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43% of teachers said a child had physically assaulted a teacher or another staff member

Schools should use mentoring and sports to support vulnerable pupils and 'cautiously' consider violence interventions that aren't backed by 'robust evidence'

Presidents from Northwestern University and Rutgers University will testify before the House Education and the Workforce Committee in May.

The President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate will cease its work following the Wednesday resignations of seven committee members, the 11 remaining committee members wrote in a Thursday letter to University President Michael Schill and Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris.  In the letter, obtained by The Daily, the members write that —...

 

Seven members of Northwestern's committee to fight antisemitism resigned in the wake of the capitulation of the administration to activists.

Seven members of Northwestern's committee to fight antisemitism resigned in the wake of the capitulation of the administration to activists.

Shortly after pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up an encampment on Deering Meadow Thursday morning, Northwestern enacted an interim addendum to its demonstration policy. In an email, University President Michael Schill told the NU community the addendum’s goal was to “balance the right to peacefully demonstrate with our goal to protect our community,” adding “temporary changes” to...

Daily staffers Samantha Powers, Jacob Wendler and Beatrice Villaflor discuss what they’ve seen in their reporting on the pro-Palestine encampment at Deering Meadow. [nat sound of student activists chanting] CARLOTTA ANGIOLILLO: On Thursday morning, about 50 student activists began setting up tents on Deering Meadow in an effort to pressure Northwestern to divest from companies...

Northwestern University professors are encouraging students to skip classes to attend anti-Israel demonstrations on campus, and some are even moving their lessons to the site of the protest encampment, according to emails obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.