As an estimated 240,000 students head to class in some 630 schools across the state, they might notice something missing from their favorite cafeteria foods: color. A new law, passed by the West Virginia Legislature earlier this year and signed into law by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, bans certain artificial dyes that make foods more appealing…
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – The St. Johns County School District continues to grow as it consistently remains one of the top districts in the state academically. The district is opening a new K-8 school in the Rivertown neighborhood as students head back to class across Northeast Florida on Monday. And that’s not all that’s…
NOTE: This week’s column mentions details of torture. Hundreds of thousands of UK residents took part in London Trans Pride 2025 on July 26, per PinkNews. Marching from Langham Place to Parliament Square, activists held various signs that spread trans positivity and criticized institutions, including the Labour government, that have rolled back many of the community’s…
Open this photo in gallery: Canadian stocks typically trade at valuations well below that of U.S. ones, especially with the current Wall Street euphoria.Julia Demaree Nikhinson/The Associated Press The U.S. stock market has lost touch with reality. Consider the evidence: Over the past couple of weeks, investors have seen strong indications that the U.S. economy…
ELGIN, Okla. (KSWO) – Elgin Public Schools has announced it’s new policy regarding student cell phone use. Starting this school year, students will no longer be allowed to use personal electronic devices while on school grounds from bell-to-bell. That includes phones, smart watches, tablets, laptops, smart headphones, smart glasses and more. High school students will…
Hong Kong education authorities are taking law enforcement action against a Shenzhen-based tutorial centre that planned to recruit students for its university entrance exam programmes at a local private secondary school without registering. The Education Bureau said on Thursday that it had not received an application from the tutorial centre Capture Star to operate a…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) – Florida students are heading back to school without their phones in class. A state law that just went into effect this school year is cracking down on cell phone use in public schools. Under the new law, elementary and middle school students aren’t allowed to use phones at…
When given nutritionally matched diets, participants lost twice as much weight eating minimally processed foods compared to ultra-processed foods, suggesting that cutting down on processing could help to sustain a healthy weight long term, finds a new clinical trial led by researchers at UCL and UCLH. The study, published in Nature Medicine, is the first…
Governor Glenn Youngkin recently signed Executive Order 33 into effect, which calls for Virginia schools to adopt a full “bell-to-bell” cell phone policy. The focus of the bill is to improve both the learning environment and students’ mental health. Some local school systems have already made adjustments to their policies. Roanoke County Public Schools updated…
Starting next month, school districts around Texas will implement cellphone-free polices following the recent passage and signing of House Bill 1481. The law will go into effect on September 1, a few weeks after the first day of school for the 2025-26 school year. School leaders must have a written policy that bans the…