Japanese boy in China fatally stabbed amid rising anti-Japan sentiment

A 10-year-old Japanese boy was fatally stabbed on his way to school in Shenzhen, China, on Wednesday, coinciding with the anniversary of Jap...

How South Korea’s grandmas are returning to school

Last year, an 82-year-old woman made headlines as the oldest student to take South Korea’s notoriously difficult college entrance test. We k...

Chinese boy, 7, brings beer to school, gets classmates drunk

A first-grader in China’s Fujian province turned most of his classroom silent after bringing bottles of beer and sharing them with his class...

Oklahoma superintendent claims to US House panel that CCP is influencing public schools

A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee meeting on Tuesday spiraled into a debate about racism after Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan...

Thousands of S. Korean teachers protest after colleague’s suicide exposes parent bullying

Thousands of teachers gathered in Seoul to protest after the suicide of a 23-year-old teacher, which they attributed to the immense pressure...

Thai father warms netizens’ hearts by dressing as woman for child’s Mother’s Day school event

A single father in Thailand has tugged on several netizens’ heartstrings after dressing up as a woman for a Mother’s Day event at his daught...

6 killed in stabbing spree at kindergarten in China

Six people, including three children, were recently killed in a knife attack in China’s southeastern Guangdong province.  What happened: On ...

Kindergarten in China under investigation for washing kids’ food trays in urinal

A kindergarten in southeastern China has been temporarily shut down after a video of a staff member washing the students’ food trays in a ur...

Refugee high school students in Maryland allegedly assaulted, told to ‘go back’ to Afghanistan

A group of Afghan refugee students at a Maryland high school has allegedly suffered from racist bullying and physical assault, with at least...

Virginia becomes 17th state to include Sikhism in school curriculum

Virginia has become the 17th state to include Sikhism and Sikh practices in public school social studies curriculum.  On Thursday, the Virgi...

Mom says teacher called her son’s kimchi lunch ‘distracting,’ ‘inappropriate’ in viral Reddit thread

A preschool teacher purportedly banned a student from eating a lunch that included kimchi because it was “distracting” for his classmates an...

SM Entertainment launches K-pop academy for aspiring idols

SM Universe Academy, a K-pop educational institution co-founded by SM Entertainment, has recently opened its doors to its first-ever cohort ...

Students who see their math teachers as fair do better at math, new study suggests

Students who believe their math teachers who treat them with fairness perform better with the subject, a new study suggests.  In the study, ...

California high school teacher accused of hiding cameras in campus restrooms

A high school teacher in Irvine, California, has been arrested for allegedly hiding video recording devices in restrooms on campus. Siu Kong...

English teacher in Japan highlights school rules that would ‘send Americans into a coma’

An English teacher living in Japan highlighted how Japanese schools have a very different approach to education compared to American high sc...

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...

Jo Koy donates concrete road, facilities to a high school in the Philippines

Filipino American comedian Jo Koy visited the Philippine city of Bacolod last week for the inauguration of a road he donated. Koy, who was b...

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 s...

Language school in Japan decertified over Vietnamese student being chained for hours

The Nishinihon International Education Institute in the southwestern city of Fukuoka, Japan, was decertified after one of its staff chained...

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...

Woman in Japan charged for mixing human feces into school lunch

A woman in Japan has been arrested and charged for mixing human feces into a school lunch. A 20-year-old employee at a public school in Okaz...

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...

California school worker on leave after message to students’ parents that said ‘China gave us this Covid’

An employee at Baldy View Elementary School in California was placed on leave after sending anti-Asian messages to students’ parents via a ...

Illinois Senate Unanimously Passes Bill Requiring Schools to Teach Asian American History

Illinois is now on its way to becoming the first state to require public schools to teach Asian American history as part of its curriculum a...

Over 2,500 Asian American New Yorkers Sign Letter Demanding Inclusion in History Curriculum

More than 2,500 residents of New York City have come together to sign an open letter calling for the inclusion of Asian American history in ...

SB City College VP On Leave After Asking Why Japanese Americans Didn’t ‘Just Leave’ Concentration Camps

Joyce Coleman, the vice president of Santa Barbara Community College’s Extended Learning program, is being investigated for offensive commen...

Middle School Teachers Suspended Over ‘Derogatory’ Test Question Against Chinese Culture

Three middle school teachers with the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) in Texas have been put on administrativ...

High School Plans Walkout After Asian Student Targeted With Racist Messages

Centennial High School and others from its community have planned a walkout on Monday to stand up against anti-Asian racism after one studen...

SF School Board Member Said Asian Americans ‘Use White Supremacist Thinking’ to ‘Get Ahead’ in Old Tweets

Derogatory tweets by the vice president of San Francisco’s Board of Education have recently resurfaced, prompting several San Franciscans to...

Sacramento Teacher Gets Death Threats After Using ‘Slant-Eyes’ to Explain Racism in Zoom Class

A high school teacher in Sacramento, California is under investigation after making a controversial gesture in an online class last week. Ni...

Stanford Lays Off Only Cantonese Lecturer After 21 Years of Teaching

Stanford University’s Cantonese language program is in peril after administrators decided to lay off its one and only lecturer. Sik Le...

Kindergarten Teacher in China Gets Death Penalty for Poisoning Dozens of Students, Killing 1

A kindergarten teacher was sentenced to death for poisoning 25 students, leaving one dead, last year using sodium nitrite as revenge on her ...

Thai Teen Dies From Doing 100 Squat Jumps as Punishment for Not Doing Homework

A school in Thailand has apologized for the death of a 13-year-old boy after his teacher forced him to do 100 squat jumps as punishment for ...

Thai Grandpa Uses Cardboard Sign to Locate Grandchild Wearing Face Mask in School

A grandpa from Thailand has gone viral on social media for using cardboard signs to locate his grandchild at a school full of children weari...

Chinese Students Get Homework App Removed from Store With 1-Star Ratings During School Cancellation

Chinese students removed an app from the Apple App Store that teachers used to give students homework during the school suspensions in China...