Techstars-backed Nigerian edtech Klas raises $1M for global scaling of online teaching platform

Nigerian online teaching platform Klas has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding led by Ingressive Capital, with participation from Techstars, HoaQ Capital, and several angel investors. Founded in 2022 by Nathan Nwachuku and Lekan Adejumo, Klas enables users to create and sell ebooks, courses, and live classes. The platform offers essential class components such as … Read more

Polish president says he’ll veto a spending bill, in a blow to the new government of Donald Tusk

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s president said Saturday that he intends to veto a spending bill which includes money for public media and raises for teachers, dealing a blow to the new pro-European Union government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. President Andrzej Duda said he would veto the bill that includes 3 billion zlotys ($762 million) … Read more

Two UT teaching assistants lose their positions after message about Palestine

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Two University of Texas teaching assistants in the Department of Social Work were relieved after they sent an email to students through the UT message board system about the war between Israel and Palestine. The TAs said the message was intended to provide mental health resources to Palestinian, Arab and Muslim students. … Read more

Racial gaps in math have grown. A school tried closing theirs by teaching all kids the same classes

Hope Reed was seeing stark disparities a decade ago at her high school in the suburbs of Columbia, South Carolina. Nearly half the school’s students were white, but the freshman remedial math classes were made up of almost all students of color. Reed, then chair of the math department at Blythewood High School, intervened with … Read more

Britney Spears’ mom Lynne Spears returns to teaching as money troubles mount

Britney Spears’ mom is reportedly facing money troubles due to strained relationship with the pop star Lynne Spears, the estranged mother of pop sensation Britney Spears, has made a surprising career move by returning to teaching in order to address financial difficulties caused by her strained relationship with her famous daughter. At 68 years old, … Read more

Ron DeSantis makes Biden’s 4-year-old granddaughter the punchline of a tweet as he dodges blowback over Florida instructing college students that some elements of slavery had been a optimistic factor

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.John Bazemore/ AP Photograph Ron DeSantis took a private shot at Joe Biden’s remedy of Hunter Biden’s four-year-old daughter. The president has not reportedly met or publicly acknowledged the kid. DeSantis’ blow got here as Vice President Kamala Harris assaults his state’s new schooling requirements. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday took … Read more