Shortly after the Trump administration took office, the State Department warned international scholars and students — people who had come to the U.S. to teach, conduct research and learn — that it planned to revoke visas based on allegations of antisemitism or for their purported support for groups like Hamas or Hezbollah. What happened was...
The SF Chronicle published an editorial Saturday criticizing California Democrats for repeatedly putting their tired ideology over what actually works in a number of areas. For instance, if you listen to Gov. Newsom, the state needs to build more homes. He recently admitted the state isn’t anywhere close to meeting it’s stated goals for home...
The Trump administration is restoring visas for hundreds of foreign students who had their legal status abruptly terminated stoking panic among many who feared immediate deportation, government officials confirmed. Justice department attorney Elizabeth Kurlan told a federal court that immigration officials are now working on a new system for reviewing and terminating visas for international...
Angie Brown BBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter ‘I discovered I was far happier teaching ballet, it was what I really loved’ Sheena Gough is 89 years old but she can easily lift her leg on to a ballet barre to demonstrate elegant dance moves to her class. The ballet teacher, who trained in London...
As disturbing as I find most of the campus protests in favor of Hamas, what makes my heart ache the most is the videos that keep popping up showing students blockading buildings and campus entrances, preventing jews from entering. The antiwar protests are objectionable because they are based on half-truths–the only sources of information that...
If the Trump administration and the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) have their way, the basic educational and human rights of students with disabilities will soon be eviscerated. Due to the planned demolition of the Department of Education, the rights of students with disabilities to “a free, appropriate public education” — guaranteed by the...
Brandon Drenon and Robin Levinson-King BBC News, Washington DC and Boston BBC For the last few weeks, many foreign students living in the US have watched as a sequence of events has repeated itself on their social media feeds: plain-clothes agents appearing unannounced and hauling students off in unmarked cars to detention centres. Those taken...
On April 7, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attempted to enter two elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). According to LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, the agents were trying to contact five students who they alleged entered the U.S. without documentation, and they lied to school officials by...
US President Donald Trump has threatened Harvard’s tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn in federal funding. The White House has demanded the institution make changes to hiring, admissions and teaching practices which it says will help fight antisemitism on campus. Harvard rejected his administration’s demands on Monday, accusing the White House of trying to “control” its...
Melissa Calhoun, a public school teacher in Florida, has been informed that her contract will not be renewed after she used a student’s chosen name without parental consent. While several states have enacted similar anti-trans legislation, Calhoun’s case appears to be the first publicly reported instance where a teacher’s job has been directly impacted for...
Some students were forced to leave the country after being sent a text message saying that their visas were cancelled. More than 100 colleges and universities across the country have reported cases of student visas being revoked by the U.S. State Department, with the department changing the legal status of over 600 international students and...
A project has been launched to combat loneliness and promote the exchanging of skills in Devon. The University of Exeter said the scheme paired older people in Exmouth with international students. Dr Yuxi Heluo, assistant professor at the University of Exeter Business School, said the project aimed to get the elderly to share their “life...
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into California’s Department of Education over Assembly Bill 1955, a law passed last year that limits the forced outing of transgender students to their parents. The bill, already the subject of multiple legal challenges, has become a lightning rod for anti-trans activists who claim it...
The new documentary The Encampments, produced by Watermelon Pictures and BreakThrough News, is an insider’s look at the student protest movement to demand divestment from the U.S. and Israeli weapons industry and an end to the genocide in Gaza. The film focuses on last year’s student encampment at Columbia University and features student leaders including...
The new standards would require students to “identify discrepancies in 2020 elections results.” The Oklahoma Board of Education has passed new curriculum standards that require educators to teach that the 2020 presidential election was rife with fraud or discrepancies — despite numerous judicial rulings and audits indicating that the election was legitimate. The new standards...