This election cycle marks the end to a generation of bitterly contested Los Angeles school board races that became the most expensive in the country, with the L.A. teachers union and charter school advocates slugging it out to advance their vision for public education. The difference? Charter school supporters - who had poured tens of million of dollars into races to elect board member sympathetic to their cause - have largely stepped aside, a reflection of shifting finances and strategy in California and nationally.
Parents have voiced their frustrations over school policies to buy expensive branded uniforms. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has written to schools to remind them that their school uniform arrangements could put unnecessary financial stress on families and harm competition. Last year the statutory body advised schools to use generic uniform items and ensure a competitive process underpins the appointment of any exclusive suppliers for school uniforms and tech devices.
A 17-year-old boy in Texas had been arrested outside his special education classroom, the source told me, for allegedly hitting a school police officer. The student wound up in jail. I was then a public safety reporter for Houston Landing, a nonprofit newsroom, and obtained video footage of the incident. It showed the officer dragging the student to the ground, straddling him and punching him twice in the face.
It means there will be "no accountability" for proposed steps to trim budgets across a range of Departments to make up for an overspend of €646 million in Education.
It was a quiet, rainy Saturday afternoon in Chelsea, but the Avenues the World School was buzzing with students for the inaugural Youth Climate Action Alliance (YCAA) Interscholastic Conference. Led by students Sahara Maazel and Suman Shah, the YCAA brings together 14 different high schools to collaborate on driving climate awareness into action within their own schools and communities.
There was a wonderful atmosphere of celebration, music and reflection in Coláiste Eoin, Hacketstown, as students, parents and staff gathered for the Transition Year graduation ceremony. The event celebrated the achievements, experiences and personal growth of the TY Class of 2026, following a busy year filled with learning, creativity, trips, performances, enterprise activities and new opportunities.
Ireland is divided into 314 school planning areas, each monitored using a sophisticated geographical information system. This system draws on a wide range of sources: CSO census data, child benefit records, school enrolment figures, and detailed information from local authorities on planning permissions and construction activity. This approach allows the Department to identify where pressure for school places is emerging and to respond accordingly. It also means that school planning is not static.
“I think that it won't matter. All the things that used to matter are still things that are going to matter in the future,” he told Singapore's Channel NewsAsia Monday.
The long‑awaited redevelopment of Blessington Community College has taken a major step forward, with the Department of Education confirming that the project has advanced to the tender stage. The milestone marks the most significant progress since the new school was first announced in 2018 and brings the rapidly expanding west Wicklow town closer to securing a modern, purpose‑built post‑primary facility.
The Iranian government has been gradually expanding access to an expensive internet service available to certain professionals and business owners. But it won't fully restore the internet until the war ends, and there's no clear sign of when that will happen.
Niagara Catholic District School Board's director of education is moving to the much larger Toronto District School Board, which the province had stripped of much of its powers last year due to what it called financial problems at that board. The Niagara Catholic board said on Friday that education director Camillo Cipriano has resigned after six years. His last day will be June 5. The Toronto public board also announced on Friday that Cipriano has been appointed as the board's new chief executive officer, starting June 8.
Parents and guardians of children beginning school next September are encouraged to visit their local library branch to collect a free book bag packed with reading materials and resources designed to help children prepare for starting school.
