‘It keeps children from catching and spreading diseases,’ Durango School District spokeswoman says Colorado public school districts require five vaccinations – unless students have an exemption. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file) With the school year underway in La Plata County, hallways are filling with students – and the germs that come with them. To combat disease, several key vaccinations are required …
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Bryan Kohberger’s behavior alarmed university faculty and students before Idaho murders, documents show
Bryan Kohberger developed a reputation for being “sexist” and “creepy” while attending a criminal justice program in the months before he killed four University of Idaho students in 2022, fellow grad students told investigators. More than 550 pages of investigation documents were recently released by Idaho State Police in response to public records requests. They include summaries of interviews with …
Read More »Find out how Texas students in your school did on STAAR
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Donate today to help sharpen the Tribune’s education reporting on policy, funding and outcomes because what happens in Texas schools affects all of us. New scores on the state’s standardized test released on Friday show a slight improvement in both …
Read More »Study uncovers alarming anxiety rates among autistic college students
As autism diagnoses continue to grow and remain a topic of nationwide debate, new research reveals that autistic individuals are facing mental health challenges at a major turning point in their lives – when they go to college. According to a new study led by researchers at Binghamton University, autistic college students face dramatically higher rates of anxiety and depression …
Read More »Stanford’s student newspaper sues Trump administration over use of immigration law to target pro-Palestinian students
Facebook Tweet Email Link Stanford University’s student-run newspaper sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over its decision to use part of a federal immigration law to target and deport pro-Palestinian activists, arguing the government’s effort has impermissibly chilled students’ First Amendment rights. The lawsuit, filed at a federal court in California, represents the latest legal challenge to two provisions of …
Read More »How the Chi Alpha college ministry failed to stop a sex offender from abusing students in Texas
This article is part of “Pastors and Prey,” a series investigating sex abuse allegations in the Assemblies of God. HOUSTON — Daniel Savala leans back in a cloth armchair, raises his right hand and swears before God that what he’s about to say is the truth. Looking into the camera, the Pentecostal missionary speaks in slow, measured sentences, describing how, …
Read More »Calls for in-car cameras grow after Florida student’s brutal arrest video
A video that captured the brutal arrest of a Black college student pulled from his car and beaten by officers in Florida has led to an investigation and calls for motorists to consider protecting themselves by placing a camera inside their vehicles. William McNeil Jr. captured his February traffic stop on his cellphone camera, which was mounted above his dashboard. …
Read More »As AI Throws Education Into Chaos, OpenAI Introduces ‘Study Mode’ to Help Students ‘Learn’
AI has been blamed for a tsunami of cheating that’s taken hold in the U.S. educational system in recent years. Just this week, I interviewed a college professor who explained how bad it’s gotten lately—particularly when it comes to AI-generated essay writing. Now, one of the heavy hitters of the AI industry, OpenAI, says it is launching a tool designed …
Read More »Google’s AI Mode update adds even more tools for students
Google is bringing a bunch of new features to AI Mode, and is positioning the update as a way to help students study for tests or dig deeper into what they’re learning. Today, the company announced that it will now let users upload images to AI Mode on desktop, allowing them to ask questions about what they’re seeing, whether it’s …
Read More »Trump administration pushes states to exclude immigrant students from in-state tuition – Politico
Trump administration pushes states to exclude immigrant students from in-state tuition Politico Democracy Upside Down The Atlantic Trump’s attack on in-state tuition for Dreamers is bad law — and worse policy The Boston Globe Opinion: Targeting Dreamers like Caroline Dias Goncalves is not a mistake. It’s the policy Yahoo Home Colorado stands by in-state tuition law amid Trump administration’s legal push Aurora Sentinel Source link
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