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Education
Pakistani British teen with IQ higher than Einstein’s calls for more support for gifted students
Mahnoor Cheema, a 17-year-old student in Britain with an IQ of 161, is advocating for better support for gifted students in state schools. ...
Michelle De Pacina
Watch: Malaysian teacher’s video shows challenges of being a teacher in US
A Malaysian teacher’s classroom experiences in a US elementary school have sparked discussions on classroom management and cultural differen...
Ryan General
Twin brothers named valedictorian, salutatorian at New York high school
A pair of 17-year-old twins from Long Island, New York, has been named top students of their graduating class this year. What they achieved:...
Carl Samson
Asian American History
California may soon include AANHPI history lessons in K-12 curriculum
California’s Instructional Quality Commission is set to implement an expanded curriculum in K-12 classrooms to integrate lessons on As...
Malaysian man, 79, earns PhD despite struggle with cataracts, commute
Muharam Awang, a 79-year-old Malaysian man, graduated and received his Ph.D. in Malay literature from the National University of Malaysia (U...
Bryan Ke
Hong Kong announces mandatory course on ‘patriotism’ for primary students
The six-year program aligns with a recent patriotic education law passed by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee ...
SF supervisors criticized for taking taxpayer-funded trip to Japan to learn about math
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Myrna Melgar are missing board meetings while on a taxpayer-funded trip to Japan to exp...
China
Oklahoma superintendent claims to US House panel that CCP is influencing public schools
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee meeting on Tuesday spiraled into a debate about racism after Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan...
Constance Wu, Margaret Cho, Padma Lakshmi among celebs denouncing book ban in open letter
Several celebrities of Asian descent have signed an open letter to condemn the widespread book bans across school districts in the United St...
Chinese children significantly outperform their white British peers across education, career: report
A government report by the U.K.’s Social Mobility Commission revealed that children of Chinese descent in the U.K. significantly outpe...
Harvard University ranks as nation’s worst school for free speech in new report
Harvard University was ranked the worst school in the U.S. for free speech in 2023, according to an annual report by the nonprofit group Fou...
Massachusetts residents can now go to community college for free
Following the launch of a new program by Gov. Maura Healey’s administration, Massachusetts residents aged 25 and older can now go to communi...
Asian American students less likely to be accepted to universities than white applicants: study
Asian Americans are less likely to be accepted to colleges or universities than white applicants, according to a recent study published by t...
S. Korea to make 8-hour college entry exam easier in bid to help address fertility crisis
The South Korean government has unveiled a plan to make its national college entrance exam easier to help address private education spending...
Culture
Virginia becomes 17th state to include Sikhism in school curriculum
Virginia has become the 17th state to include Sikhism and Sikh practices in public school social studies curriculum. On Thursday, the Virgi...
Iris Jung
Randall Park to deliver UCLA commencement address in June
Randall Park has been tapped to deliver the commencement address at the University of California, Los Angeles, this year. A UCLA alumnus, Pa...
Harvard admits record number of Asian American applicants amid SCOTUS affirmative action fight
Amid allegations of bias against Asian students in its admissions process, Harvard University welcomed its largest proportion of Asian Ameri...
Civil Rights
Loyola University Chicago drops race criteria for ‘diverse’ surgery internship program
Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine has reportedly removed racial requirements from an internship program that appeared t...
Most Americans remain opposed to affirmative action, new poll reveals
The majority of respondents in a recent public opinion poll revealed that they do not agree with affirmative action. The results of the poll...
Entertainment
Brenda Song says she had ‘no hesitation’ choosing ‘The Suite Life’ over Harvard
Disney alum Brenda Song recently recalled choosing “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” over attending Harvard University. In an interview w...
Crime
29-year-old woman charged for posing as teen to enroll at New Jersey high school
A 29-year-old woman has been charged for posing as a teenager to enroll at a public high school in New Jersey. Hyejeong Shin, a graduate of ...
Harvard students stage walkout in front of professor accused of sexual harassment
Over 100 students marched out of a Harvard classroom on Tuesday to protest the first lecture of professor John L. Comaroff this year. Comar...
Asian American history to be taught in Florida public schools if new bill passes
Florida public schools may soon be required to teach Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history to its students if a new bill passes...
Ines Shin
Vanderbilt professor says math education is too ‘white, cisheteropatriarchal’
A Tennessee university professor recently made the case that undergraduate mathematics education is discriminatory against queer and transge...
More Virginia high schools delayed giving merit awards in time for college admission deadlines: report
Before you read: US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’ Virginia governor seeks probe int...
Chinese students made to sign ‘loyalty pledges’ to CCP before going to Sweden, report reveals
Several Swedish universities reportedly discovered that over two dozen doctoral students from China were made to sign an agreement pledging ...
Business
Asia’s richest man regrets not completing college: ‘My abilities may have been faster’
Before you read: Indian college dropout becomes world’s third richest man While sitting on Forbes’ list as Asia’s richest man, Indian entrep...
Amid probe, more Virginia high schools apologize for withholding news of academic awards
Purdue University’s first Asian American president takes office amid controversy over Northwest chancellor
Dr. Mung Chiang officially became the first Asian American president of Purdue University at the start of the new year. The Purdue Board of ...
Stanford pulls IT language guide that brands ‘American,’ ‘brave’ as ‘harmful’ words
Amid massive backlash within and beyond its academic community, Stanford University has backpedaled on a language initiative that deemed wor...
Virginia governor seeks probe into delayed notice of academic awards at US’ top high school
Before you read: US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’ Supreme Court declines to block t...
US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’
For years, administrators at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) concealed students’ National Merit certificati...
NYC principal accused of hating Asians, banning pencils to prevent erasing mistakes
Debra Mastriano, principal of Public School 166 in New York City’s Upper West Side, has come under fire for racist remarks and draconian po...
Chinese girl treks alone for 40 minutes to ask stranger for homework help
A 9-year-old girl from a remote village in China is making headlines for her devotion to studying, even if it means trekking alone for 40 mi...
Social Media
Thai sister bows down to brother who withdrew from school for her to graduate
Thai TikTok user Ying Chanita (@chnitakotchasit) has gone viral on TikTok for bowing down to her older brother who withdrew from school so ...
Isa Peralta
8 in 10 Asian Americans who oppose affirmative action believe it’s racist, survey reveals
Nearly half (49%) of Asian Americans oppose affirmative action, according to a new survey by higher education resource Intelligent.com. Of...
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