29-year-old woman charged for posing as teen to enroll at New Jersey high school

A 29-year-old woman has been charged for posing as a teenager to enroll at a public high school in New Jersey. Hyejeong Shin, a graduate of ...

Harvard students stage walkout in front of professor accused of sexual harassment

Over 100 students marched out of a Harvard classroom on Tuesday to protest the first lecture of professor John L. Comaroff this year.  Comar...

Asian American history to be taught in Florida public schools if new bill passes

Florida public schools may soon be required to teach Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history to its students if a new bill passes...

Vanderbilt professor says math education is too ‘white, cisheteropatriarchal’

A Tennessee university professor recently made the case that undergraduate mathematics education is discriminatory against queer and transge...

More Virginia high schools delayed giving merit awards in time for college admission deadlines: report

Before you read: US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’ Virginia governor seeks probe int...

Chinese students made to sign ‘loyalty pledges’ to CCP before going to Sweden, report reveals

Several Swedish universities reportedly discovered that over two dozen doctoral students from China were made to sign an agreement pledging ...

Asia’s richest man regrets not completing college: ‘My abilities may have been faster’

Before you read: Indian college dropout becomes world’s third richest man While sitting on Forbes’ list as Asia’s richest man, Indian entrep...

Amid probe, more Virginia high schools apologize for withholding news of academic awards

Before you read: US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’ Virginia governor seeks probe int...

Purdue University’s first Asian American president takes office amid controversy over Northwest chancellor

Dr. Mung Chiang officially became the first Asian American president of Purdue University at the start of the new year. The Purdue Board of ...

Stanford pulls IT language guide that brands ‘American,’ ‘brave’ as ‘harmful’ words

Amid massive backlash within and beyond its academic community, Stanford University has backpedaled on a language initiative that deemed wor...

Virginia governor seeks probe into delayed notice of academic awards at US’ top high school

Before you read: US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’ Supreme Court declines to block t...

US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’

For years, administrators at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) concealed students’ National Merit certificati...

NYC principal accused of hating Asians, banning pencils to prevent erasing mistakes

Debra Mastriano, principal of Public School 166 in New York City’s Upper West Side, has come under fire for racist remarks and draconian po...

Chinese girl treks alone for 40 minutes to ask stranger for homework help

A 9-year-old girl from a remote village in China is making headlines for her devotion to studying, even if it means trekking alone for 40 mi...

Thai sister bows down to brother who withdrew from school for her to graduate

Thai TikTok user Ying Chanita (@chnitakotchasit) has gone viral on TikTok for bowing down to her older brother who withdrew from school so ...

8 in 10 Asian Americans who oppose affirmative action believe it’s racist, survey reveals

Nearly half (49%) of Asian Americans oppose affirmative action, according to a new survey by higher education resource Intelligent.com. Of...

Asian kindergarten students more likely to display advanced math, science skills, new study finds

A new study found that racial discrepancies in advanced math and science skills are exhibited as early as kindergarten. The research, whic...

US Supreme Court poised to ban affirmative action in college admissions

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments concerning admissions programs that take race into consideration at Harvard University an...

Arden Cho to keynote McDonald’s first education summit for APA students and parents in NYC & online

McDonald’s and NextShark are proud to announce the upcoming APA Next Summit 2022 in New York City, a free one-day event for parents and stud...

Chinese universities among world’s top schools in producing ultra-rich graduates

Chinese universities, including Peking University and Tsinghua University, are among the top universities to produce the most “ultra-wealth...

SF school board admonishes commissioner Ann Hsu over ‘flat-out wrong and racist’ comments

San Francisco school board member Ann Hsu was formally admonished over her controversial comments about the challenges of educating margina...

SF official calls for school board member’s resignation following ‘flat-out wrong and racist’ comments

San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton called for the resignation of board member Ann Hsu following her "flat-out...

Doctor of weed? Thailand now offering cannabis science degrees after marijuana legalization

Waldo 18, a medicinal cannabis supply chain company in Thailand, is partnering with Filipino-Thai restaurant Toto Inasal to give individual...

New York City schools to launch new curriculum celebrating AAPI history this fall

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Thursday that the city’s Department of Education (DOE) would be introducing a pilot curriculum ...

‘God has not blessed us’: Indian boy’s response to a reporter about schools over temples goes viral

A boy in India has earned praise online for his candid response to a local reporter asking why he valued attending school over temple. The...

Top high school in US discriminated against Asian American applicants, judge rules

Judge Claude Hilton ruled Friday that Fairfax County public schools discriminated against Asian students applying to the Thomas Jefferson H...

Women beat men in passing medical school entrance exams in Japan for first time, study finds

The number of women who passed their medical school entrance exams in Japan reportedly surpassed that of men for the 2021 academic year – a...

San Francisco ousts 3 school board members over ‘anti-Asian’ policies

Three members of the San Francisco School Board were removed from office after a recall election on Tuesday. Demands for a recall sprang i...

‘Extremely not correct’: Chinese alphabet printout purportedly given to third graders goes viral

A viral tweet posted by a parent in Irvine, California, shared an alleged printout their third-grade child brought home from school showing...

New Jersey becomes second state to require AAPI history be taught in schools

Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) signed a new bill on Tuesday that requires K-12 schools in New Jersey to teach Asian American and Pacific Islande...

Cleveland Chinese Americans to make a documentary about the 150-year history of AsiaTown

The Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Cleveland (OCAGC) is making a documentary to educate the local community about the history ...

New Jersey on its way to becoming the second state to mandate teaching of AAPI history

The state legislature passed the bill on Tuesday, after it passed the state Senate in early December and the General Assembly on Monday. I...

Bakery named for Laotian refugee couple funds scholarships for UConn students taking Asian American studies

Hartford bakery owner Khamla Vorasane has started a $6,000 scholarship fund for University of Connecticut (UConn) students taking classes in...

Poll: Nearly half of Republicans oppose teaching the ‘history of racism’ in schools

Eight-four percent of Republicans do not support teaching “critical race theory” in schools, while just 46% oppose teaching the “history of ...

UMass Lowell to build AAPI center, give scholarships to Southeast Asian refugee students with $1.5M grant

The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) will receive $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) over the course of five y...

China bans Tibetan children from taking Tibetan language classes in and out of school

China’s ban on Tibetan language classes has come full circle after a new policy bars children from taking even informal lessons outside of s...