Education

The British Home Office has reportedly launched an investigation after students in Coventry raised questions about whether their new classmate – an asylum-seeker who is balding and looks about 40 – is really 15 as claimed.

Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt are among the historical figures whose names are no longer considered honorable enough to adorn public schools in San Francisco.

A social-media video showing students dancing back-to-back with their partners spurred an avalanche of stunned responses on Twitter amid public weariness over absurd social-distancing rules in the era of Covid-19.

Linguistics professor Mary Bucholtz kicked off her presentation at a recent online conference for academics by condemning all white Americans as racists and said deniers must acknowledge their guilt and "do better."

The prestigious University of Chicago is willing to accept just one train of thought in its English department – “black studies,” as only graduate students who have a keen interest in that topic are being considered for admission.

African studies professor Jessica Krug of George Washington University has come out of the race closet, admitting she has faked being black much of her adult life after growing up as a “white Jewish child in suburban Kansas City.”

Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee has canceled plans to have US Vice President Mike Pence give its commencement address on Saturday, citing concerns over violent Black Lives Matter protests and riots in nearby Kenosha.