World Teachers’ Day Focus: In the Philippines, teacher groups marked World Teachers’ Day with protests over pay and staffing, with the Alliance of Concerned Teachers saying police dispersed a rally and that 16 teachers and students were injured; the group is demanding a P50,000 entry salary, a P5,000 allowance, more education funding, and full Magna Carta implementation. Teacher Support in Practice: Qatar’s World Teachers’ Day event will honor 80 government-school teachers and highlight professional development and classroom impact, while Jordan’s King Abdullah and Queen Rania visited a school in Aqaba to spotlight teacher training with the Queen Rania Teacher Academy. Learning Beyond the Classroom: In the U.S., Medford Area Elementary students used the Prodigy math game to rack up more than a million questions, and a museum education program put children in the role of printmakers using proofing presses. Higher Education Access: Malaysia’s UTM enrolled 4,506 new undergraduates for 2026/27, including its first AI faculty intake, and the University of Guyana is set to graduate more than 3,700 students at its 60th convocation. Policy Watch: The U.S. Department of Education outlined new rules that could reduce federal loans for “low-income graduates” in certain degree programs starting July 2027.