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Week brief · March 2 to 8, 2026

EdTech news, week of March 2, 2026

In the week of March 2 to 8, 2026 the Education desk recorded 16 news events on 4 days. Industry led with 5.

The most covered stories of the week

  1. Mar 6 straitstimes.com: “Indonesia to ban social media access for under” 3
  2. Mar 4 whsm.com: “Nearly every state funds hands - on job training in high schools. Why not Wisconsin?” 2
  3. Mar 4 Students protest OSAP grant cuts at Queen's Park; arrests made 2
  4. Mar 4 stcatharinesstandard.ca: “Niagara students walk out to protest changes to OSAP” 2
  5. Mar 5 saultthisweek.com: “Canadore College boasts of new relationship with Ornge Air Ambulance” 2
  6. Mar 5 States Step Up as Federal Education Civil Rights Oversight Dissolves 2
  7. Mar 5 Ivey signs screen time limits for early childhood education programs 2
  8. Mar 6 MEXC Foundation Expands Web3 Education Initiative to UNSW via MEXCampus 2
  9. Mar 6 Schools must stock allergy pens and train staff under new UK rules from September 2026 2

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

4 events. The full rundown for March 4, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 15:45 UTC whsm.com: “Nearly every state funds hands - on job training in high schools. Why not Wisconsin?” 2
  2. 22:30 UTC Students protest OSAP grant cuts at Queen's Park; arrests made 2
  3. 23:45 UTC stcatharinesstandard.ca: “Niagara students walk out to protest changes to OSAP” 2

Thursday, March 5, 2026

4 events. The full rundown for March 5, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 01:15 UTC saultthisweek.com: “Canadore College boasts of new relationship with Ornge Air Ambulance” 2
  2. 08:15 UTC States Step Up as Federal Education Civil Rights Oversight Dissolves 2
  3. 13:45 UTC Ivey signs screen time limits for early childhood education programs 2

Friday, March 6, 2026

  1. 01

    Coverage recordstraitstimes.com: “Indonesia to ban social media access for under”

    3 outlets · first: straitstimes.com Policy

    Reports ran between 09:30 and 10:00 UTC on Mar 6.

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by straitstimes.com, Philstar and The Star.

  2. 02

    MEXC Foundation Expands Web3 Education Initiative to UNSW via MEXCampus

    2 outlets · first: finanznachrichten.de Industry

    Machine summary MEXC Foundation launched its MEXCampus initiative at the University of New South Wales, expanding its Web3 university program.

    Reported by finanznachrichten.de and manilatimes.net.

    • MEXC Foundation
    • MEXCampus
    • UNSW

  3. 03

    Schools must stock allergy pens and train staff under new UK rules from September 2026

    2 outlets · first: leicestermercury.co.uk Policy

    Machine summary Schools must stock allergy pens and train staff under new United Kingdom rules from September 2026, according to reports.

    1. Schools must train staff under the new rules from September 2026, according to reports.

    Reported by leicestermercury.co.uk and derbytelegraph.co.uk.

Saturday, March 7, 2026

4 events. The full rundown for March 7, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 09:00 UTC Newton School to train 100,000 women in technology by 2026 2
  2. 11:15 UTC VELS Group announces seed funding and scholarships 2
  3. 18:30 UTC Georgian College Endorses Ontario’s Shift to Performance-Based Funding Model 2

More events reported

No summary of ours and no outlet headline passed our automated checks for these, which says nothing about the events (how they work); the outlets and their reports are linked.

Friday, March 6, 2026

  1. · 2 outletswataugademocrat.com, ktar.comNamed in the reports: Pentagon

Summaries and key facts are machine summaries of the reports linked with them; outlets, times and counts come from those reports. How a rundown is built.

What kind of news was it?

  1. Industry 5
  2. Policy 4
  3. Higher ed tech 3
  4. Edtech startups 1
  5. K12 technology 1

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).