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A group of investigative lawyers has criticized the University of Tokyo for its handling of recent corruption scandals. The report, released on Friday, highlighted a lack of self-correcting mechanisms within the university's governance system.

Protests are intensifying at universities, including Ohio State and Harvard, to remove the names of associates of Jeffrey Epstein from campus buildings. At Ohio State, demonstrators are targeting the name of billionaire Les Wexner, who has donated over $200 million to the university.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a case that could narrow or eliminate birthright citizenship established by the 14th Amendment.

The National Education Union (NEU) warns that schools in England do not have sufficient staff to implement the government's special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms. NEU General Secretary Daniel Kebede stated that the funding provided, including £4 billion over the next six years, is inadequate, equating to only a part-time teaching assistant per primary school.

Hank Green, co-founder of the educational media company Complexly, has transitioned it from a for-profit to a nonprofit model to enhance its educational mission. Green emphasized the importance of providing in-depth content rather than succumbing to the pressures of monetization, stating, "We would do less good while making more money." Complexly's popular series, Crash Course, is utilized in nearly every high school in America, yet Green rejected the idea of creating paywalls around educational content.

In March 2024, a Spanish immersion elementary school in St. Paul, Minnesota, welcomed back students after nearly two months of online learning due to an ICE surge that left families fearful and many children absent.