To combat online misinformation and radicalization, one of the world’s largest national internet literacy efforts is teaching students how to spot junk information.
Tag: Education (K-12)
With Chris Dawson’s Arrest in Sydney Killing, Others Break Silence on Teacher Misconduct
A hit podcast has led to an arrest and broken the silence on a culture in which teachers exploited their positions to enter into sexual relationships with students.
In a Divided Bosnia, Segregated Schools Persist
Ethnic tensions are worsening in Bosnia two decades after a bloody, bitter war. The divide is most obvious inside the country’s segregated schools.
Toronto All-Boys School Rocked by Reports of Hazing Assaults
St. Michael’s College School was known for tradition, Catholic faith and elite sports. Then videos of assaults began circulating, leading to students’ arrests.
In China, a School Trains Boys to Be ‘Real Men’
Employing American football and chest-thumping chants, Tang Haiyan offers an answer to a country that worries that its sons are too coddled and feminine. “We will never cultivate sissies,” he says.
Cameroon School Kidnappings Are Reported Amid Secession Battle
The school is in a part of Cameroon where separatists have been fighting the government to form their own country. Students have been caught in the middle.