During a Tuesday hearing on the fate of two international students facing deportation, an appeals court judge asked a key question of the Trump administration. Does it believe the students’ speech is protected by the Constitution? A government lawyer, Drew Ensign, declined to discuss the issue. “Your honor, we have not taken a position on…
Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: BJP on Sunday lauded the Sikh student who questioned Rahul Gandhi over the massacre of Sikhs in 1984 and said it was telling that the Congress leader was being “ridiculed not just in India, but around the world”.The student asked Rahul what…
A UC Berkeley senior, 21-year-old Bandna Bhatti, was left paralyzed from the waist down after falling from a metal staircase at the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house during a party on April 19. The incident took place on “Cal Day,” the university’s annual open house. Bhatti, a Data Science major just weeks away from graduating,…
The Trump administration has halted $1 billion for mental health services for children, saying that the programs funded by a bipartisan law aimed at stemming gun violence in schools were no longer in “the best interest of the federal government.” Lawmakers authorized the money in 2022 after a former student opened fire at an elementary…
Mohsen Mahdawi, an organizer of the pro-Palestinian movement at Columbia University, was freed from federal custody on Wednesday after immigration officials sought to rescind his green card. In ruling to release Mr. Mahdawi, a federal judge, Geoffrey W. Crawford, found on Wednesday that he did not pose a danger to the public and that he…
The mysterious death of a 21-year-old Indian student, Vanshika Saini, in Canada has left her family devastated and the Indian community shattered. Vanshika, who had left her accomodation on Friday, April 25, was found dead on a beach near her college in Ottawa on Monday. Her family in Punjab suspects foul play and is seeking…
The Trump administration threatened on Tuesday to withhold federal funds from Chicago Public Schools over a program designed to help Black students do better academically, furthering the White House’s assault on liberal policies in education. The investigation, overseen by the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights, is based on a complaint from Parents Defending Education,…
Assembly Bill 1121: Could California’s reading reform solve the US literacy crisis? (AI Image) Assembly Bill 1121: Reading failure among US students has reached alarming levels, with only about one-third of fourth graders reading at grade level. This statistic, which has remained unchanged for decades, reflects a deeper issue than simply struggling students — it…
A 21-year-old Indian student from Ottawa in Canada, who had been missing for the past two days, was found dead, the Indian Embassy in Canada confirmed on Tuesday. A massive search effort had been underway since the student, Vanshika, went missing on April 25. “We are deeply saddened to be informed of the death of…
The Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Monday of a Minnesota school district’s argument that students with disabilities must prove their school acted in “bad faith” in failing to provide adequate accommodations in order to prove discrimination. A family who had sued the district, the Osseo Area School District near Minneapolis, argued that federal law required…