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The Burlington School District in Vermont has reached what officials are calling a major milestone in its decades-long effort to reduce racial bias in school discipline.According to data released last week, students of colour, who make up about 42% of Burlington’s pre-kindergarten to grade 12 population, accounted for only 33% of suspensions in the last…
(Picture from X @venom1s) NEW DELHI: It was meant to be “perfect murder” — until it wasn’t. A 21-year-old forensic science student’s elaborate plan to kill her 32-year-old live-in partner and disguise it as an accident fell apart after CCTV footage and expert analysis exposed her crime.Amrita Chauhan, along with her ex-boyfriend Sumit Kashyap (27)…
SC gives 8 weeks for states to enforce student mental health framework I ndia’s classrooms are becoming silent spaces of growing despair. The number of students dying by suicide has surged alarmingly, turning what was once a quiet concern into a national crisis. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) , student suicides have…
NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old MBBS student was allegedly raped by a 20-year-old man after he invited her to a hotel in Adarsh Nagar on the pretext of attending a party. A case has been registered at Adarsh Nagar Police Station.According to Delhi Police, the complaint was filed on Thursday by the 18-year-old student, a Haryana…
NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old law student suffered severe injuries when a pharmacy owner and three others attacked him following an argument over medicine prices in Kanpur’s Rawatpur area on Saturday night. The student’s stomach was split open, two fingers were chopped off, and he sustained head injuries during the violent assault.The incident occurred around 9…
NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old woman from Mukundpur, Delhi, suffered acid burn injuries after three men allegedly attacked her on Sunday, following a heated argument that took place about a month ago.The victim, a second-year student of Laxmi Bai College in Ashok Vihar, told police that she was walking towards the college when her acquaintance Jitender,…
Kochi: High court has closed the petition filed by the manager of St Rita’s Public School, Palluruthy, challenging a notice issued by the deputy director of education (DDE), Ernakulam, directing the school authorities to permit a girl student to attend classes wearing a headscarf as part of her religious practice.A bench of Justice V G…
America’s most prestigious universities are confronting a stark reality: The number of Black students in freshman classes is falling sharply. Two years after the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions, the decline is visible across campuses that have long touted diversity as a hallmark of their identity. At some institutions, Black students now account…
The Trump administration’s recent decision to ease the controversial $100,000 H-1B visa fee has offered relief to thousands of Indian professionals and students already in the United States. Yet, a new cap on foreign student admissions has raised concerns about the long-term flow of talent from India, the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) warns. Visa…
Canada’s long-celebrated education boom has entered its first real winter. According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), new international student arrivals between January and August 2025 fell by an extraordinary 59.7 per cent compared with the same period last year. August 2025 alone recorded just 45,380 new study-permit holders, down from 79,795 in August…
