(2023-09-07). 'There Is An Attack On Black Literacy': Education And Activism Go Together. popularresistance.org A 2022 report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, dubbed the nation's report card, reported that 33% of Maryland's eighth graders could not read at a basic level. For Black students, this number was an alarming 46%. Furthermore, 82% of Black students could not read at a proficient level, according to the report. | As reading levels fall, Black Baltimoreans are slipping further away from their ability to liberate themselves. Particularly during a time where socioeconomic barriers, further pronounced by the COVID-19 pandemic, and draconian legislation actively bar Black children from accessing who…
(2023-09-08). Special education provides love for children in Tibet. ecns.cn Nagqu City in Tibet Autonomous Region sits at an average altitude of more than 4,500 meters, with a sparse population and harsh natural environment. It is also the only city in Tibet Autonomous Region with two special education schools.
(2023-09-08). Evergreen teachers in Washington state continue strike as Camas Education Association in splitting move rams through agreement on short notice. wsws.org As teachers enter into struggles internationally, Evergreen and Camas public school teachers in Washington state are striking for cost-of-living salary increases, smaller class sizes and increased funding for schools.
(2023-09-07). Florida Education Board Set to Approve Christian-Centric Alternative to the SAT. truthout.org The Florida Education Board of Governors is set to vote on whether to approve a new college entrance exam that critics contend places too much emphasis on Christian and Western thought. The Classic Learning Test (CLT), which was created in 2015, is accepted as an exam entrance option by over 200 colleges and universities across the country, most of which are Christian. The test focuses heavily on… |
(2023-09-07). France's Council of State Upholds Ban on Islamic Dress Abaya. sputnikglobe.com PARIS (Sputnik) – France's Council of State on Thursday upheld a ban on the all-covering Muslim robe abaya in schools, which had been announced last weekend by the country's newly-appointed Education Minister Gabriel Attal.
(2023-09-08). Protecting Free Speech and the Right to Learn in Florida. aclu.org 
In classrooms and educational spaces across our country, a coordinated attack on our students' right to learn is underway. Perhaps nowhere are those attacks more pronounced than in Florida, where state officials have led a coordinated effort to restrict free speech in classrooms under the guise of protecting children. | Last July, the "
(2023-09-08). Pope Francis sends message for World Literacy Day. plenglish.com Vatican City, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis today sent a message to Audrey Azoulay, director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), on the occasion of International Literacy Day.
(2023-09-08). Cuban university assesses its ongoing school process. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Deputy Minister of Higher Education (MES) Alicia Alonso and educational representatives assessed on Friday the ongoing school process at the University of Matanzas (UM).
(2023-09-07). General Education Classes Strengthen Democracy. progressive.org These courses improve critical thinking and provide skills that students need to be successful in an ever-changing workplace.
(2023-09-07). Alarming Increase in Attacks on Education Worldwide. commondreams.org More than 3,000 attacks on education were identified in 2022, a 17 percent increase over the previous year, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) reported in a data release today. The data were released ahead of the fourth United Nations International Day to Protect Education from Attack, on September 9, 2023. Almost one-third of all attacks took place in just three countries: Ukraine, Myanmar, and Burkina Faso, with the war in Ukraine accounting for the majority. According to GCPEA, more than 6,700 students and educators were reportedly killed, injured, abducted, arrested, or otherwise…
(2023-09-08). House GOP Proposes $1.6 Billion in Cuts to CDC Budget, Including HIV Program. truthout.org More than four years ago, then-President Donald Trump declared an ambitious goal that had bipartisan support: ending the HIV epidemic in the United States. Now, that Trump program is one of several health initiatives targeted for substantial cuts by members of his own party as they eye next year's elections. Pushing a slate of conservative political priorities that also takes aim at sex education… |
(2023-09-07). Palestinian-Italian researcher Khaled al-Qaisi seized by occupation forces; family urges support and attention. samidoun.net 
Palestinian-Italian researcher Khaled al-Qaisi, a translator, researcher and student in the Department of Oriental Languages and Civilizations at Sapienza University of Rome, has been detained by Israeli occupation forces since 31 August. Al-Qaisi, a Palestinian and Italian citizen, was visiting Palestine with his wife and four-year-old son. While leaving Palestine at the bridge to Jordan, …
