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New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools  PoliticoView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

At least 153 unvaccinated students exposed to measles in South Carolina schools are quarantining, according to local health officials.  In a media briefing on Thursday, officials confirmed these students were exposed contacts without immunity, leaving them to be excluded from school until the period of potential disease transmission has ended.  The schools, Spartanburg County’s Global Academy and Fairforest Elementary School, are …

Home News Another pandemic coming? Deadly disease hits Japan, over 4000 hospitalised, schools closed due to…, highest case reported in… According to Japan’s Ministry of Health, the number of patients exceeds the epidemic threshold, with an average of 1.04 patients per medical institution. Published: October 12, 2025 6:32 AM IST The world has not yet moved on from the deadly …

Former L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner is planning to announce a challenge to Mayor Karen Bass in the 2026 election, arguing that the city has failed to properly respond to crime, rising housing costs and the devastating Palisades fire. Beutner, a philanthropist and former investment banker who lives in L.A.’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood, would become the first serious challenger to …

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling  Reuters As Trump demands ‘compact’ with top universities, MIT says no deal  The Boston Globe MIT Rejects Special Funding Offer From Trump Administration  The New York Times MIT Rejects Trump’s Sweeping ‘Compact’ Offering Colleges Funding Advantages  The Wall Street Journal Brown University president speaks out publicly about Trump’s pact. What she …

Topline The Massachusetts Institute of Technology turned down the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” on Friday, according to multiple reports, becoming the first school to reject the funding deal that looks to have a group of universities adhere to policy changes aligning with President Donald Trump’s agenda. MIT issued the letter Friday. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP …

New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with artificial intelligence. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone they know have used AI for companionship. That’s according to new research from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a nonprofit that advocates for civil …

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When Rob Coverdale started his job in 2023 as superintendent of the K-12 Crow Creek Tribal School in South Dakota, there were 15 unfilled teaching positions. Within nine months, he had filled those vacancies with Filipino teachers, the majority of whom arrived on the H-1B, a visa for skilled workers in specialty occupations. “We’ve hired …

Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools  The New York Times Nvidia will foot the bill for Trump’s new visa fees. Here’s what CEO Jensen Huang told staff.  Business Insider Nvidia to continue sponsoring H-1B visas, Business Insider reports  Reuters ‘We were getting second league picks’: global tech firms seek to benefit from US visa clampdown  Financial Times H-1B visa holders alert: …

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently demanded that medical schools teach nutrition, and that the organizations in charge of medical education standards had two weeks to come up with plans to teach it, and include …