Toronto’s Kehillat Shaarei #Torah #Synagogue, he noted, has been #vandalized 10 times despite cameras, reinforced windows and fencing.
A Toronto day school, Bais Chaya Mushka, was shot at on three separate occasions.
“To every Jewish Canadian who feels unsafe or alone, who fears they need to be hidden, I want to say #Canada will always be a place of safety for you,” Hashim told senators.
Sen. Marilou McPhedran pressed him on how he could make such a promise.
“Hope,” he replied. “No one knows what the future is going to hold.” 😂
While the notion of student belonging & mental welfare is often invoked, the English school system, due to the frequent use of 'high-stakes' testing actually is very stressful for pupils:
Fear of failure 'can lead to reduced academic performance. It’s also linked with missed opportunities for learning, lower emotional wellbeing & higher levels of stress, burnout & depression'!
English school are disempowering & damaging our young.
An international school in Okinawa is attracting many families from Tokyo seeking international education for their children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/japan/society/okinawa-educational-relocation-international-school/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa #education #schools #okinawainternationalschool
Expenditures needed for children to enter junior high and high schools in Japan have increased, a recent survey by a nongovernmental organization showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/japan/school-admission-costs-increase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #schools #education #children
Implications of AI to schools
https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1993010584175141038
#HackerNews #AI #Education #Implications #Schools #Technology #Innovation
Neil Brown
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