The mother of a 5th-grade student at Silver Rail Elementary School recalled the terrifying moment she received a text message from her son Thursday afternoon that there had been a shooting. “Mom there was a school shooting we’re ok tho,” the message read. “I instantly turned to social media, and it was blasted all over,”…
Three young children and a teacher were killed Thursday afternoon in a horrific shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and a teenage suspect was fatally shot by a good Samaritan who pursued him. The shooter forced entry into Silver Rail Elementary School by firing through the locked doors around 1 p.m. PT (4…
Four victims, including a teacher and three children aged 5, 8 and 11, were killed in a shooting at a primary school in the US state of Oregon, local police say. A 16-year-old suspect forced his way into the school by firing at locked doors. He was also killed in the shooting by an armed…
In Alcântara, a quilombola territory in Brazil’s Amazon, students are using DNA tests, historical research and oral memory to uncover ancestral connections to West Africa and reclaim histories erased by slavery and colonialism. In the Brazilian Amazon, a school project set out to investigate a question that had long been difficult to answer: where in…
Regenesys Online School is scheduled to start classes in January 2027. (Image: Regenesys) Local education group Regenesys has established its first online school in Sandton, Johannesburg, ahead of its planned January 2027 opening. The launch, which took place on Thursday, brought together representatives from education, government and the ICT sector to discuss how online learning…
Gqeberha-based Cape Recife High School won Samsung’s 2026 Solve for Tomorrow challenge. Special education needs school Cape Recife High School in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) is overall winner of this year’s Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition. The finale was hosted in Pretoria on Friday, following prototype presentations the previous day. Cape Recife High School emerged…
Service providers are sought for the supply of cloud services for the South African School Administration and Management System. (Image source: iStock) It’s another quiet week on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal, requiring the ICT industry to turn to local government, as a wide range of metro, district and local municipalities come to the party with…
A 15-year-old boy’s hand was blown off during unrest near a school in France, an official has said, as student protests continue across the country. The “very serious incident” happened in the north-eastern city of Lens on Monday morning, according to the prefect of Pas-de-Calais, François-Xavier Lauch. “The student’s life is not in danger,” he…
Student demonstrators in France are demanding improvements for the country’s education systems. As protests have grown, there have been some violent clashes with police. Holly Williams has more details.
An internal report prepared for the Paris police department which was leaked to the media analysed the opening of the movement in Seine-Saint-Denis. It concluded that students were being “egged on by far-left elements from students unions… and political groups such as… LFI.” It said the tensions “could be part of a flame-kindling strategy… aimed…
