2024-03-30 Germany Aims to Increase Educational Choices for Its Youth
Many European countries have programs that help place students in careers at a young age. In Germany, some students move into education programs at the age of 10. The goal…
2024-03-26 Australia Tightens Visa Rule for Foreign Students
Australia will soon begin enforcing stricter visa rules for foreign students. The move comes as official data showed migration hit another record high. The new rules took effect on March…
2024-03-23 For Many Reasons, Fewer Chinese Students Attend US Schools
The U.S. State Department says there were about 20,000 fewer visas issued to Chinese students last year compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic. After about 40 years of increasing interest,…
2024-03-19 Researchers: Books about Difficult, Adult Subjects Make Kids Better Readers
A nonprofit group has identified more than 1,500 books that local schools in America have banned from their libraries and classrooms in 2022-2023. The free-speech activism group PEN America is…
2024-03-16 Record Numbers of Indian Students Study at US Universities
A growing number of students from India are studying at foreign universities as a generation of young people prepare for jobs they cannot find at home. India estimates 1.5 million…
2024-03-12 Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
Today’s English students have a lot of exposure to the language outside of the classroom. By using the internet, social media, and other digital technologies, they can watch videos, hear…
2024-03-09 Are Student-athletes Considered College Employees?
The Dartmouth College men’s basketball team voted to join a labor organization, called a union, this week. The move means that the student-athletes on the team could have the right…
2024-03-05 US Educators Increasingly Urge Total Phone Bans in Schools
American educators and lawmakers are calling for complete bans on smartphone use by students in schools. Most U.S. schools already have rules restricting phone use in class. But administrators and…
2024-03-02 Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
College professors and their students often say they should be permitted to pursue knowledge without too many restrictions from the government. One organization that supports the idea of academic freedom…
2024-02-27 Schools Want More Therapy for Students, Not All Parents Agree
Derry Oliver was in fifth grade when she first talked to her mother about seeing a therapist. They were moving to New York City. Derry had to live with family…
2024-02-24 How International Students Should Think about Writing, AI
Students must learn academic writing and research methods when moving from high school to college. That is why universities require a first-year writing class. As experienced students move on to…
2024-02-20 Cooking School Provides Hope for Future
When Clarissa Haglid completed culinary school at the Delaware Food Bank last summer, it was the first time she had graduated from anything in her life. Just a few years…
2024-02-18 Handwriting Returns in California Schools
Starting this year, six- to twelve-year-olds in California will be required to learn cursive handwriting. The return to handwriting comes after many years in which typing on computer keyboards was…
2024-02-17 What International Students Should Know about SAT and ACT
Several top U.S. universities say they will require standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT from applicants again. Some of them went “test-optional” during the pandemic. The schools include…
2024-02-13 US Schools Change Health Guidelines for Keeping Students Home
Unclear guidelines for when to keep a child at home if they are sick might play a part in the nationwide problem of students missing too much school. Some activists,…