First all-digital SAT, tough math section puts students to the test
The test results may not be in yet, but the verdict is out. The first attempt of the new all-digital SAT exam was held on Saturday, with many parents reporting that their students took the test. One Brooklyn student, who has already taken two exams the old-fashioned paper-and-pencil method, called Saturday’s college entrance exam “the […]
University Students’ Parents Hire Private Campus Security Guards Amid Crime Concerns
Private security guards hired by concerned parents of some UC Berkeley students began patrolling the campus area late Wednesday after a spate of criminal incidents in the Berkeley area, according to reports. The parent organization, called SafeBears, hired Streetplus, a downtown and improved district safety services provider, to beef up security around the university campus […]
Students at NYC high school terrorized antisemitic teens blame social media
Brooklyn high school students who spewed anti-Semitic, Hitler-loving hatred against their Jewish teachers and classmates are being radicalized by social media content and interference with their own families, the school says. students told the Post. Their observations came a week after the Post exposed horrific anti-Semitism at Origin High School in Sheepshead Bay. There, students […]
DOE reverses call on axed school lunch items but not all students will benefit: sources
City officials are touting the reversal of major changes to cafeteria menus after children were found to be throwing away meals, but all schools will be offering favorites like French toast sticks, bean burritos, and Chicken dumplings aren’t coming back, The Post has learned. The much-hyped change would only affect schools offering “food court menus” […]
SATs are now digital and 1 hour shorter, high school students have mixed feelings
SAT season begins this weekend, and for the first time, students across the country will take the SAT using computers and tablets rather than the pencils they’ve used since the college entrance exam was introduced nearly a century ago. Although it’s unfamiliar territory for today’s digital natives, some are still beginning to embrace the idea. […]
Nigeria gunmen abduct 287 students in latest school attack
Gunmen attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday and kidnapped at least 287 students, the principal told authorities, the West African country’s second mass kidnapping in less than a week. Kidnappings of students from schools in northern Nigeria are a frequent occurrence and have been a source of concern since Islamic extremists kidnapped more […]
‘Lincoln Riley’: Biden ridiculed for appearing to flub slain Georgia student’s name
President Biden was ridiculed Thursday union status He appears to have made a gaffe while mentioning the name of a Georgia student who was allegedly killed by an illegal Venezuelan immigrant who crossed the Mexican border. Mr. Biden, wearing a red MAGA hat as Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, yelled at the president to “Say […]
Harrowing video shows shot students at Philly bus stop
Harrowing video shows bystanders crying for help and clutching bloody wounds as they desperately tried to save some of the eight high school students who opened fire at a Philadelphia bus stop. Photographed. Bystander footage shows the shocking aftermath of Wednesday’s shooting, in which police say 30 shots were fired and a 16-year-old boy was […]
Florida parent arrested for instigating fight between students at bus stop: Police
During a fight at a bus stop, a Florida woman yells at one of her female students to “hit me” and then immediately throws a series of punches at the student, footage of the scuffle shows. Titiana D. Duffy, 28, a parent of a student at the bus stop, was charged Friday with “instigating, jeering, […]
Eight students injured in fourth consecutive shooting in Philadelphia | Philadelphia
Eight Philadelphia high school students who were waiting to board a city bus after class Wednesday were injured when a suspect jumped from a car and opened fire, police said, making it the fourth transit shooting in recent days. It became an eye. Each of the past three shootings resulted in a fatality. At least […]