(2023-09-07). Academia Is In Crisis, And It's Time For A Change. popularresistance.org Postdoctoral researchers at New York City's Mount Sinai hospital voted by 91 percent to authorize a strike. Left Voice interviewed Andrea Joseph, a first-year Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and member of the SPOC-UAW Bargaining Committee. Andrea spoke about how the negotiations are developing with the Mount Sinai administration, what…
(2023-09-09). Perspectives] Femi Oyebode: entering into the human story. thelancet.com Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, psychiatrist Femi Oyebode, known for his decades of research on clinical psychopathology and delusional misidentification syndromes, had two main preoccupations: the mind and literature. "I'm one of those strange people who probably already knew they wanted to be a psychiatrist before going to medical school, even though I didn't know what psychiatry was…I suppose I had some sort of notion about the mind", he recalls. His love of literature took hold in childhood. Oyebode has written since he was 8 years old and, at school, "read very, very widely", including "a lot of Black Americ…
(2023-09-08). Children in Police Watch Houses: A Nasty Queensland Experiment. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2023-09-08). U.S. Spy Agencies to Launch Computerized "Smart Clothing" Under Guise of "Better Health Monitoring" globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-08). Mask Harm: Children Are Being Harmed by Masks! globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-08). Pilot Incapacitation: Air Canada Flight AC348 (YVR-YOW) Vancouver to Ottawa (Aug. 27, 2023) —. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-08). First atlas of urban nighttime light remote-sensing data released. ecns.cn The world's first atlas of urban nighttime light remote-sensing data was released on Wednesday by the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS). "ÄÄ…
(2023-09-08). Selected Articles: Is It Time to Fire Your Doctor? CDC VAERS Records More Deaths from COVID Vaccines Than Total of All Previous Vaccines Combined. globalresearch.ca 
By The evidence is in. The COVID jabs kill. Autopsies prove it. …
(2023-09-08). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca 
(2023-09-08). Outrage Grows as Pentagon Confirms Depleted Uranium Rounds Headed to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-08). Expanding Drug Trafficking on Peru's Borders with Colombia and Brazil. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-08). Up to €3,400 Per Month: Meet the Spanish Company Recruiting Fighters for Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-08). U.S. Government Gave Millions to American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to Promote COVID-19 Vaccines to Pregnant Women. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-08). Fifty Years Ago: Chile, September 11, 1973: The Ingredients of a Military Coup. globalresearch.ca We are commemorating September 11, 2001 as well as September 11, 1973 (Fifty years ago) | *** | Half a century ago on September 11, 1973, the Chilean military led by General Augusto Pinochet, crushed the democratically elected Unidad Popular government of …
(2023-09-08). 9/11 Analysis: "Who Is Osama Bin Laden?" globalresearch.ca In the course of the month of September, Global Research will be featuring a selection of articles by prominent authors, which indelibly reveal the lies and fabrications underlying the official 9/11 story. | The following article entitled "Who is Osama bin …
(2023-09-08). Bill Gates Is Funding a Scheme to Cut Down 70 Million Acres of Forests in North America. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-08). Venezuela Signs Agreement With China's International Research Center of Big Data. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has signed a memorandum of understanding with China's International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), in order to establish broader cooperation in the processing and analysis of satellite images, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Venezuela. | "The Minister of Science and Technology [Gabriela Jiménez] signed a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Science and Technology and CBAS," read the press release published by the ministry this Thursday, September 7, "with the aim of establishing broader cooperation in the p…
(2023-09-08). Bosnia-Herzegovina: US-NATO's "Neocolonial Backwater" globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-08). 9/11 News Coverage: How 36 Reporters Brought Us the Twin Towers' Explosive Demolition on 9/11. globalresearch.ca The widely held belief is that the Twin Towers collapsed as a result of the airplane impacts and the resulting fires. Among those who witnessed the event firsthand, the more prevalent hypothesis was that the Twin Towers had been brought down by massive explosions.
