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Ban or Embrace? Colleges Wrestle With A.I.-Generated Admissions Essays.
A.I. chatbots could facilitate plagiarism on college applications or democratize student access to writing help. Or maybe both. By Natasha Singer On September 1, 2023 Rick Clark, the executive director of undergraduate admission at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and his staff spent weeks this summer pretending to be high school students using A.I. chatbots…
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Florida Approves Tough Discipline for College Staff Who Break Bathroom Law
By Dana Goldstein and Colbi Edmonds On August 23, 2023 The Latest The Florida State Board of Education voted Wednesday to approve new rules at state colleges for transgender employees and students that are intended to comply with a law, passed in May, restricting access to bathrooms. Colleges will be forced to fire employees who twice…
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American classrooms need more educators. Can virtual teachers step in to bridge the gap?
By Alia Wong On September 1, 2023 WASHINGTON – Rachel Pomeroy tries to be as engaging as one can be when reviewing physics concepts with high schoolers on the eve of summer vacation. The veteran teacher projects images of an “open” sign and an incandescent bulb and a sunset, instructing the 20 or so teens…
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Widespread learning loss among Ukraine’s children, as students enter fourth year of disruption to education
Continued attacks on education inside Ukraine and low-level enrolment in host countries have left many of Ukraine’s 6.7 million 3–18-year-olds struggling to learn, warns UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Regina De Dominicis By Georgina Diallo On August 29, 2023 Children across Ukraine are showing signs of widespread learning loss, including a deterioration…
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Russia hits ‘new low’ with ban against discrediting army: Rights experts
On August 28, 2023 The law was adopted shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Special Rapporteurs said they had already raised serious concerns over the law with the Russian Government and through public statements. “The decision to deny constitutional protection of the right to freedom of expression constitutes a new low in Russia’s clampdown on…
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Russian guards ‘using torture and genital electrocution on Ukrainian prisoners’ – investigators
One victim ‘made to witness another detainee raped with inanimate object wrapped in condom’ says Mobile Justice Team study By Maya Oppenheim On August 3, 2023 Russian guards subjected Ukrainian prisoners to torture and sexual violence – including genital electrocution – according to a team of international experts investigating conditions in makeshift detention centres. Almost half of Ukrainian prisoners…
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Hundreds of Sudanese families separated by armed conflict finally back in touch
By Lucien Christen and Aylona Synenko On August 14, 2023 Since the beginning of July, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Cross of Chad have organized more than 1,500 phone calls for Sudanese refugees who lost contact with their families when they fled to Chad. More than a third of…
Read MoreCity council votes to make Pittsburgh sanctuary city for gender-affirming care
By Royce Reed On September 12, 2023 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In a groundbreaking move on Tuesday, Pittsburgh City Council approved two bills that position Pittsburgh as a sanctuary city for people seeking gender-affirming care. The bills passed with all the eight council members present voting in favor. Pittsburgh City Councilperson Barb Warwick, who sponsored the…
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California lawmakers vote to end travel ban to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws
By Trân Nguyẽn On September 11, 2023 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California may soon lift a ban on state-funded travel to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws and instead focus on an advertising campaign to bring anti-discrimination messages to red states. California started banning official travel to states with laws it deemed discriminatory against LGBTQ+ people in 2017, starting…
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