World / Crime & Legal Dec 18, 2021
The United States was on heightened alert for school violence Friday after rumors of potential shootings spread on TikTok, though authorities said no credible threat had been found.
National Dec 13, 2021
Japan to test digital textbooks in schools from next April, with focus on English
In the program, students will be given both digital and paper textbooks so the education ministry can study their distinctive roles.
National | Regional voices: Chubu Dec 6, 2021
The plan may improve teacher effectiveness and ease students' transition to junior high, but some schools don't have the resources to pull it off.
National | Regional Voices: Fukushima Nov 29, 2021
As COVID infections fall, Aizuwakamatsu welcomes more late-autumn school trips
Forty-five schools plan to send their students for school trips to the city in December, a period when few schools normally plan trips, the tourism bureau said.
National / Crime & Legal Nov 25, 2021
Boy who stabbed schoolmate in Aichi held 'grudge' against victim, investigative sources say
The alleged attacker, whose name has been withheld as he is a minor, also told investigators he bought a 20-centimeter-long kitchen knife online in advance of the stabbing.
National Nov 24, 2021
Junior high school boy, 14, killed in alleged stabbing by schoolmate
The alleged attacker, also 14, has been arrested and has admitted to stabbing his schoolmate, the police said.
National Nov 20, 2021
The survey also showed that parents and other guardians of 71% of first- to third-graders and those of 76% of older elementary schoolchildren want their kids to be vaccinated soon.
World / Social Issues Nov 13, 2021
Substitute teachers never got much respect, but now they are in demand
by Giulia Heyward
When Amber McCoy called in sick this fall, there wasn’t a substitute teacher who could step into her fourth grade class in Huntington, West Virginia. Instead, her students at Kellogg Elementary School were taught by a rotating cast of seven staff members, including the assistant ...
Asia Pacific Nov 3, 2021
The robots, with scowling blue eyes and a North Korean flag across its chest, are intended to help children learn basic math, music and English.
National / Social Issues | Regional Voices: Tohoku Nov 1, 2021
Are buzz cuts mandatory for members of Japan's high school baseball teams?
When asked about the reasons behind the rule, many coaches talked about the need to focus on the sport, tradition and that it's easier to play that way.
National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Oct 25, 2021
Hiroshima schools offer choice of skirts and pants to female students
An increasing number of schools are devising uniform policies that are more gender neutral, in line with greater awareness of diversity issues and the needs of students.
National Oct 24, 2021
Tsunami-hit Fukushima school opens as memorial to 2011 tragedy
Mayor Kazuhiro Yoshida said in a ceremony marking the opening of the memorial that he hopes the school will be a "place to remind people about being prepared for disaster."