(2023-09-07). Africa Climate Summit Issues Nairobi Declaration. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). Fifty Years Since the Chilean Coup of September 11, 1973. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). Myositis: More Evidence of Immune System Damage from COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). Selected Articles: "Empire of Drugs": Taliban's Eradication of Opium Reveals Harsh Reality of U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca 
By For the entirety of the 20 year US occupation, Afghanistan was the primary source for 90% …
(2023-09-07). Open the Contracts: Court Rules in Favour of Vaccine Transparency. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). The Digital World Brain. "Neural Techniques that Invalidate Free Will" globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). COVID Vaccine Contracts Show How Big Pharma 'Held South Africa to Ransom'. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). Women's Rights: Is There Really Pay Equity at the US Open Tennis Tournament? globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). The "Global War on Terrorism". "The Process that Set September 11 in Motion": Manlio Dinucci. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). Is It Time to Fire Your Doctor? CDC VAERS Records More Deaths from COVID Vaccines Than Total of All Previous Vaccines Combined. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). US Intensifies Its Hybrid War Against Nicaragua. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). Cancer Concerns Prompt Increased Blood Testing of Military Firefighters for PFAS. truthout.org A U.S. military firefighter for 32 years, Kurt Rhodes trained and performed his duties with aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF — a highly effective fire suppressant that he never knew contained PFAS chemicals, now known to be harmful to human health. New federal research links testicular cancer in U.S. service members to the "forever chemicals," adding to a growing body of evidence of the dangers… |
(2023-09-07). 9/9-9/11. 22 Years Ago, 2 Days before 9/11: Shah Masood, leader of the Northern Alliance assassinated. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on the 9th of September 2003. | Twenty-two years ago, on the 9th of September 2001, the leader of the Northern Alliance Commander Ahmad Shah Masood was mortally wounded in a kamikaze assassination. | It happened two …
(2023-09-07). Oil and Gas and Climate Change Fakery. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). 9/11 Explosive Evidence. Experts Speak Out. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). Vaccines and "Fabricated Propaganda": The Character Assassination Directed against Robert Kennedy Jr. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). Researchers Accidentally Make First-Ever Measurement of Black Hole's Swirling Accretion Disk. sputnikglobe.com An accretion disk is comprised of the swirling funnel of gas and dust that orbits a black hole as it slowly spirals down into oblivion. Previously, scientists had been able to tell where this disk begins but not where it ends, thanks to the unusual laws of physics surrounding a black hole that bend and distort light from its far side.
(2023-09-07). 9/11 and "The Unspeakable": Award Winning Actor William Hurt: "It Took Me a Long Time to Face What I Knew to be True About 9/11" globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-08). Pentagon Developing AI Drone Swarms to 'Deter' China. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). Iran to Construct 1st Space Navigation Satellite. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Iranian Space Research Center is planning to hold a public tender for the construction of its first space navigation satellite, the country's space agency said on Thursday.
(2023-09-07). Western 'Wonder Weapons' Won't Turn the Tide in Ukraine. sputnikglobe.com US-made Javelin anti-tank missiles, HIMARS rocket artillery, JDAM guided glide bombs and Patriot air defense systems have all failed to grant victory to the Kiev regime. Brian Berletic, an ex-US Marine and independent geopolitical researcher and writer, said the failure of the UK's front-line tank was predictable.
(2023-09-09). Commentary: Ahead of G20, India-China reconciliation fails to launch. channelnewsasia.com By failing to turn up for the G20 summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a clear signal that China has little enthusiasm for stabilising relations with India, say researchers from a New Delhi think tank.
(2023-09-08). Stoltenberg Bluffs About Ukrainian NATO Access. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-08). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Beat the 'back-to-school blues' with healthy lunches. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My kids are heading back to school, but we'll be packing lunches for them this year. I want to make sure I'm sending things that are healthy but also that they like and will eat. Do you have any specific recommendations? ANSWER: Healthy eating is important at every age, especially for children. Research has shown there's a close link between nutrition and learning. A healthy diet improves children's ability to focus, memory,…
(2023-09-08). Long-term pancreatic cancer survivors report excellent post-surgery quality of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Pancreatic cancer is considered the most lethal cancer in the human body. But new treatment advances are improving outcomes for patients, making long-term survival possible. Although there is a growing population of long-term pancreatic cancer survivors, data on those patients' quality of life are still limited. In a new study published in Annals of Surgery, Mayo Clinic researchers analyzed the results of a cross-sectional survey of pancreatic cancer survivors. They found that patients — who were, on…
