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China's Academic Degrees Committee released draft rules on October 22 allowing professional master's and PhD students in clinical medicine to graduate by presenting a practical achievement, such as a clinical case analysis, instead of a traditional thesis. Engineering students gained a similar option in 2024, and officials say translation, agriculture, accounting and arts programs are expected to follow.
Dr. Martin, a teacher, recounts being physically assaulted by a high-school emotional support student, an attack that led to surgeries and a long recovery. She writes that when she shared her story, people responded with sympathy but little surprise, which she says reflects how commonplace violence against teachers has become.
A commentary piece challenges Nikole Hannah-Jones's viral essay about sending her daughter to a high-poverty, majority-black public school in New York City. It contends the school actually received unusually high per-pupil funding of $52,349 and a 1:10 faculty-student ratio, and cites unsupervised lunchroom fighting, fabricated homework, and inflated grades that Hannah-Jones allegedly overlooked.