School Safety & Security: Las Piñas City ordered stronger police presence and upgraded campus checks after a 13-year-old was fatally stabbed at Las Piñas National High School, with metal detectors and scanners rolled out citywide. Teacher Hiring & Scheduling: Bangladesh moved the joining date for 14,384 primary assistant teachers to Oct. 1 (posting Oct. 4), while Bangladesh also advanced the schedule for primary teacher recruits under the revised timeline. Teacher Appointments: Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe appointed a former St. Louis mayor and a Kansas City math teacher to the State Board of Education, including a classroom-teacher advisory seat. Learning Access & Student Support: Texas funded Education Freedom Accounts for 85,344 students amid record demand, as families seek more school choice. Classroom Tech & Attendance: A UK report highlights growing low attendance as more students rely on recorded lectures and AI summaries, raising concerns about engagement and grades. Research Training for Dental Students: India’s National Dental Commission made a Basic Course in Biomedical Research mandatory for MDS students and faculty starting 2026-27. Student Health/Wellbeing: A medical student in Ayodhya was questioned over alleged notes of a bomb-making formula, while IIT Guwahati mourns a student death after a fall into the Brahmaputra. Student Innovation: An HSTU agriculture student built an AI “Crops Doctor” app to help farmers diagnose crop diseases from photos.