MONTREAL—Premier Francois Legault says a school board in western Quebec should not have hired a teacher who wore a hijab. Legault told reporters today in Quebec City the province’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, has been in place since June 2019 and the Western Quebec School Board should have respected it when hiring. It…
Quebec Board Wrong to Hire Teacher Who Wore Hijab Given Secularism Law: Legault
Artist Linked to Parents of Michigan School Shooter Questioned by Police
Detectives on Monday questioned an artist linked to the Detroit studio where the parents of a 15-year-old accused Michigan school shooter were arrested after a manhunt, local law enforcement officials said. Andrzej Sikora, 65, was not arrested after a two-hour interview, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement, adding that detectives searched his…
Fatal Shooting After Tennessee High School Basketball Games
HUMBOLDT, Tenn.—Two people were shot, one fatally, following a pair of basketball games Tuesday night at a Tennessee high school. Humboldt Police Chief Reynard Buchanan Sr. told the Jackson Sun, “We know of one who was deceased, and another was flown to The Med in Memphis and was in surgery last I heard.” He added…
Students Send Teacher Off With the Gift of His Dream
Amazing kids! The teacher must be a one in a million.
Al-Shabab Blast by School in Somali Capital Kills at Least 8
MOGADISHU, Somalia—A large explosion outside a school in Somalia’s capital on Thursday killed at least eight people, including students, witnesses said. The extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. The al-Qaida-linked group controls large parts of rural Somalia and continues to frustrate efforts at rebuilding the Horn of Africa nation after three decades of…
Teen Arrested for Allegedly Shooting 3 Students at Colorado High School
A shooting at the parking lot of Hinkley High School (HHS) in the Denver, Colorado suburb of Aurora left three students injured, police said on Friday. The Aurora Police Department confirmed in its latest update that a 16-year-old male suspect was arrested in connection with the shooting and has been charged with attempted murder. His…
Missouri School District Hires Students in Response to Staffing Shortage
One Missouri school district has resorted to hiring its own high school students in response to ongoing staffing shortages. The state’s Northwest School District hosted a job fair to address several open positions, according to a local FOX2 Now outlet, ranging from child care assistance to cleaning. “Some of the positions have been short-staffed since…
5th Graders Erupt in Excitement as Teachers Get Engaged in Front of Class
Teaching love is just as important as being in love!
Fire Sweeps Through School in Niger, Killing 20 Children
NIAMEY, Niger—More than 20 children were killed and dozens more injured when a fire swept through a school in Niger’s second-largest city, Maradi. Three classrooms made of straw were consumed by the fire at the pre-school and primary school called ‘AFN’, taking the lives of the children aged between 3 and 8, the government said…
Pennsylvania Governor to Allow School Mask Mandates to Expire in January
Public school districts in Pennsylvania will be allowed to remove their mask requirement in January, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday. The statewide mask mandate, which was imposed in early September in response to a surge in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, is set to expire on Jan. 17, 2022. Wolf said at that time, schools may…
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