Yahoo! News: Education News

---

• In Taiwan, protests over history texbooks are about the future
• ACLU suit says Kentucky school officer shackled disabled children
• Evaluate Career Help Before Applying to U.S. Colleges

In Taiwan, protests over history texbooks are about the future Posted: 04 Aug 2015 12:03 PM PDT Emotional protests in Taiwan over new history textbooks that students claim will "brainwash" them with "China-centric" views are actually more about the future than the past, analysts say. For two weeks hundreds of Taiwanese citizens led by high school students have repeatedly taken to the streets and twice tried to storm the ministry of education to oppose a textbook revision they say is an ideological argument for Beijing's "one-China" policy that seeks reunification. The protests are the largest in Taiwan in more than a year and reflect a growing shift on the island from cultural identification with China to a more Taiwanese identity.

ACLU suit says Kentucky school officer shackled disabled children Posted: 04 Aug 2015 10:05 AM PDT The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on Monday. It accuses Kenton County Sheriff's Office deputy Kevin Sumner, a Covington Independent Public Schools resource officer, of violating the children's constitutional rights and the Americans with Disabilities Act during three incidents in 2014.

Evaluate Career Help Before Applying to U.S. Colleges Posted: 04 Aug 2015 05:00 AM PDT "Learning by doing" is an idea that many college students in the U.S. have become familiar with. It has long been a hallmark of U.S. higher education, and it calls on students to not only learn the theories and techniques associated with a particular field of study, but to put that knowledge to work. "Everyone kept telling me to ask about internships," says Luyan, an international student from China at Saint Louis University in Missouri, about his own college search process.

You are subscribed to email updates from Education News Headlines - Yahoo! News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States