#highschools — Public Fediverse posts

Tokyo International School hopes a shiny new campus in the Takanawa Gateway City area will give it an edge in Japan's increasingly competitive international school sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/08/24/tokyo-international-school-new-campus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #immigration #expats #schools #internationalschools #tokyo #tokyointernationalschool #minatoward #highschools

#Teenage #boys are using #Meta’s #AIGlasses to #harass and #bully #girls at #highschools and #middleschools. The videos, often shared on TikTok and Instagram, show the boys filming their peers without consent, engaging in behaviour ranging from asking for personal information to outright harassment. This raises concerns about privacy, consent, and the potential legal implications of using smart glasses in schools. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/teen-boys-meta-glasses-harass-bully-girls-school?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

As Japan's summers grow ever hotter, the future of the country's popular Summer Koshien high school baseball tournament is under threat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/08/18/climate-change/summer-koshien-climate-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #koshienstadium #nishinomiya #hyogo #koshien #heatwaves #heatstroke #highschools

Japan's education ministry has released results from this fiscal year's national achievement test, which highlight persistent weaknesses in proportional reasoning and reading comprehension. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/16/japan/japan-school-achievement-test-scores/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #students #schools #education #juniorhighschools #elementaryschools #highschools

Funny, ferocious, raw: How high school buddies from Hokkaido channeled their energy into a viral track, Fuji Rock appearances and a studio album. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/06/12/music/tv-tairiku-ondo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #music #tvtairikuondo #sapporo #hokkaido #music #musicfestivals #fujirockfestival #teens #highschools

When groupthink becomes grotesque: "New Group" is a stylized take on social conformity, but loses the thread halfway through. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/06/12/film/new-group/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #yutashimotsu #highschools #annayamada #pierretaki #yuzuaoki #takashishimizu

A 17-year-old high school student has been killed in a microbus crash in Fukushima Prefecture, while the driver of the vehicle has been arrested. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/08/japan/crime-legal/fukushima-bus-crash-driver-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fukushima #koriyama #trafficaccident #niigata #highschools

Japan plans to expand financial support so prefectural governments can make public high schools more appealing, amid concerns a shift to free tuition at private high schools could reduce public high school applications. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/07/japan/japan-public-high-schools-financial-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #highschools #schools #students #mext #localgovernemnt

Enchanted Garden, Midnight Masquerade and Midnight Rendezvous themes for proms at area high schools – Alexandria Echo Press https://www.allforgardening.com/1751896/enchanted-garden-midnight-masquerade-and-midnight-rendezvous-themes-for-proms-at-area-high-schools-alexandria-echo-press/ #alexandria #AlexandriaEchoPress #BrandonEvansville #dance #DouglasCounty #EchoPress #garden #HighSchools #minnesota #NewsFromDouglasCounty #Osakis

Police are searching for a 44-year-old man on the run who allegedly attacked two high school boys with a hammer in western Tokyo on Wednesday morning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/30/japan/crime-legal/hammer-man-tokyo-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #highschools #children

Police in Japan have taken action against 99 people ranging in age from 14 to 72 in the country as part of an international crackdown on online child sexual abuse material, the National Police Agency said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/28/japan/crime-legal/child-abuse-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #children #sexcrimes #pornography #childabuse #juniorhighschools #highschools #childporn

Various aspects of generative artificial intelligence are set to be taught in Japanese high school textbooks that will be used starting in fiscal 2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/25/japan/high-school-textbooks-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mext #highschools #textbooks #ai #education

I would welcome #advice on building a community on #Mastodon for our #educationalcharity. We support #Humanistschools in #Uganda. They are #inclusive schools based on #reason, #compassion and #tolerance. We support 2 #highschools and 7 #primaryschools. Schools welcome children of #allbeliefs - #religious and #secular. All are treated with #dignity and #respect and encouraged to #value the #opinions of others.
We have a website https://ugandahumanistschoolstrust.org and a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ugandahumanistschoolstrust/.

