Three #Iowa City West #highschoolers founded a #bookclub that reads some of the country's most frequently #banned #books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced. #bannedbooks #libraries #librarians #students #education #reading #maga #legislation #laws #booklaw https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2025-10-15/banned-books-iowa-city-high-school-student-club #democracy #censorship

Three #Iowa City West #highschoolers founded a #bookclub that reads some of the country's most frequently #banned #books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced. #bannedbooks #libraries #librarians #students #education #reading #maga #legislation #laws #booklaw https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2025-10-15/banned-books-iowa-city-high-school-student-club #democracy #censorship

The number of suicides among students in elementary to high school hit a record in 2024, with the figure for those in their 20s also remaining high, underscoring the need to beef up care, health ministry data showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/society/students-suicide-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #suicide #students #children #mhlw #mentalhealth #surveys

A man in Fukuoka arrested for allegedly using a forged teaching license changed his surname repeatedly, apparently to avoid being identified on a national registry for teachers punished for child sexual abuse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/crime-legal/fukuoka-man-teacher-database/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #students #teachers #childabuse #sexcrimes #prostitution #fukuoka

In 2024, lawmakers celebrated the largest investment in Idaho’s history to fix its schools. But only a handful will be able to fully address challenges to accessibility.

At least 10 districts reported in 2023 that their bathrooms, gyms and cafeterias weren’t all accessible for students with disabilities, with some unable to get their lunch or attend classes on second floors.
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-schools-students-disabilities-ada-accessibility?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Idaho #Education #Accessibility #Disability #Students #School

A book compiling questions submitted to a local library in Hokkaido and answers written by its staff on a bulletin board has become a nationwide hit, with it already being reprinted twice since its March release. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/japan/society/hokkaido-library-answers-students-questions-about-life/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hokkaido #shari #libraries #books #students

Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization that will provide funding to these students.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-education-department-deafblind-students-funding-reversal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Education #Deafblind #Students #Teaching #School #Trump

Estimated 10,000 or more university redundancies in the academic year 2024-25.
"the original sin was to sell higher education to policy makers as ‘skills training’ or ‘investment’ "
#HigherEd #teaching #research #edchat #students
https://politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/where-now-for-britains-universities/

Estimated 10,000 or more university redundancies in the academic year 2024-25.
"the original sin was to sell higher education to policy makers as ‘skills training’ or ‘investment’ "
#HigherEd #teaching #research #edchat #students
https://politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/where-now-for-britains-universities/

Japan is preparing to overhaul its graduate education system in a bid to boost enrollment and increase the number of highly skilled professionals in its dwindling workforce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/masters-degree-five-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #universities #education #students #mext

Undergraduates from Japan and South Korea are coming together to tackle geopolitics, making space for grassroots dialogue — and friendship. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/10/06/issues/japan-korea-student-conference/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #students #education #universities

"When speech about Palestine has been smeared as “antisemitic” and prohibited, an entire constituency of #students has likewise experienced the silencing of their #grief, which is too often bypassed even in the discourse of #socialjustice. #Palestine is here at UC #Berkeley, as well as there, in the ongoing Israeli #genocide in #Gaza."

https://truthout.org/articles/computer-science-lecturer-at-berkeley-is-on-day-36-of-his-hunger-strike-for-gaza/

#tears4palestine #hungerstrike

"Students Stage Walkouts in Dozens of Spanish Cities to ‘Stop the Genocide’ in Gaza
“While young people like us are being killed and subjected to genocide in Palestine, we cannot be in class,” said one protester in Madrid."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/spain-student-protests-gaza

#students #madrid #barcelona #spain #protest #genocide

"When speech about Palestine has been smeared as “antisemitic” and prohibited, an entire constituency of #students has likewise experienced the silencing of their #grief, which is too often bypassed even in the discourse of #socialjustice. #Palestine is here at UC #Berkeley, as well as there, in the ongoing Israeli #genocide in #Gaza."

https://truthout.org/articles/computer-science-lecturer-at-berkeley-is-on-day-36-of-his-hunger-strike-for-gaza/

#tears4palestine #hungerstrike

"Students Stage Walkouts in Dozens of Spanish Cities to ‘Stop the Genocide’ in Gaza
“While young people like us are being killed and subjected to genocide in Palestine, we cannot be in class,” said one protester in Madrid."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/spain-student-protests-gaza

#students #madrid #barcelona #spain #protest #genocide

The number of foreign children of elementary or junior high school age living in Japan who were not or may not have been in education amounted to 8,432 as of May 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/foreign-children-school-attendance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #schools #students

Tokyo’s first subways were but a dream on a drawing board in October 1925. Also, a quarter of a century later in October 1950, nearly 150 students were arrested for a violent protest at Waseda University. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/history/japan-nobel-chemistry-subway-waseda-student-protest-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #subway #tokyometro #infrastructure #tokyometropolitanassembly #wasedauniversity #students #studentprotests #lowerhouse #inflation #nobelprize #chemistry #hidekishirakawa

Petition: Immediately facilitate the evacuation of Gazan students holding acceptances to Irish Universities and who meet all the requirements for Irish student visas.

Please sign if you’re in Ireland.

https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/evacuate-irish-university-students-from-gaza-1

#ireland#Gaza #university #students #evacuation #academia #israel #genocide#Palestine#FreePalestine

Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.

“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-students-education-deaf-blind-grant-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Diversity #Education#Disability#Disabled#Students#Trump