Education Week

KidZania Tokyo, the child-focused job-experience theme park in Tokyo, will host TAX WEEK 2026 as part of the national Think About Tax Week campaign. The event, announced by the Tokyo Corporation Tax Federation, is aimed at teaching children about taxes and how public money is used through hands-on activities.

California has spent roughly ten years building out college programs inside its state prisons, a shift covered by education and local outlets this week. Reports describe how incarcerated people can now access more degree-bearing coursework, part of a broader push to use education to reduce recidivism and ease reentry after release. Observers are weighing the costs, benefits and outcomes of the expansion.

A student pursuing a sustainable economics certificate at Capilano University is posting a two-week daily series about native animals she has photographed and their vulnerability to climate change. The latest instalment features coastal tailed frogs, small amphibians native to the Pacific Northwest that depend on cold, clear streams and are sensitive to warming and habitat disturbance.