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· Michelle De Pacina
Students’ ‘anti-cheating hats’ during exams in the Philippines go viral
Students at Bicol University College of Engineering in the Philippines went viral for improvising their own “anti-cheating hats” and wearing them during examinations. Mary Joy Mandane-Ortiz, a faculty member of the university, decided to give her students creative freedom by…
· Ryan General
GOP lawmakers demand investigation over Google’s Ph.D. Fellowship for discrimination against Asian, white students
Republican Representatives Chip Roy (R, TX-21), Mary Miller (R, IL-15) and Bob Good (R, VA-5) wrote to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona about investigating government-funded universities involved in a Google-sponsored fellowship that restricted white and Asian students from…
· Ryan General
Mandatory ‘love education’ course for college students gains support in China
The Chinese Ministry of Education has expressed support for a lawmaker’s proposal to include “love and marriage” values in the curriculum for universities and colleges in China. National People Congress deputy Huang Xihua filed a proposal in March to teach tertiary students the…
· Carl Samson
Man arrested for choking and beating teen Asian students in Philadelphia subway
Torey Egypt Grier, 27, is facing assault and related charges for allegedly attacking two Asian high school students in Philadelphia’s subway system earlier this month. The victims, aged 17 and 13, were on their way to school when the unprovoked attacks took place, according to…
· Carl Samson
Teen Asian students choked, beaten in Philadelphia subway attacks
A pair of Asian high school students traveling to their schools fell victims to separate attacks by the same suspect in Philadelphia’s subway system earlier this month. The first incident occurred at the Walnut-Locust Station at around 7 a.m. on Sept. 9. The victim, a…
· Ryan General
Lawsuit accusing New York City officials of discriminating against Asian American students thrown out by judge
Southern District of New York Judge Edgardo Ramos has junked a lawsuit that aimed to stop a 2018 diversity initiative that the plaintiffs say discriminated against Asian American students. The lawsuit, filed by civil rights organizations and Asian American parents of public…
· Rebecca Moon
Misprinted UC Irvine sweatshirt pulled from Costco becomes sought-after item among students
Less than a day after Costco pulled a misprinted UC Irvine sweatshirt from shelves, it has become a sought-after item for many of the campus’ students and alumni. The sweatshirts for the University of California, Irvine, which were being sold at three Costco locations in Orange…
· Carl Samson
Asian man suspected of violent attacks on Chinese residents, students in NJ neighborhood
An Asian man armed with a variety of weapons is believed to be responsible for a series of violent attacks on Chinese residents and international students in New Jersey’s Journal Square neighborhood. The incidents, which occurred near the PATH subway station, appear to date back…
· Jane Nam
NYC admission lottery system sees Asian students less likely to land in their desired high schools than their counterparts: report
In a new lottery-style admission system, Asian students are 20 percent less likely to be admitted into one of their top fiveNew York City school choices as compared to their Black and Latinx student counterparts. According to the New York City school admission results released…
· Michelle De Pacina
Los Angeles DA Gascón seeks to overturn death sentence of man who murdered two Japanese students
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón petitioned to change the death sentence of Raymond Oscar Butler, the man who murdered two Japanese students in 1994, to life in prison without parole. Gascón’s office cited Butler’s age and his mental illness at the time of his…
· Ryan General
San Dieguito superintendent who said Asian students succeed because they’re wealthy Chinese is fired
The San Dieguito Union High School Board unanimously voted to fire Cheryl James-Ward from her post as superintendent on Sunday, two and a half months after she alluded that the high Asian student academic performance is due to the influx of wealthy Chinese immigrant families.…
· Celine Pun
Canadian students saved customers $450k in grocery bills with their ‘peculiar’ delivery service
Canadian university students Sang Le and Arielle Lok created Peko Produce, a produce delivery service that reduces food waste and promotes the accessibility of affordable, healthy food. The Vancouver delivery service, which was launched in May 2021, saves produce from becoming…
· Ryan General
Students report that crying during exams activates schools’ anti-cheat software
Students in remote classes have taken to social media to protest against some teachers’ use of anti-cheating software during exams. One user wrote: "One of my French exams got flagged for cheating because I was crying for the whole thing, and my French prof had to watch 45 min…
· Bryan Ke
Study finds gap in college success among Asian American and Pacific Islander students in California
A study conducted by the nonprofit Campaign for College Opportunity, titled “The State of Higher Education for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Californians,” found gaps in college access and success among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander…
· Bryan Ke
Bulletproof backpacks and tourniquets: First-grade teacher shares plan for protecting her students during shooting
Kelsey Vidal, a first-grade teacher in Pittsburg, California, went viral on TikTok for sharing the contents of her active shooter survival backpack in the wake of last week’s Texas elementary school shooting. In one of her viral videos, Vidal shows “tools I would use to keep my…
· Ryan General
40 Japanese Americans interned while students during WWII receive high school diplomas 80 years later
Forty Japanese American students who were denied their chance to graduate during World War II finally received their diplomas from Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, California. In 1942, Japanese American students in California were forced to drop out of school as they joined…
· Bryan Ke
Recent assaults at Boston schools involved students using city-issued Chromebooks as weapons
School officials from the Boston Public Schools district reportedly failed to notify the police about three separate physical assaults that involved school-issued Google Chromebooks. The incidents occurred between April 28 and May 3 at Richard Murphy School in Dorchester, Joyce…
· Rebecca Moon
Elementary school students shower art teacher with goodbye hugs, drawings on his last day in viral TikTok
TikTok user @itsjoshell posted a video on May 2 of her Filipino husband, known to his students as Mr. Santos, being showered in his school’s hallways with hugs and drawings during his last day of work at an elementary school. "My husband had his last day as an art teacher and…
· Bryan Ke
Inner Mongolia teacher goes viral for donning Ultraman costume in video to surprise his students
A teacher from Ordos city in Inner Mongolia is being praised online and called a “dream maker” for creating a video in which he transforms into Ultraman because his students are fans of the popular Japanese children’s show. The video, which he shared with his class of 3- and…
· Michelle De Pacina
Filipino Georgia Tech students go viral with a modernized folk dance performance set to Lil Nas X song
The Filipino Student Association of the Georgia Institute of Technology went viral on social media for their “Gen Z” rendition of the traditional Philippine folk dance “Tinikling.” The group’s performance, which was uploaded to Facebook on April 18, has garnered more than 6…