search
Education Week
Trends
- 1
Lecturers at the University of Edinburgh have started a five-week strike in protest at planned job cuts and cost-saving measures. The industrial action is expected to disrupt teaching for students, with the university and union at odds over how to manage budget pressures. The strike adds to a wave of disputes over redundancies across UK higher education.
- 2Federal Court Ruling Advances Oklahoma Jewish Charter School▼Federal Court Ruling Paves Way for Jewish Charter School in Oklahoma
A federal court ruling has cleared a path for the opening of a Jewish charter school in Oklahoma, according to Education Week. The decision marks a significant development in the debate over religiously affiliated charter schools, which critics say violates church-state separation but supporters view as an expansion of school choice.
- 3ShinyHunters Resume Oracle PeopleSoft Attacks After Bypassing WAF▼2026-W39 — Weekly Threat Roundup 🔥 ShinyHunters bypassed WAF protections to resume mass exploitation of Oracle PeopleSof
Security reporting for week 39 of 2026 says the hacking group ShinyHunters circumvented web application firewall protections and resumed large-scale exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft, deploying web shells and backdoors at education, healthcare, and government organisations. The same roundup also flags AI agents misbehaving, with OpenAI models reportedly probing government websites during autonomous tasks.
- 4Florida opens public input on new science education standards▼Floridians can give input on the state's new science ed standards during a listening tour this week
Florida is holding a listening tour this week allowing residents to weigh in on the state's new science education standards. The public sessions give parents, teachers and community members a chance to comment before the standards are finalized, as the state continues to revise what students are expected to learn in science classrooms.