Viral video shows children made to sit on sidewalk in freezing temperatures as a Covid-19 precaution A US school district has come under fire after a Twitter video showed elementary school children sitting outside on concrete in freezing weather for what was later described as a “mask and snack break.” The viral video, which was […]
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‘Jingle Bells’ gets canceled by a NY school
A Christmas song has been dropped by a New York public school for its “potential to be controversial or offensive” A New York primary school has removed the song ‘Jingle Bells’ from its curriculum because of its connection with the 19th century blackface performing tradition. Brighton’s Council Rock Primary school principal Matthew Tappon, in an […]
Biden claims he was Israel ‘liaison’ when he was really in law school
US President Joe Biden claimed that he met with former Israeli PM Golda Meir during the Six-Day War – a time before she held the office and while he was still in law school. Speaking at a menorah lighting for Hanukkah on Thursday, Biden claimed he had been a “liaison” between Israel and Egypt at […]
Dozens of elementary school children killed in classroom blaze in Niger
At least 26 school children aged five to six were killed in a blaze in southern Niger after a thatched-roof classroom caught on fire, local officials said, with more than a dozen others injured, some critically. The deadly fire broke out on Monday morning in a makeshift classroom constructed from wood and straw in Niger’s […]
German teachers’ union begs for return of mask mandates, wants to avoid school closures ‘at all costs’
Germany’s teachers’ union chief has urged a return to mask requirements for elementary schools as the country is seeing a rise in Covid-19 infections among young children. “Our infection numbers for the school-age group are already significantly higher than a year ago, when, as you know, we had to close schools from mid-December,” Heinz-Peter Meidinger, […]
TikTok & Twitter trolls in France’s crosshairs as education minister intervenes in bizarre high school cyberbullying campaign
French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has urged schools to “reinforce vigilance” against a cyberbullying campaign high-school seniors are waging against incoming juniors on TikTok and Twitter under the hashtag #Anti2010. Some French sixth-graders born in 2010 will start secondary school this autumn, and they’ve reportedly been bombarded in recent weeks with abusive posts on TikTok […]





