School Access & Readiness: Warndon Library’s free “Get School Ready” sessions are helping children (3+) build social, motor, language and coordination skills ahead of the new term. Student Wellbeing Through Learning: A report highlights how “reading for fun” links to lower stress and better mental wellbeing for young people, with librarians urging parents to trade perfection for pleasure. Education Funding & Accountability: Eastern Cape schools in South Africa are taking the education department to court over years of underfunding below per-pupil targets. Higher Ed Under Pressure: UCLA political science plans to cut teaching assistant and reader roles and shrink intro class capacity amid a wider university budget deficit, sparking calls for funding transparency. International Student Visas: U.S. unions and advocacy groups sue to block a new rule limiting student and exchange visas to four years and journalist visas to 240 days. Global Enrollment Trends: Research flags how falling birth rates are already driving school closures and threatening future university enrollment, including in Latin America. STEM & Global Competition: South Korea won four medals at the International Olympiad in Informatics, while Cambridge International reports growth in AS & A Level entries across Southeast Asia. Community Action: Students in Kerala raised ₹2.5 lakh to deliver relief kits to flood-affected families, using the school as a hub for disaster response.