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Benedict was attacked at their Oklahoma high school, and found dead at home the next day. The medical examiner's office says the nonbinary 16-year-old died by suicide. Their family has questions.

WEKU

The US government is now investigating the Change Healthcare cyberattack

US government wants to know if hackers really stole 4TB of sensitive data.

TechRadar

Less than 3% of artists named in GCSE art exams are Black or south Asian, study finds

Analysis across four exam boards in England reveals white artists comprise 91.6% of all mentions

The Guardian - UK

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How many students are harassed or bullied?

29,092 K-12 students reported harassment or bullying based on their sex, race, or disability in 2020–2021, an 84% decrease from 2011–2012.

USAFacts

Is Restricting Pro-Israel-as-Jewish-Democracy Speech National Origin/Ethnicity Discrimination or Harassment?

Harvard concludes that it is, but I’m skeptical that this is right—just as I’d be skeptical that an employer’s restricting pro-Hamas speech constitutes such discrimination or harassment.

Reason

A-level grade boundaries 2024: Results day for AQA, OCR and Edexcel exam boards

Grade boundaries are released on the same day as students receive their results

The Independent UK

Northwestern University failed to protect women’s lacrosse player from sexual assault, lawsuit alleges

The lawsuit, filed by a student identified as Jane Doe, also alleges the school failed to carry out a thorough investigation after she reported the July 2022 attack.

Chicago Sun-Times

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US Education Dept opens probe into Harvard’s legacy admissions

A complaint earlier this month triggered the investigation, which will consider whether the practice is discriminatory.

Al Jazeera

When did the 2023 GCSEs begin and when do they end?

While various subjects have their examinations at different times, they will all take place within the same period

Evening Standard

Mike Bianchi: By Title IX standards, NIL stands for Not Inherently Legal

ORLANDO, Fla. — There are many us who have been led to believe that “NIL” is an acronym for Name, Image and Likeness, but it’s becoming more and more clear that another acronym might be more accurate.

Orlando Sentinel

HIPAA can't keep up with digital health

"What HIPAA actually is is an umbrella made of concrete with gaping holes in it."

Axios

Students to sit digital mock exams in new trial

Exam boards predict that digital exams will eventually become the norm for qualifications such as GCSEs, IGCSEs and A-levels.

The Independent UK

What 2023 has in store for the New Zealand economy

Economics is a dark art at the best of times, but with so many balls in the air, few things are a given.

Newsroom.co.nz

The Victorian government announced the protection of this old-growth forest, satellite data shows within days it was being logged

It was described as 'the largest environmental protection policy' in Victoria's history, but shortly after the announcement parts of the state's old-growth forests were being logged.

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The Independent UK

BTec results delay ‘left pupils feeling like second-class citizens’, MP suggests

Chairman of the education committee Robert Halfon was critical of exam boards after thousands did not receive their results on August 18.

Evening Standard

Exam board leaders apologise to teenagers for the ‘distress’ of missing grades

Apology in front of MPs came after many taking vocational qualifications failed to be given grades on results days in August

ABC News

Logging regulator not adequately detecting illegal logging, Victorian Auditor-General's Office finds

Victoria's logging regulator is failing to fully use its powers, and cannot assure the public it is reducing the risk of illegal logging, a Victorian Auditor General's Office report finds.

Tribune News Service

US Department of Education opens investigation into allegations of discrimination against LGBTQ students by a Connecticut school district

With the new school year set to begin in Farmington on Aug. 29, Irving A. Robbins Middle School rising eighth graders Miles* and Quentin* are cautiously optimistic.

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Daily Mirror

A-level grade boundaries 2022 released for AQA, CCEA, Pearson Edexcel and OCR

The grade boundaries for numerous A-level exams have now been released ahead of results day 2022, with students across the UK eagerly awaiting their final results

The Guardian - UK

Letters: we desperately need more hospital beds

Increasing capacity would restore patient confidence, reduce waiting lists and improve staff morale

The Guardian - UK

Nadhim Zahawi: axing Larkin and Owen poems for GCSE is cultural vandalism

Education secretary denounces exam board’s decision to replace the two poets in English literature course

The Independent UK

Wilfred Owen and Philip Larkin’s GCSE removal is ‘cultural vandalism’ – Zahawi

Nadhim Zahawi hit out on Thursday at the move by OCR, which is part of a wider reform of the exam board’s anthology.

Reason

"FIRE to NYU: Uphold Your Free Speech Promises and Stop Investigating Anti-Zionist Statement"

A statement from FIRE, which I think is generally quite right: Today, FIRE wrote New York University School of Law urging it to end an investigation into complaints of harassment based on a statement by Law Students for Justice in Palestine criticizing Zionists. Although some were offended by LSJP's statement…

The Independent UK

Climate change GCSE launched to teach students how to save the planet

New subject could help teens with mental health problems, says experts

Fortune

Warby Parker under investigation over handling of cyberattack

As the eyewear retailer readies to go public, it revealed it has been the subject of an ongoing investigation over its handling of a 2018 cyberattack and compliance with HIPAA privacy, security, and breach notification rules.

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