Students are addicted to TikTok, a Chinese mobile video app, and a variety of anxiety-inducing phenomena are emerging, according to a teacher in Taiwan who recently called out parents to raise serious concerns about what’s happening. Lin Yichen, a teacher at Taiwan’s Changhua County elementary school, posted an article on March 16 on Facebook titled “Once…
Taiwanese Teacher Sounds Alarm About Children Being Addicted to TikTok
Parent Disputes Official’s Claim of ‘Rare’ Violence at Aussie High School After Students Banned
The Canberra mother of a Calwell High School student has disputed an government official’s claim that recent reports of student violence on campus were “rare,” saying her Year 8 child has endured multiple attacks and security lockdowns after students formed violent mobs during staff shortages. This comes after the school was forced to ban two…
Florida Rolls Out ‘Viewpoint Diversity’ Survey for Public College Students, Faculty
As part of Florida’s effort to promote “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” in higher education, public college and university students across the state are being asked, among other things, whether they feel comfortable expressing their opinions on campus without fear of retaliation. A survey, developed by the State University System of Florida, was sent out…
CDC Survey: 44 Percent of US High School Students Felt Persistently ‘Sad or Hopeless’ in 2021
April 4, 2022
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More than four in ten U.S. high school students felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021, according to a CDC field survey released late last week. The number of high school students with persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness has grown steadily from 26.1 percent in 2009, to 36.7 percent in 2019, according to CDC…
Minneapolis Students Left Out of School as Teacher Strike Enters 3rd Week
More than 29,000 students in Minneapolis are in their third week of no school, as the public school district and its teachers’ union make little progress in reaching a deal to end a prolonged strike. Starting March 8, the strike has now cost 10 days of classes for students of Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS), who…
‘Civic Duty’ Motivation for Those Who Voted in Texas Primaries
DENTON, Texas—In the so-called Golden Triangle of Denton, Forth Worth, and Dallas, turnout appeared light at several polling places in this university city. Most of those Republicans and Democrats who chose to speak to The Epoch Times said they voted out of a sense of “civic responsibility” rather than any pressing issue or person. There…
Indonesian Principal Given Life Term for Raping 13 Students
BANDUNG, Indonesia—An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced an Islamic boarding school principal to life in prison for raping at least 13 students over five years and impregnating some of them. The principal of the girls’ school in West Java’s Bandung city, Herry Wirawan, pleaded guilty and apologized to his victims and their families during the…
Police: 2 Students Shot, 1 Fatally, Outside Minnesota School
RICHFIELD, Minn.—Two students were shot, one fatally, outside a suburban Minneapolis school on Tuesday, police said. Richfield Police Chief Jay Henthorne said the students were shot about 12:07 p.m. outside South Education Center. The surviving student was in critical condition at a local hospital. Henthorne said suspects fled and police searched the area. “This is…
Students as Decision-Makers
For 21 years, I was lucky enough to teach fifth grade. When people asked me what that was like, I always said, 10- and 11-year-olds are capable of learning anything an adult can learn, without the interference of hormones or bills to pay. They are still motivated to learn if the learning is relevant and…
Over 1,500 Sign Petition to Abolish Student-Athlete COVID-19 Booster Mandate
January 25, 2022
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Athletes at Arizona State University are protesting a COVID-19 vaccine booster mandate for students who want to participate in away games. More than 1,700 people have signed an online petition titled “FREEDOM OF CHOICE: ASU STUDENT-ATHLETE COVID-19 BOOSTER PRACTICE” that calls on the university to give student-athletes the option to choose whether to receive the…
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