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Federal agents seize Indiana University lab: Witch-hunt against Chinese scientists targets senior US faculty
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (490+ words) On the evening of May 7, agents operating under the direction of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), together with university police, barred researchers from entering six rooms in a biology laboratory at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington, halting ongoing experiments…...
Paterson, Camden and other New Jersey school districts lay off over 1, 000 teachers and support staff
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (291+ words) The district saw a decrease for the 2026-27 school year of about $8 million compared to the 2025-26 budget of $484. 9 million. Employee benefits costs have nearly doubled as a share of salaries in just three years. Camden and Paterson are among a group…...
Harvard graduate workers strike enters fourth week: Build rank-and-file committees to break the UAW's isolation
1+ day, 59+ min ago (1363+ words) The strike by 4, 000 graduate student workers at Harvard University, now entering its fourth week, has thrown into sharp relief the systemic exploitation of academic labor that underlies the operations of every major research university in the United States. The Harvard…...
Nearly half of California teachers may quit within a decade, survey finds
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (680+ words) Education Week Research Center director Holly Kurtz acknowledged that teacher morale across the United States has sunk to some of the lowest levels in recent memory. California's aging workforce partly explains the elevated projected departures, she noted, with the average…...
School District of Philadelphia announces 17 school closures, in latest onslaught against public education
4+ day, 2+ min ago (673+ words) On April 29, six of nine members of Philadelphia's appointed Board of Education voted to approve Superintendent Tony Watlington's Orwellian-named "Accelerating Opportunity" facilities plan, setting in motion the closure of 17 public schools beginning in the 202728 school year." This marks the latest…...
University of Michigan president attacks Faculty Senate chair for opposing Israel's war on Gaza
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (637+ words) To contact or join the IYSSE, fill out the form at the end of this article. Within hours, the university removed the entire video of the commencement ceremony from its website, and Grasso issued a statement reprimanding Peterson. Grasso wrote:…...
Australian Education Union cancels strikes in Victoria to impose Labor's austerity agenda
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (982+ words) The AEU Victorian state executive's decision, made behind the backs of teachers and Education Support staff, was announced in an early morning email on Monday signed by AEU deputy president Briley Stokes and president Justin Mullaly. The decision was driven…...
Brazil's unions isolate S'o Paulo education strikes
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (680+ words) Elementary and secondary school teachers, and university staff and students in S'o Paulo staged a series of protests and strikes in recent weeks against sweeping attacks on public education in Brazil's wealthiest and most industrialized state. These struggles are part…...
The new code of silence: Texas Tech University bans gender and sexuality teaching and research
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (470+ words) In a sweeping attack on freedom of speech and thought and science, Texas Tech University (TTU) in Lubbock, Texas, a public institution that serves 42, 000 students, has issued a near total ban on the teaching, research and discussion of sexual orientation…...
Strike of Little Lake teachers in California shut down after 10 days
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (698+ words) The strike, the first in the district's 154-year history, had overwhelming support: 94 percent of teachers voted to authorize the walkout. Its abrupt termination, before the deal was even presented to teachers, is a violation of the democratic rights of the…...