(2023-09-08). Mayo Clinic researchers publish key findings about cell proteins to determine effectiveness of immunotherapy for colon cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified key findings that can assist clinicians in predicting whether a patient with advanced colorectal cancer will benefit from immunotherapy. The study was published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research and highlights the potential of using spatial analysis of specific proteins as a predictive tool for selecting appropriate candidates for PD-1 blockade immunotherapy in colorectal cancer, ultimately improving treatment outcomes and minimizing unnecessary treatments. The…
(2023-09-08). Mayo Clinic cancer researchers targeting racial disparities in genomic data. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Yan Asmann, Ph.D. (left), and Aaron Mansfield, M.D. Standing at the forefront of Mayo Clinic's genomics advancements, Yan Asmann, Ph.D., and Aaron Mansfield, M.D. are working to tailor the diagnosis and treatment of certain cancers to a person's unique genomic makeup. As a bioinformatician, Dr. Asmann is pursuing individualized therapeutic cancer vaccines that target a person's distinctive tumor characteristics. Dr. Mansfield, a medical oncologist, is on a quest to discover biomarkers to predict which patients with cancer could benefit from immunotherapy,…
(2023-09-07). Chile: The Aussie Connection, An Interview with Clinton Fernandes. counterpunch.org Clinton Fernandes is Professor of International and Political Studies at the University of New South Wales. He has published on the relationship between science, diplomacy and international law, intelligence operations in foreign policy, the political and regulatory implications of new technology and Australia's external relations more generally. His research in the Future Operations Research Group
(2023-09-07). Ukraine's 'Biggest Arms Supplier' Orchestrated 2014 Maidan Massacre, Witnesses Say. globalresearch.ca
(2023-09-07). Selected Articles: "Empire of Drugs": Taliban's Eradication of Opium Reveals Harsh Reality of U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca By For the entirety of the 20 year US occupation, Afghanistan was the primary source for 90% …
(2023-09-07). Chile: The Aussie Connection: An Interview with Clinton Fernandes. counterpunch.org Clinton Fernandes is Professor of International and Political Studies at the University of New South Wales. He has published on the relationship between science, diplomacy and international law, intelligence operations in foreign policy, the political and regulatory implications of new technology and Australia's external relations more generally. His research in the Future Operations Research Group
(2023-09-09). Comment] Offline: A job is important, but so is life. thelancet.com A debate has fermented over this fading English summer, one with hard consequences for medical science. The squall began in June with a column in The Times by Emma Duncan, formerly a deputy editor at The Economist and someone who declares an "obsessive" taste for 19th-century novels. Her article, "We should cheer decline of humanities degrees", asked why a younger generation felt so betrayed by their parents. Her answer was their rising levels of debt. And the cause of those debts? "Elite overproduction." A society's elite is small in number.
(2023-09-07). Cuban university focuses on food production. plenglish.com For the institution, even the international deals of its School of Agricultural Sciences with counterparts in Europe and Latin America have been key, although they are approaching local farms and producers in September. | According to Radio Cadena Agramonte's website, the University of Camagàºey signed an important labor deal with the Fruta Real Farm, located in the municipality of Minas and belonging to producer and agronomist Rolando Leyva. | In statements to the website, Yorkis Tamayo, dean of the School of Agricultural Sciences, said "the deal will facilitate to turn the farm into a study area with exper…
(2023-09-08). Science Saturday: When sleep disorders presage something more serious. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Early one morning, while checking on a slumbering patient at the Center for Sleep Medicine, Erik St. Louis, M.D., noticed something peculiar. The patient, a woman in her early 60's, had started running beneath her bedsheets. As her eyelids fluttered, her legs kicked into gear, slowly at first but then rapidly picking up the pace, propelling herself along a road only she could see. After sprinting for about 30 seconds, she abruptly stopped and opened her…
(2023-09-08). The science behind weird body reactions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Every day our bodies do some rather strange and unusual things. Here are some questions and answers that give the science behind why these happen. Why do fingers wrinkle in water? Initially, it was thought that fingers wrinkled in water because of the fluid shifts that occur between the tissues and the surrounding water. Evolutionary experts are finding evidence that it may have helped humans get a better grip on objects in the water. People…
(2023-09-08). Expenditures on National Projects in Russia total $18.5 bln as of September 1. tass.com The following National Projects take the lead in terms of utilizing expenditures: Science and Universities (79.6%), Culture (76.9%), Demography (72.6%), Labor Productivity (61.7%)…
(2023-09-08). Turkey's imports from Russia total $28.3 bln in January-July — statistical institute. tass.com It is also reported that in July Russia was the second-largest supplier to Turkey after China with supplies of goods and services from China and Russia worth $4.6 bln and $3.65 bln, respectively…
(2023-09-08). As student loan payments resume, millions face a lifetime of debt while Wall Street profits. wsws.org The banks, hedge funds, investment companies and other Wall Street parasites are raking in billions of dollars in profits from the immiseration of tens of millions of student loan borrowers and their families—perhaps a third of the US population in all.
(2023-09-08). Students and faculty voice opposition to slashing programs at West Virginia University. wsws.org Faculty, staff and students of West Virginia University spoke with the World Socialist Web Site outside the College of Creative Arts Wednesday afternoon and voiced opposition to plans for the elimination of 169 faculty and slashing of 39 majors.
