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On September 12, 2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing policy guidance in our Policy Manual to clarify the types of evidence that we may evaluate to determine eligibility for extraordinary ability (E11) and outstanding professor or researcher (E12) EB-1 immigrant visa classifications. The update adds clarifying guidance describing examples of evidence that may satisfy…

By Yasmina Chavez On September 8, 2023 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Staffing issues in Las Vegas-area schools reached a critical point this month, with classes being canceled or combined across the nation’s fifth-largest school district during bitter contract negotiations. The Clark County School District and the teachers union, which represents about 18,000 licensed employees, have been negotiating…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…