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Idaho passes bill cutting collective bargaining, tenure for teachers
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Boise, ID, United States (AHN) – A bill ending tenure for teachers and limiting collective bargaining rights is poised to be enacted in Idaho. The measure is part of larger legislation on education reforms, such as merit pay and layoffs, that unions and some parents and students oppose. The [...]
Hamas, UN on Collision Course Over Teaching the Holocaust
The Media Line Staff Gaza, Palestinian Territory (TML) – Hamas is on a collision course with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) over teaching the Holocaust in the organization’s schools in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, the Islamic organization which governs Gaza, announced on Monday that it won’t allow inclusion of the Holocaust in [...]
FBI arrests Saudi student in Texas for plotting bomb attacks
Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Lubbock, TX, United States (AHN) – FBI agents arrested Wednesday a Saudi student in Texas for allegedly plotting terror attacks in the United States, including on the Dallas home of former president George W. Bush in the name of jihad. Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, had been planning the [...]
Bush, Clinton to chair University of Arizona institute for civil public discourse
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Tucson, AZ, United States (AHN) – The University of Arizona has established an institute to promote civility in public debate. The center, which is chaired by two former U.S. presidents, follows last month’s shooting in Tucson that injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and left six dead. The National Institute [...]
Tri-Valley University case gathers momentum with ministerial visit
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The United States reiterated its focus on “visa fraud” in the ongoing investigation into Tri-Valley University while the subject was highlighted during high-level visits from Indian officials to the U.S. The latest efforts of Sushmita Thomas, Indian Consul General in San Francisco, on [...]
First lady Michelle Obama doesn’t allow daughters on Facebook
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Although millions of American children and teens are on the popular social networking site Facebook and use it to communicate across the digital expanse. There are two children with the last name of Obama whose mother won’t allow them on the [...]
UK deports five Nepali students over visa violations
Anil Giri – AHN News Correspondent Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) – Five Nepali students were recently deported from the United Kingdom for abusing student visas to travel to the UK in order to work, the British Embassy in Kathmandu announced Thursday. The embassy said in a statement that all five students were returned to Nepal on [...]
City council members arrested in NY school protest
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Manhattan, NY, United States (AHN) – Two New York City council members were among those arrested during a rally Monday night against the planned closure of more than two dozen schools. Council members Charles Barron and Jumaane Williams were taken into custody by police along with other protesters gathered [...]
Philippine Catholic university celebrates quadricentennial
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines (AHN) – The University of Santo Tomas in Manila celebrated the 400th anniversary of its founding Friday. The school is the oldest university in Asia and has been recognized by the Vatican as a royal and pontifical university. Pope Benedict XVI greeted the university on its [...]
Study: Texting contributes to students’ spelling development
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Coventry, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – Texting has been criticized for contributing to worsening spelling and grammar use among young people. However, a study by Coventry University dispelled that common belief. The use of the short messaging function on cellphones instead contributes to students’ spelling development, the university’s researchers said. [...]
