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Scottish Tesco Accidentally Ends Up With a Lot of Bananas

Store had meant to order 380 kilos of the fruit, instead ordered 38K bananas

(Newser) - The Scottish archipelago of Orkney is awash in bananas after a Tesco in Kirkwall dramatically miskeyed its fruit order. Staff meant to request 380 kilograms (about 750 pounds); instead, they ordered 380 wholesale boxes—roughly 38,000 bananas, nearly twice the population of the islands, and almost eight tons of...

State Could Be First to Mandate Student Weapons Checks

Bill nearing passage in Georgia would require daily checks at public schools

(Newser) - Georgia could become the first state to mandate every student be checked for weapons when arriving daily at public school. A bill is nearing passage to require weapons detection systems in a further reaction to a 2024 school shooting that killed four, per the AP . "That rifle would have...

Mayor: Amsterdam Blast a 'Deliberate Attack' on Jews

Authorities are looking for suspect after explosion outside Jewish school, with no injuries reported

(Newser) - Dutch authorities were hunting Saturday for a person who was filmed setting off an explosion outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam. The mayor denounced the attack as a cowardly act of aggression against the city's Jewish community, reports the AP . A City Hall statement said the overnight blast against...

Op-Ed: Teens Actually Don't Love AI in Their Schools
Op-Ed: There's a Teen
Rebellion Afoot Over AI
OPINION
Mar 12, 2026 2:40 PM CDT

Op-Ed: There's a Teen Rebellion Afoot Over AI

Writing for NYT , Jessica Grose details pushback against surveillance in schools, teachers' AI use

(Newser) - Teen rebellion these days isn't about sneaking in more screen time: It's about demanding less of it, and on one's own terms. In a New York Times opinion piece , Jessica Grose spotlights teens who are pushing back against school tech policies, surveillance software, and even their teachers'...

Court Freezes California Rules on Transgender Students

Ruling lets lower court decision favoring parents who argued religious rights take effect

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily halted California's limits on when schools can tell parents that a student has identified as transgender. In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the court allowed a lower-court ruling favoring parents who say the state policy conflicts with their religious beliefs to take...

Iran: 'Operation Epic Fury' Kills Dozens at Girls School

Reported strike comes amid wider US-Israeli attacks against Iran, Iran's retaliatory moves

(Newser) - A girls elementary school in southern Iran was hit in a Saturday airstrike that local officials say killed at least 63 students, as US-Israeli attacks on the country, deemed "Operation Epic Fury," widened. The Middle East Eye reports that the strike hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in the...

Measles Cases Surge in South Carolina as Outbreak Spreads

Low vaccination rates, holiday gatherings drive spike—and health officials don't see it slowing soon

(Newser) - A measles outbreak in South Carolina is growing rapidly, with health officials warning that the spread is likely to continue for weeks. As of Wednesday, 111 cases have been logged in the state's northwest region, including Greenville and Spartanburg, according to Dr. Linda Bell, state epidemiologist for the South...

School Reopenings Tied to Better Mental Health for Kids

Study finds sharp drop in mental health visits, prescriptions after pandemic closures ended

(Newser) - A new study suggests that the mental health of California children was boosted significantly after schools resumed in-person classes in 2021, adding weight to the debate over the costs of prolonged pandemic school closures, per the New York Times . Researchers analyzed medical claims for nearly 186,000 privately insured children...

Prime Minister Busted for Doing '6-7' With Kids

School visit goes viral as Keir Starmer joins in on kids' banned dance

(Newser) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer found himself on the wrong side of school rules this week after leading a class of primary students in the now-infamous "6-7" meme during a visit to Welland Academy in Peterborough. Starmer, accompanied by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, was at the school to talk...

