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Categories World

Australia proposes teaching FIVE-YEAR-OLDS about cybersecurity, while culling 20% of existing curriculum

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The latest draft of Australia’s proposed primary school curriculum includes lengthy descriptions of cybersecurity education for kids aged five to 16 and how the government plans to help them navigate an increasingly online world. … Read More >Australia proposes teaching FIVE-YEAR-OLDS about cybersecurity, while culling 20% of existing curriculum

Categories World

Australian mayor apologizes after council youth worker tells ‘white, male & Christian’ students they are ‘oppressors’ – media

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A presentation by a council worker at a public school near Melbourne left students flabbergasted and parents incensed, after white boys who held Christian beliefs were reportedly told they were “oppressors” by default. … Read More >Australian mayor apologizes after council youth worker tells ‘white, male & Christian’ students they are ‘oppressors’ – media

Categories EU

Will teachers call cops on anti-Semitic kids? Swedish government accused of gaslighting over proposed Holocaust denial ban

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The Swedish government wants to make Holocaust denial a criminal offense. Critics see it as a virtue-signaling exercise that fails to address actual hate problems in the country. … Read More >Will teachers call cops on anti-Semitic kids? Swedish government accused of gaslighting over proposed Holocaust denial ban

Categories Middle East

Schools reopening and no more mask-wearing outdoors as Israel praises its vaccination campaign

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Israel has lifted its requirement for wearing a mask in the street and has fully opened schools, as officials believe “progress” in fighting the pandemic is apparent. Less than one percent of recent Covid-19 tests showed positive. … Read More >Schools reopening and no more mask-wearing outdoors as Israel praises its vaccination campaign

Categories Shows

US border crisis surges & plea deal abuse

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Record-breaking numbers of migrants and refugees are crossing the US’ southern border, including almost 19,000 children and teenagers without families. US colleges and universities debate Covid-19 proof of vaccine for the upcoming school year. Plea deals make up more than 90% of US convictions, and reformers are calling for change. … Read More >US border crisis surges & plea deal abuse

Categories USA

Jewish journalist accuses Jewish union leader of anti-Semitism in argument about school teaching

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A Jewish teachers’ union leader thinks Jewish parents who want to send their kids back to school are betraying their Talmudic heritage. An opponent thinks that’s an anti-Semitic argument. Now they’re both being hammered online. … Read More >Jewish journalist accuses Jewish union leader of anti-Semitism in argument about school teaching

Categories EU

All schools should shut, says Paris mayor, with 20,000 students forced home because of Covid, as Macron set to update nation

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The mayor of Paris has called for all schools to close, as the number of Paris students currently out of class due to sickness or virus-induced closures rises to 20,000, amid a very serious third wave of Covid-19. … Read More >All schools should shut, says Paris mayor, with 20,000 students forced home because of Covid, as Macron set to update nation

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France shuts schools for three weeks and whole country heads for lockdown amid Covid-19 spike as Macron defends measures

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From Saturday, France will widen regional lockdown measures to the entire country in a bid to halt rising Covid-19 infections, President Emmanuel Macron has said, while defending his government’s approach to tackling the virus. … Read More >France shuts schools for three weeks and whole country heads for lockdown amid Covid-19 spike as Macron defends measures