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Cops: Teaching Assistant Used 'Poop Spray' to Sicken Kids

South Carolina man arrested after incident allegedly caused $55K in damages

(Newser) - A South Carolina teaching assistant has been arrested after allegedly spraying a product designed to mimic the scent of feces throughout his high school. The incident, still under investigation, disrupted classes, sickened students, and led to tens of thousands of dollars in repairs, per WJW . Alexander Lewis, 32, was...

High School Seniors' Reading Scores Plunge to Historic Lows

Federal test shows only a third meet basic reading standards

(Newser) - The reading abilities of US high school seniors have sunk to their lowest point in 30 years, according to new federal data. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, often referred to as the "nation's report card," found that about a third of 12th-graders tested in 2024...

South Korea Outlaws Phone Use During Class

New ban will kick in this coming March

(Newser) - South Korea is taking a firm stance on smartphone use in schools—or non-use, more specifically. The country on Wednesday passed a nationwide ban on mobile devices during class that will be effective in March 2026. The bill, which cleared the country's National Assembly with a strong majority,...

MAGA Not Happy With Trump's Latest Announcement on China

Loyalists are torqued over president revealing he'll allow 600K Chinese students into US universities

(Newser) - President Trump seemingly caught his loyal conservative base off guard and sparked backlash by saying he'd allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universities. That would be a departure for the Trump administration after it added new vetting for student visas, moved to block foreign enrollment at Harvard, and...

Students Face New Phone Rules in 17 More States

Total is now 35, up from just one in 2023

(Newser) - Jamel Bishop is seeing a big change in his classrooms as he begins his senior year at Doss High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where cellphones are now banned during instructional time. In previous years, students often weren't paying attention and wasted class time by repeating questions, the teenager says....

17 Hurt in Bus Rollover on First Day of School

At least one person suffered life-threatening injuries in crash in Austin, Texas

(Newser) - A bus carrying over 40 children overturned on the first day of school in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, sending 16 to hospitals, including at least one person initially described as fighting for their life. The bus, transporting 42 children and one adult from Leander Independent School District, tipped onto...

Cops: 5th Graders Drew Up Scheme to 'End' Classmate

Police say students wanted to kill classmate in school bathroom, make it look like suicide

(Newser) - Four fifth-graders at Legacy Traditional School in Surprise, Arizona, were arrested last fall after police say they plotted to kill a classmate and make it look like suicide, according to a recently released report. The plan reportedly involved luring the boy to a bathroom, stabbing him, and forging a...

HK Teachers: We're Getting 'Friendly Reminders' for July 4

Educators say they've been warned not to engage in Independence Day celebrations with students

(Newser) - If kids in Hong Kong are fascinated by Independence Day festivities in the US, that doesn't appear to be a fascination that educators can indulge. Teachers throughout the autonomous region say they've been receiving warnings to steer clear of July Fourth celebrations with their students, ostensibly to protect...

She Missed Air India Flight by 10 Minutes Due to Traffic

'This is totally a miracle for me,' says 28-year-old student Bhoomi Chauhan

(Newser) - Everyone understands the stress of getting stuck in traffic on the way to the airport, yet student Bhoomi Chauhan was especially irritated on Thursday when the gridlock in and around Ahmedabad caused her to miss her flight by just 10 minutes. That annoyance has since turned to gratitude, after Chauhan,...

More Than Half of This College's Students Are Foreign

Per NYT , 51% of Illinois Tech's undergrads, grad students are international

(Newser) - As the battle plays out between the Trump administration and Harvard over the latter's roster of international students, there are other colleges and universities that might also be at risk of losing a hefty chunk of its student roster if the White House goes after them, too. Using data...

White House Does a 180 on Student Visas, Kind Of

DOJ will restore profiles in database, for now, of foreigners studying in US who had visas revoked

(Newser) - Lawsuits have been flying and judicial restraining orders have been issued following the revocation earlier this month of the visas of thousands of international college students in the United States, abruptly eliminating their legal immigration status here. Now, the Trump administration has somewhat reversed course on that move: In federal...

'Senior Assassin' Rite Returns, and Not Everyone's Happy

High school seniors love the springtime water-tag game; parents, school leaders call it a 'headache'

(Newser) - The warnings are already trickling in from law enforcement agencies across the country: It's Senior Assassin season. The Wall Street Journal calls the springtime game of water-gun tag—in which soon-to-graduate high schoolers try to "eliminate" opponents by dousing them with H2O from their Nerf-style weaponry—a "...

Saudis Free Student Sentenced to 34 Years for Her Tweets

Doctoral student Salma al-Shehab was accused in 2022 of 'destabilizing the social fabric'

(Newser) - A Saudi doctoral student at Leeds University in Britain has been freed after seeing her 34-year sentence for her activity on Twitter in Saudi Arabia drastically reduced, a rights group said Monday. Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two, had been sentenced to 34 years in prison back in 2022 over...

Schools Find Their First Niche for AI Tools

More are using artificial intelligence to help students with dyslexia, other challenges

(Newser) - Schools everywhere have been wrestling with how and where to incorporate artificial intelligence, but many are fast-tracking applications for students with disabilities, reports the AP . Its story draws on the example of 14-year-old girl Makenzie Gilkison, a student with dyslexia in Indianapolis who can finally keep up with her peers...

Study Finds Steep Decline in US Students' Math Skills

But elementary school students were still slightly above average in study of 58 countries

(Newser) - American elementary school students aren't terrible at math—in a study of students in 58 countries, they were somewhere in the middle of the pack—but officials are alarmed by a steep decline in their skills in recent years. The latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, which...

English Class in America Is Now Reading 'in Baby Form'

Kids across America are reading fewer novels in school; not everyone is happy about it

(Newser) - Chris Stanislawski didn't read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Much of the reading material at Garden City Middle School on Long Island was either abridged books or online texts and printouts, he said. "When you're given a summary of the...

Parents Aren't Having School's Ban on All-Black Clothes

Charles Middle School in El Paso, Texas, has since put new dress code on hold after backlash

(Newser) - Before the school year kicked off last week at Charles Middle School in El Paso, Texas, parents there received an unexpected notice about a newly revamped dress code. What stood out the most: a ban on students wearing all black, with school officials claiming that certain clothing colors can adversely...

Blame Your Bad Grade on the Exam Room Ceiling
Don't Take an Exam in a
Room With a High Ceiling
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Jul 5, 2024 10:21 AM CDT

Don't Take an Exam in a Room With a High Ceiling

'Large rooms with high ceilings seem to disadvantage students,' research shows

(Newser) - Sitting for a test in a gymnasium or auditorium, where many college exams take place, might just bring down your grade, according to new research. After previously finding that simply being in a large room triggered brain activity associated with concentrating on a difficult task, researchers set out to explore...

Among College Students, a 'Shocking' Find
Among College
Students, a
Troubling Find
on PTSD
NEW STUDY
May 31, 2024 10:52 AM CDT

Among College Students, a Troubling Find on PTSD

Diagnoses more than doubled from 2017 to 2022

(Newser) - Current college students have lived through a chaotic few years, and it's turning up in their mental health assessments in at least one significant way. The New York Times reports that diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder , or PTSD, within this demographic more than doubled from 2017 to 2022, with...

College Grads Receive a Big Gift, With a 'Catch'

UMass Dartmouth students get $1K each from billionaire Robert Hale, but they have to donate half

(Newser) - Students threw their graduation caps into the air at UMass Dartmouth this week, and they were on the receiving end of quite a surprise during what the college calls an "unforgettable ceremony." CBS News reports that Boston Celtics co-owner Robert Hale served as commencement speaker on Thursday, and...

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