Two Hong Kong schools in areas with declining school-age populations will not run any subsidised Primary One classes in the 2025-26 academic year, education authorities have said, as the city wrestles with shrinking student numbers. The Education Bureau sent letters on Thursday to all subsidised and government primary schools to inform them about class structures…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has teamed up with banks and the police to launch a new public awareness campaign to combat rising scams that have defrauded the city’s residents to the tune of billions of dollars. The HKMA on Wednesday released the first video in the series titled “Click the Links, Fall for…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has teamed up with banks and the police to launch a new public awareness campaign to combat rising scams that have defrauded the city’s residents to the tune of billions of dollars. The HKMA on Wednesday released the first video in the series titled “Click the Links, Fall for…
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Choosing a college is far from an easy task. Just ask University of Nebraska-Lincoln sophomores Kenny Morales and Wilson Overfield. “There really weren’t any online resources to help me find a college,” Overfield, a computer science major from Ralston, said. “If I hadn’t gotten accepted into the Raikes program I wouldn’t…
A Bike Week sting operation led to the arrest of a Port Orange school paraprofessional on allegations of inappropriate interactions with a minor. Sixteen people were arrested during “Operation Full Throttle,” which targeted alleged child predators. Among them was Jeffery Summers, who worked at Horizon Elementary School. Summers, 51, was arrested on two charges: traveling…
In questionnaires sent out to school board candidates in the April 1 election, The Herald-News asked candidates their position on allowing students to use cell phones during school hours. Here is what these candidates who responded to our questionnaires had to say on the issue. Matthew Kennedy Matthew Kennedy (Photo provided by Matthew Kennedy) Cellphone…
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KSNB) – Recently, the Nebraska Legislature advanced Legislative Bill 140 through a second round of debate, moving closer to enacting a statewide cell phone ban in schools. LB140 would ban student use of personal electronic devices, such as cell phones, on school grounds. However, it allows school districts considerable flexibility in approving…
MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will make her seventh State of the State on Wednesday, Feb. 26, and in her address, she’s expected to call for state lawmakers to pass bipartisan legislation limiting the use of phones at school. A state representative has already introduced a bill that would do that, saying teen and…
More than 20,000 Hong Kong students are at risk of dropping out of school, with about 60 per cent of them under the age of 15, an NGO has estimated, while calling for a rethink of measures to ensure youngsters are identified sooner. Youth Outreach shared the results from its latest research report on Monday,…
A privately-run school in southern China has come under fire for ordering parents to sign up to rules approving the use of corporal punishment on students. Longyuan Experimental School in Yangjiang, Guangdong province, was exposed in mid-February for asking the parents of its students to give consent for punishment measures including whipping hands and standing…