Long before the awards, global premieres and socially resonant cinema, Aamir Khan was just another student navigating the school corridors of Mumbai. His academic journey began at J.B. Petit School, before he moved to St. Anne’s High School in Bandra. Eventually, he completed Class 10 from Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, a name that continues to…
In a rare moment of political symmetry, Americans across all ideologies have found common ground, not in unity of belief, but in collective uncertainty. Artificial Intelligence, once the darling of Silicon Valley hype and academic theory, now stands at the centre of a divided American consciousness. According to the NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered…
Ready Keiki to add 1,000 preschool seats in major US education expansion. (AI Image) In a significant development for early childhood education in the US, Hawai‘i has announced the next phase of its Ready Keiki initiative, which includes the opening of 50 new public pre-kindergarten classrooms across the state over the next two years. The…
The American dream—an utopia long nurtured by thousands of Indian students—is now teetering on the brink of collapse. Harvard, Stanford, and the Ivy League once enshrined that dream.Today, one of America’s most revered institutions, Harvard, finds itself at the heart of a storm after being told: No more foreign students. Behind the polished glass and…
CEO Byju Raveendran in interview with ANI NEW DELHI: In his first extensive pubsince Byju’s came under intense scrutiny, founder and CEO Byju Raveendran has laid out a renewed vision for the embattled ed-tech company- “Byju’s 3.0”- with a sharp focus on returning to its roots: empowering teachers, prioritizing students as he explained on why…
Chronic absenteeism is not just data resounding the state of US education- it is an academic crisis weakening the foundation of the nation. What began as a temporary disruption during the pandemic has translated into a persistent problem, with classrooms witnessing alarming low attendance rates. In just five years, from 2018 to 2023, chronic absenteeism…
The students meet a day a week for lessons in a tiny underground classroom that teachers call the beehive, for the buzzing of all the children packed inside. Holding classes above ground in this part of Ukraine, in the city of Balakliya near the front line, is considered too dangerous because of the ever-present threat…
OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence research firm, is set to launch its AI-powered chatbot across all 23 campuses of California State University (CSU), the largest public university system in the United States. The rollout will impact 500,000 students and faculty, marking one of the most extensive AI integrations in global higher education. The AI tool…
Representational image (AI generated) A recent survey published in the journal Education Next highlights the increasingly fraught atmosphere in American classrooms, where discussions on race and systemic discrimination are becoming routine. Of the 850 high school students surveyed, 36% reported that their teachers frequently describe America as inherently racist.Similarly, many students are regularly exposed to…
Canada introduces classroom cellphone bans: Can they boost student performance and mental health? (Getty Images) With 87% of Canadian teenagers using smartphones, concerns about their impact on academic performance and mental health have led several provinces to implement stricter cellphone policies in schools. A number of Canadian provinces, including Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec,…