(2023-09-08). Chicago Teachers Union scuttles strike at ChiArts High School and helps keep students and teachers in sweltering classrooms during a dangerous heatwave. wsws.org Both the ChiArts agreement and the decision to force students into schools during a dangerous heatwave underscore the need for teachers to build the Chicago Educators Rank-and-File Committee to take control over negotiations and safety out of the hands of union officials.
(2023-09-07). Imperial launches sixth form maths school aimed at under-represented students. imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London is establishing an innovative new sixth form school in Barnet, North London, nurturing the next generation of students in STEM…
(2023-09-07). How I Fought for Trans Justice This Summer. aclu.org Holding up a pink and blue "Trans People Belong" poster, I marched alongside 150 fellow high school students in the heart of Washington D.C this summer. Angered by the direct attack on either themselves or their trans siblings, we linked our arms to protest the approximately As an intern and a participant in the ACLU National Advocacy Institute (NAI), I had spent the past week learning alongside other young activists about major ACLU issues. The NAI is an annual program th…
(2023-09-07). How I Fought for Trans Justice This Summer. aclu.org Holding up a pink and blue "Trans People Belong" poster, I marched alongside 150 fellow high school students in the heart of Washington D.C. this summer. Angered by the direct attack on either themselves or their trans siblings, we linked our arms to protest the approximately As an intern and a participant in the ACLU National Advocacy Institute (NAI), I had spent the past week learning alongside other young activists about major ACLU issues. The NAI is an annual program t…
(2023-09-08). Texas School Discriminates Against Black Student With Locs Even Though That's Illegal. newsone.com 
Source: simonkr / Getty | The mother of a Black teen from Texas is demanding answers after her son was discriminated against for his hair, which is illegal in the state due to the Crown Act. |
(2023-09-08). Swimming with sharks and student support: News from the College. imperial.ac.uk Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
(2023-09-08). Roaming Charges: The Pitch of Frenzy. counterpunch.org If you need a reminder of the crimes of the Pinochet regime, which both Thatcher and the Vatican begged the Blair government to turn a blind eye toward, consider the account of Luz de las Nieves Ayress, a 25-year-old graduate student, who was arrested by Pinochet's secret police shortly after the overthrow of Salvador Allende. In a sworn statement, Ayress recounted that after her arrest she was stripped naked, had a electrodes attached to her mouth, ears, breasts, vagina and anus, then was repeatedly shocked with electric currents. But this ordeal, Ayress wrote, was "the easy part." They "electroshocked everyone,…
(2023-09-08). The W-Curve Model: Understanding a new college student's experience. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The W-Curve Model was first proposed in 1963 to explain adjustment to culture shock. Starting college is a culture shock for many young people. It is often the first time students are away from home for an extended period. Freshman year is known for new experiences, but it also presents various challenges. Each new college student's experience is unique. Parents should be aware of the predictable adjustment pattern to help students navigate difficult times. The…
(2023-09-08). Ontario teacher unions conspire to divide 200,000 educators after forcing them to work for a year without a contract. wsws.org The Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation has ordered its 60,000 members to vote on a proposal to send all outstanding contract issues to binding arbitration by October 27, ruling out all strike action in this bargaining round in the process. Unions representing elementary teachers and Catholic teachers are dragging their feet with strike votes.
(2023-09-07). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Teachers' strikes mark beginning of new school year across Europe over funding, cost of living and the pandemic; metal workers at Turkish factory demand resignation of union officials over sellout contract and threaten to leave the union; teachers, electricity and public sector workers in some Nigerian states in further two-day strike over cuts to fuel subsidies…
(2023-09-08). Workers at another public library in Ohio vote to unionize. peoplesworld.org 
PICKERINGTON, Ohio—Staff at the Pickerington Public Library are organizing to form a union. If successful, they would become the third library system in central Ohio to unionize through the Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT). Another group of workers, at the Fairfield County Library, are organized through the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees …
(2023-09-08). Teachers Are Being Threatened Like Never Before. youtu.be
(2023-09-07). The Raw-Dealed Actor/Teacher Show. counterpunch.org The Wall Street Journal now realizes that income inequality can be a source of social problems. No, its famously pro-proprietor commentators haven't signed up for union cards. In fact, two different editorials in the August 28 opinion pages come not to praise labor organizing but to bury it, whether it's South American schoolteachers who benefit
(2023-09-07). The Raw-Dealed Actor/Teacher Show. counterpunch.org The Wall Street Journal now realizes that income inequality can be a source of social problems. No, its famously pro-proprietor commentators haven't signed up for union cards. In fact, two different editorials in the August 28 opinion pages come not to praise labor organizing but to bury it, whether it's South American schoolteachers who benefit