Nearly half of high school students in Japan use generative artificial intelligence online in their daily lives, a new government report shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/26/japan/students-ai-internet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #children #ai #socialmedia #internet #highschools #juniorhighschools #elementaryschools

Bereaved relatives, students, teachers and others gathered to mark 25 years since an incident in which a Japanese fisheries high school training vessel was struck by a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/japan/ehime-maru-tragedy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ehimemaru #ehime #highschools #us #hawaii

#AI Bathroom Monitors? Welcome To #America's New #Surveillance #HighSchools
A 2023 ACLU report found that eight of the 10 largest #schoolshootings in America since Columbine occurred on campuses with surveillance systems. The report also found that the surveillance fostered an atmosphere of distrust: 32% of 14 to 18-year-old #students surveyed said they felt like they were always being watched.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/12/16/ai-bathroom-monitors-welcome-to-americas-new-surveillance-high-schools/
https://archive.ph/g3MFJ

Japan’s suicide death toll fell below 20,000 for the first time on record last year, although elementary, junior high and high school student suicides climbed to a new high. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/japan/suicide-figures-decline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #suicide #mhlw #children #mentalhealth #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools

French lawmakers pass a new law banning social media for children under 15.

The law goes into force at the start of the next school year in September. The law also bans the use of mobile phones in high schools.

Reports are also indicating the British government is considering issuing a similar regulation/law.
https://apnews.com/article/france-social-media-ban-children-d3c4010741dd1a39f61c1f6d5bb3c85b #France #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBan #Children #MobilePhones #HighSchools #UK

A court has given a man a suspended sentence for transporting a then-high school student to Myanmar last year to have him engage in fraud despite knowing that the boy had been kidnapped. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/japan/crime-legal/student-myanmar-sentence-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #miyagi #japanesecourts #myanmar #highschools #fraud #kidnappings

#AI Bathroom Monitors? Welcome To America's New #Surveillance #HighSchools
#Schools across the #US are rolling out AI-powered surveillance technology, including #drones, #facialrecognition and even bathroom listening devices. But there’s not much data to prove they keep #kids safe.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/12/16/ai-bathroom-monitors-welcome-to-americas-new-surveillance-high-schools/
https://archive.ph/g3MFJ

Quite #Dystopian!

A video shared on social media showing a student assaulting another student at a high school in Tochigi Prefecture has sparked probes by the prefectural board of education and police. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/crime-legal/video-students-assault-tochigi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #socialmedia #students #highschools #oita #juniorhighschools #japanesepolice

With the cost gap between public and private high schools in Japan set to substantially narrow, public school educators worry fewer junior high school students will select public high schools. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/08/japan/tuition-elimination-concern/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #highschools #education #mext

A total of 281 teachers and staff at kindergartens, public elementary, junior high and high schools in Japan were disciplined for sexual offenses in fiscal 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/crime-legal/sexual-misconduct-educators/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mext #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools #children #sexcrimes #kindergartens #teachers #surveys

Welcome To America's New #Surveillance #HighSchools -Slashdot

#BeverlyHills #HighSchool has deployed an AI-powered surveillance apparatus that includes #facialRecognition cameras, behavioral analysis software, smoke detector-shaped bathroom listening devices from #Motorola , #drones , & license plate readers from #Flock -- a setup the district spent $4.8 million on in 2024-25 fiscal year & considers necessary given the school's high-profile location in LA
#privacy #alpr

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/1154232/welcome-to-americas-new-surveillance-high-schools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

More than half of cases of sexual deepfakes targeting those under 18 and reported to Japanese police were created by classmates of the victims, National Police Agency data have shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/crime-legal/half-deepfake-classmates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #japanesepolice #ai #children #socialmedia #deepfakes #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools

“Politics and daily life in Japan are very separate” — Chinese expats recount their parenting challenges and the conversations on identity they’ve had with their Japan-raised children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/12/15/issues/chinese-children-raised-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #expats #immigration #china #chinajapanrelations #mixedrelationships #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools

A Kyoto high school has issued an apology after confirming that its students had shoplifted during a study trip to Bali following the emergence of a video online that drew widespread attention. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/crime-legal/bali-high-school-students-shoplifting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #bali #children #highschools #kyoto #theft

The education ministry plans to establish a fund for high school education reform in each of the 47 prefectures, totaling some ¥300 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/16/japan/high-school-reform-funds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #highschools #mext #education #depopulation #students

High school students from Sendai, a city hit by a massive tsunami in 2011, spoke at the U.N. headquarters in New York about the importance of disaster prevention education. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/students-sendai-un-headquarters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sendai #earthquakes #un #miyagi #311 #highschools #newyork

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the Japan Innovation Party and Komeito agreed Wednesday to launch a program in fiscal year 2026 to effectively make high school education free. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/politics/high-school-education-free-agreement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #nipponishinnokai #komeito #highschools