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Queensland Department of Education says it has 'no power' to investigate Djarragun College

The Queensland Education Department says it does not have the jurisdiction to probe accusations that Djarragun College has failed in its duty of care to students and staff.

ABC News

Murrumbidgee Regional High report finds low staff wellbeing after merger

The merger of two public high schools in southern New South Wales has led to reputational damage and low staff wellbeing, a new report has found.

ABC News

Biden Administration Just Announced $6 Billion in Student Loan Forgiveness

The Department of Education continues to forgive federal debt for attendees of shuttered for-profit schools.

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Florida teachers alarmed by state’s infusing religion, downplaying race in civics training

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Several South Florida high school educators are alarmed that a new state civics initiative designed to prepare students to be “virtuous citizens” is infused with a Christian and conservative ideology after a three-day training session in Broward County last week.

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Bungendore High School will open in demountables as design changes revealed

Changes have been made to the design of the new Bungendore High School in response to community feedback.

The Canberra Times

Who will benefit from $10,000 of canceled student loans?

About a third of all borrowers will see their student loan debt eliminated entirely under the proposal.

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California lawsuit leads Biden Education Department to erase $6 billion in debt for 200,000

WASHINGTON — A group of federal student loan borrowers agreed on Wednesday night to settle a class-action lawsuit they filed against the United States Education Department.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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Biden admin proposes changes to handling of sexual misconduct cases in K12 schools and colleges under Title IX

The Biden administration says the new rules ‘restore vital protections for students in our nation’s schools which were eroded by controversial regulations implemented during the previous Administration’

The Independent UK

Biden's Title IX reforms would roll back Trump-era rules, expand victim protections

The administration proposed an overhaul of regulations to expand protections for LGBTQI+ students and require schools to respond to all sexual discrimination complaints.

WEKU

Mark Latham says 13,699 NSW teachers are not allowed to teach because of vaccine mandates. Is that correct?

Former Labor leader turned NSW MLC for One Nation Mark Latham says a NSW government report shows 13,699 teachers are not allowed to work due to vaccine mandates, and that this is causing the teacher shortage. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News

Northern Ireland school uniform costs leading to children not going to school, campaigners say

Increase in grant welcome but more needs to be done

Belfast Live

Florida Department of Education aims to avoid critical race theory and social justice in social studies textbooks

Florida’s Department of Education issued guidance to textbook publishers informing them on the instructional materials that can and cannot be included in K-12 social studies textbooks. The guidance notes that “Critical Race Theory, Social Justice, Culturally Responsive Teaching, Social and Emotional Learning, and any other unsolicited theories that may lead…

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Dublin has highest number of Ukrainian children enrolled in Irish schools

Across the country, 6,797 Ukrainian children have enrolled in schools

Dublin Live

How Title IX has shaped women's athletics 50 years after its passage

When Title IX of the Education Amendments was signed into law on June 23, 1972, the text of the legislation said, "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any…

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Teachers speak out about 'atrocious' staff shortages crippling many NSW public schools

Teachers need permission to speak to media, but whistleblowers want you to know what’s really going on in NSW schools hit by staff shortages.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

How Kamala Harris took down Corinthian Colleges as California’s attorney general, in her words

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ decade-long “journey for justice” on behalf of Corinthian Colleges students will soon come to a close as the Biden administration promises to relieve borrowers of their remaining federal student loans.

Los Angeles Times

Kamala Harris to announce debt relief for Corinthian College students

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to forgive loans for an estimated 560,000 former students of Corinthian Colleges, a group of for-profit schools that Vice President Kamala Harris helped put out of business when she was attorney general of California, a senior administration official said Wednesday.

Reason

Biden Tiptoes Closer to Mass Forgiveness of Federal Student Loan Debt

Biden wants to forgive $10,000 in federal loan debt per borrower, regardless of whether they need it.

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What happens to the school building in Uvalde, Texas?

Public officials and residents of Uvalde, Texas, will have to grapple with a difficult question as the community continues recovering from last week’s shooting at Robb Elementary School: What should be done with the building where 19 children and two teachers were massacred?

Irish Mirror

‘Last in, first out’ policy causes havoc for Ireland’s special needs assistants, says rep

Linda O’ Sullivan, a working SNA and representative for trade union Forsa, believes that SNAs have not received adequate recognition for their work in the past

The Canberra Times

Bungendore divided over high school as NSW govt takes ownership of land

Bungendore High School is a step closer to reality, but residents are split on the location the NSW government has selected.

ABC News

Citipointe Childcare fined $18,000 for losing toddler after bushland excursion in Brisbane

A childcare service affiliated with a Brisbane school that demanded students sign an enrolment contract denouncing homosexuality has been fined $18,000 after a toddler went missing on an excursion.

Dublin Live

Dublin mum feels helpless as young non-verbal son deteriorates before her eyes due to lack of support

She is calling on the Government to provide more therapy and respite to children with additional needs

Miami Herald

Most Florida reviewers of math textbooks saw numbers, not ‘woke’ concepts, but a few did

Dozens of state reviewers found no evidence of “prohibited topics” like critical race theory and social-emotional learning in math textbooks, a partial review of nearly 6,000 pages of book examinations shows. However, a much smaller number of reviewers did find examples they disagreed with on those topics.

Orlando Sentinel

Orlando Sentinel, Sun Sentinel stand by math book story despite education agency’s complaint

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Education on Friday disputed an Orlando Sentinel/South Florida Sun Sentinel story about what math textbook reviewers found in the books, but the newspapers stand by their work.

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