#Racial inequity in who takes career, tech courses

#Racial inequity in who takes career, tech courses

“#Racial inequity in who takes career, tech courses” Alphina Kamara wonders what might have happened if she’d been introduced to science and engineering careers at her high school in Wilmington, Delaware. Kamara, who is Black, was enrolled in an “audio engineering” course that taught her how to make music tracks and videos instead of a…

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#Syracuse freshman in dead after collision with campus trolly

#Syracuse freshman in dead after collision with campus trolly

“#Syracuse freshman in dead after collision with campus trolly” A Syracuse University freshman died after being struck by a campus trolley on Tuesday, reports said. Trevor Pierce, 19, collided with the trolley about 5:25 p.m. at the intersection of Waverly and Comstock Avenues, Syracuse.com reported, citing police and university officials. A skateboard was marked as…

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#Online learning program has racist, sexist content

#Online learning program has racist, sexist content

“#Online learning program has racist, sexist content” HONOLULU — Zan Timtim doesn’t think it’s safe for her eighth-grade daughter to return to school in person during the coronavirus pandemic but also doesn’t want her exposed to a remote learning program that misspelled and mispronounced the name of Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch to rule the…

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#Thailand’s ‘Bad Students’ demand minister’s resignation, reforms

#Thailand’s ‘Bad Students’ demand minister’s resignation, reforms

“#Thailand’s ‘Bad Students’ demand minister’s resignation, reforms” BANGKOK – Thailand’s self-styled “Bad Student” campaigners demanded the resignation of Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan on Friday after touring some of Bangkok’s high schools in a brightly painted truck and calling for reforms. “Get out, get out, get out!” they chanted from the open-top truck after it parked…

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#‘Our first dictatorship is school’: Thai students revolt

#‘Our first dictatorship is school’: Thai students revolt

“#‘Our first dictatorship is school’: Thai students revolt” BANGKOK – Wearing white ribbons, publicly hacking off their hair and making “Hunger Games” salutes – Thailand’s high school students are doing their best to shake up the country’s rigid education system. As university students stage weeks of high-profile campus protests for democracy, their younger brethren are…

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