Shocking moment group of six masked youths set upon each other with machetes and hammers outside primary school

THIS is the shocking moment a group of “feral kids” attack each other with machetes and hammers before armed cops arrive. The unnerving brawl took place just meters from a primary school when six masked youths began to punch each other as passersby ran for their lives. 3 A brawl broke out between six masked … Read more

Colorado schools getting $24M to address influx of immigrant students

Colorado will distribute $24 million in one-time funding to public school districts and charter schools impacted by the unprecedented influx of immigrant students who arrived after the annual October headcount that determines districts’ state funding. Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed the bipartisan bill, HB24-1389, authorizing that money to be distributed this fiscal year from … Read more

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 in Maharashtra: Schools and colleges will remain closed on these days

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: On March 16, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the polling schedule for the upcoming 2024 General Election.The Lok Sabha elections of 2024 will be held in seven phases. Polling for the first phase of elections begins on April 19. The second phase will take place on April 26, followed … Read more

Our forgotten estate is cut off from the world… nothing’s left but yobs who set fire to rotting pub & smash up windows

FED-UP residents of a cut-off housing estate fear the closure of their local community centre could prove its death knell, leaving kids to roam the streets “terrorising the place”. The 3,000 people of Gamesley already have very limited resources, with the local pubs and cafes long shuttered, and council cost-cutting further stripping away services like … Read more

Students caught for first-time vaping offences may be fined up to S$2,000: MOH, HSA

SINGAPORE: Since March, students caught for the first time buying, using or possessing vapes will be referred to the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and may be fined up to S$2,000. This was announced by the Health Ministry (MOH) and HSA in a joint press release on Tuesday (Apr 9), with the new measure aimed at … Read more

A source of free food, mental health support, and more for Denver students will soon close

A center that provides free food, clothing, mental health support, workforce training, and more to students and families at six public schools in Denver will close in less than three months. The middle and high schools served by the resource center are known as “pathways schools” and work with students who have struggled at traditional … Read more

FAFSA submissions plunge 27% in Colorado amid financial aid mess

Nearly 27% fewer aspiring Colorado college students have submitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid this year compared to 2023 amid a federal financial aid fiasco. That drop has state higher education leaders worried the ongoing delays and confusion surrounding the revamped financial aid application — known as FAFSA — will deter students from … Read more

Anti-knife campaigner who inspired BBC show Boarders dies aged 61

AN anti-knife campaigner who inspired a BBC show has died aged 61. Ray Lewis got hundreds of disadvantaged children into elite private schools. 1 Anti-knife campaigner Ray Lewis has died aged 61 The ex-prison chief set up Eastside Young Leaders’ Academy in 2002. The programme, in Forest Gate, East London, won 270 students places at … Read more

Colombian biologist bridging songbird research gap in Canada’s southernmost region

Nelsy Nino says she’s always found it amazing how birds communicate through sound. So much so that the Colombian biologist moved to Canada to study birds in the country’s southernmost region. “You can close your eyes, but you can’t close your ears,” said the University of Windsor international PhD student in the faculty of science. … Read more

Colorado lawmakers scramble to shore up free school meals program

Colorado’s new voter-approved universal free school meals program is already tens of millions of dollars short, jeopardizing some of the auxiliary programs tied to the ballot measure as lawmakers scramble to keep the initiative solvent and meals paid for. The state faces a combined shortfall of about $50 million to pay for students’ food under … Read more