Zuckerberg's Secret School Sparked Years of Drama
Zuckerberg Is Not Exactly
BFFs With His Neighbors
longform
Nov 16, 2025 3:20 PM CST

Zuckerberg Is Not Exactly BFFs With His Neighbors

He was running a secret school on his property that drew complaints about traffic and noise

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg's neighbors in Palo Alto, California, spent years battling what they saw as an illegal school run out of the Facebook founder's sprawling compound. The dispute, which spanned nearly a decade, involved ongoing tensions between the billionaire's household and the surrounding Crescent Park community, according to...

British Kids Are Starting to Sound American

Media and YouTube are reshaping language in UK classrooms

(Newser) - British schoolchildren are suddenly sounding like they've stepped off a school bus in Ohio. Teachers across the UK say they're hearing more students use American vocabulary in the classroom, according to a survey by Teacher Tapp for the Times of London. In other words, kids there are saying...

Measles Outbreaks Send Students Into Quarantine

Experts say vaccination rates are falling below herd immunity levels

(Newser) - Hundreds of students across the US have been quarantined as measles outbreaks force schools to react to declining vaccination rates. In South Carolina alone, 153 unvaccinated children were ordered to stay home for at least 21 days after possible exposure to the virus, NBC News reports. Meanwhile, 118 students in...

New $100K H-1B Visa Fee Could Upend Rural America

Many parts of the US rely on skilled immigrant workers for jobs in education, health care

(Newser) - When Rob Coverdale started his job in 2023 as superintendent of the Crow Creek Tribal School District in South Dakota, there were 15 unfilled teaching positions. Within nine months, he'd filled those vacancies with Filipino teachers, the majority of whom arrived on the H-1B, a visa for skilled workers...

Stephen King Is Most-Banned Author in US Schools

And 80% of such book bans are in just 3 states, PEN reports

(Newser) - A new report on book bans in US schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored and the country divided between states actively restricting works and those attempting to limit or eliminate bans. PEN America's "Banned in the USA," released Wednesday, tracks more...

South Korea Outlaws Phone Use During Class

New ban will kick in this coming March

(Newser) - South Korea is taking a firm stance on smartphone use in schools—or non-use, more specifically. The country on Wednesday passed a nationwide ban on mobile devices during class that will be effective in March 2026. The bill, which cleared the country's National Assembly with a strong majority,...

Students Face New Phone Rules in 17 More States

Total is now 35, up from just one in 2023

(Newser) - Jamel Bishop is seeing a big change in his classrooms as he begins his senior year at Doss High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where cellphones are now banned during instructional time. In previous years, students often weren't paying attention and wasted class time by repeating questions, the teenager says....

White House Rolls Back Protections for English Learners

Advocates warn move could weaken support in public schools

(Newser) - The Education Department has quietly rolled back key rules requiring schools to support students learning English, a move that has raised concerns among advocates for the nation's roughly 5 million school-aged English learners, the Washington Post reports. The department confirmed Tuesday that the guidance, originally established in 2015,...

US States That Are Home to Best Public Schools

Massachusetts is No. 1 on WalletHub's list of best public school systems

(Newser) - The preschool-to-college pipeline can be a conduit to lifetime success for kids, though it may depend on where exactly the majority of that pipe runs through. To determine what US states boast the best public school systems, WalletHub compared all 50, plus DC, across 32 metrics in two main categories:...

After Pressure, Administration Partly Frees After-School Funds

The money had already approved by Congress and Trump

(Newser) - In the face of bipartisan pressure and a lawsuit from 24 states, the Trump administration said Friday it will unfreeze some of the funding for after-school programs it was withholding. The White House Office of Management and Budget said that $1.3 billion will be released for a program that...

HK Teachers: We're Getting 'Friendly Reminders' for July 4

Educators say they've been warned not to engage in Independence Day celebrations with students

(Newser) - If kids in Hong Kong are fascinated by Independence Day festivities in the US, that doesn't appear to be a fascination that educators can indulge. Teachers throughout the autonomous region say they've been receiving warnings to steer clear of July Fourth celebrations with their students, ostensibly to protect...

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