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Texas legislators targeting DEI — diversity, equity and inclusion — often refer to it as a hiring approach that favors race over merit. Those who support DEI efforts say that’s an inaccurate understanding of a broad set of policies and programs that foster access and reduce discrimination. Angela Valenzuela, a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin, was …

Some school staff members and students were hospitalized Wednesday after a gas leak outside of an elementary school in Lavon. Firefighters responded to a call a little before noon about a gas leak outside Phyliss NeSmith Elementary School, the Lavon Fire Department said. The leak was related to a construction project on the school campus. Lavon is located about 35 …

ISLAMABAD: Student organisations and civil society activists gathered outside the National Press Club on Thursday to protest against the recent crackdown on students at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU). In a press release issued here said the protest was called after an operation against the Quaid-i-Azam University students, the deployment of Rangers, anti-terrorist squads and police forces on the campus. A physical …

Student and teacher advocates demanded immediate action from lawmakers to stop the country’s gun violence epidemic that included this week’s deadly school shooting in Uvalde. They joined school shooting survivors in calling for tougher gun laws during a roundtable forum Friday morning in Houston, just as the National Rifle Association’s conference was starting. “We know we have the country behind …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — With COVID-19 cases continuing to surge with the omicron variant and classes preparing to return from winter break, Rice University is sharing its plans for the spring semester, and that includes vaccine requirements. Classes are still scheduled to start on Jan. 10, however instruction will be online for the first two weeks, according to a message …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — School districts are crossing another hurdle in the age of online learning during a pandemic – what to do about final exams. “I don’t feel safe,” said Nara Yoo, a junior at Memorial High School. With finals just about three weeks away, Yoo is concerned not only about her performance, but also about where she will …

ISLAMABAD: Out of 1.653 million complaints made on the Pakistan Citizen Portal by people from all walks of life during the past 14 months, 1.509m (91.32 per cent) have been resolved. According to statistics released officially by the Prime Minister Office on Saturday, the number of registered members on the portal launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan in October 2018 …

ISLAMABAD: Out of 1.653 million complaints made on the Pakistan Citizen Portal by people from all walks of life during the past 14 months, 1.509m (91.32 per cent) have been resolved. According to statistics released officially by the Prime Minister Office on Saturday, the number of registered members on the portal launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan in October 2018 …

PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday directed adviser to chief minister on elementary and secondary education to submit a detailed report on the issue of alleged presence of ‘ghost schools and ghost students’ under a government scheme launched by Elementary and Secondary Education Foundation (ESEF). The bench of PHC Justice Qaiser Rasheed and Justice Mohammad Ghazanfar Khan directed …