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French riot police fire tear gas as more than 2,50,000 join student protests nationwideProtests in France have seen over a quarter of a million people rally for education funding support. High school students began demonstrati...
France student protest and India's CJP movement share one demand: Young people want to be heard, not policedYoung students in France have recently mobilized to demand improvements in education funding and resources. Protests have spread across hun...
Rats, broken toilets and collapsing ceilings: Why 1,800 French high schools were blocked or closed as 250,000 people took to the streetsFrance’s national lycée students’ union said 1,800 of the country’s roughly 3,700 high schools were either blocked or closed. Some authorit...
Europe’s Gen Z is out on the barricades: What's bothering the youth?In a wave of activism, youth in France, Belgium, Ireland, and Spain are taking to the streets to address critical challenges affecting thei...
Lighthouse Learning partners with UK’s Clifton College to expand in IndiaLighthouse Learning and Clifton College have partnerd in an initiative to bridge educational experiences between India and the UK. This col...
SC dismisses plea seeking recitation of preamble during morning assembly in schoolsOn Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected a petition requesting the recitation of the Constitution's preamble in schools during morning assemb...
CCDC Engagement Grants 2026 offer support for crystallography and structural science outreach; Details hereThe Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) is accepting applications for its Engagement Grants, which support resources and activiti...
China revamps higher education with three-tier university system amid jobs slowdown, ageing populationChina is initiating a significant overhaul of its higher education system to align with national and strategic goals. The new guidelines in...
International Criminal Court unseals arrest warrants for Taliban education ministersThe warrants, for Habibullah Agha, minister of education, and Neda Mohammad Nadeem, minister of higher education, were issued on September ...
In 2019, Lovett Commercial bought Houston's historic 254,808-sq-ft Folgers plant; 7 years later, a $10 million reuse project was turning it into an arts and school hubHouston's historic Folgers Coffee Plant is being transformed into the Frank Liu Jr. Academy of Music and Arts, a tuition-free, open-enrollm...
What is fuelling French school protests?High-school students are protesting outside their schools in France, with entrances blockaded and the institutions and security forces resp...
2,000 arrested, hundreds of schools shut as students protest across France: What are their demands?Mass protests have erupted across France as students demonstrate against abysmal secondary education conditions and inadequate government s...
Rob Walton donates $115 million to Arizona State University for conservation school focused on saving planetArizona State University has secured a groundbreaking $115 million gift to launch the Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures. This innov...
About 400 French schools closed as some student protests turn violentAround 400 educational institutions in France will remain closed as protests escalate regarding education-related problems. The protests be...
A schoolteacher Andrew Hallam built a $1 million investment portfolio on an ordinary salary; his strategy later became a bestselling bookAndrew Hallam’s financial journey started with a lesson from a bus-depot mechanic when he was 19. He continued saving while working through...
Billionaire Ken Griffin donates $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University. Becomes largest individual donor in the history of US education: here's what his record gift will createRenowned billionaire investor Ken Griffin has pledged a staggering $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University. This historic donation will es...
$400 million AI bet before 2045: What Bill Gates Foundation plans to change for millions of AmericansThe Bill Gates Foundation has pledged $1 billion towards the development of equitable AI solutions for education and healthcare. With a spe...
Andre Agassi hated school, dropped out of 8th grade. But why did tennis legend later made education his life's work and raised $180 million for The Andre Agassi Foundation for EducationAndre Agassi's journey has transformed remarkably, shifting from a disdain for tennis to a passion for coaching at the Laver Cup. His commi...
In 1992, Arnold Schwarzenegger saw children growing up without safe places after school. Three decades later, his one idea now helps 140,000 students a yearArnold Schwarzenegger launched an initiative in 1992 to give children from under-resourced communities a safe and structured place to spend...
98-Year-old Iowa man finally receives high school diploma 80 years after leaving school. You'll be shocked to know why!At 98, Paul Little received an honorary diploma, honouring his extraordinary commitment to education. Dropping out of high school at 16 to ...