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- Electric school buses more than doubled in USA from March 2022 to June 2023 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/12/29/electric-school-buses-more-than-doubled-in-usa-from-march-2022-to-june-2023/ 15 comments
- California replacing 200 polluting diesel school buses with all-electric buses https://electrek.co/2019/07/17/california-electric-school-buses/ 2 comments
- School wins legal battle to electric shock children to ‘correct behaviour’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/massachusetts-school-electric-shock-fda-b1880365.html 6 comments nottheonion
- School wins legal battle to electric shock children to ‘correct behaviour’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/massachusetts-school-electric-shock-fda-b1880365.html 42 comments politics
- Massachusetts allows school to continue with electric shocks https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/12/judge-rotenberg-educational-center-electric-shocks 11 comments nottheonion
- Judge sides with school that uses electric shocks on its students http://www.wcvb.com/article/judge-sides-with-school-that-uses-electric-shocks-on-its-students/21971406 31 comments politics
- California mandates all new school buses be electric by 2035 https://finance.yahoo.com/video/california-mandates-school-buses-electric-165321692.html 30 comments environment
- Court decision allows Canton school to continue using electric shocks on residents with intellectual disabilities https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/07/metro/court-decision-allows-canton-school-continue-using-electric-shocks-residents-with-intellectual-disabilities/ 53 comments politics
- Over 37 per cent of schools in India have no electricity http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/59908768.cms 3 comments india
- High school senior building a 700 HP+ Electric car http://hackaday.com/2012/09/16/700-hp-electric-honda-s2000-built-by-high-school-senior/#comments 27 comments technology
- Miami commits to putting 100 electric school buses on the road https://electrek.co/2024/01/23/miami-commits-to-putting-100-electric-school-buses-on-the-road/ 73 comments upliftingnews
- US to invest $1bn in plan to move from diesel to electric school buses https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/08/us-school-buses-diesel-electric 3 comments climate
- The second largest electric school bus fleet in the US just crossed 500,000 service miles https://electrek.co/2022/09/23/second-largest-us-electric-school-bus-fleet-just-crossed-500k-miles/ 292 comments futurology
- Human rights body calls on US school to ban electric shocks on children | US news https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/18/judge-rotenberg-center-electric-shocks-ban-inter-american-commission-human-rights?r 5 comments nottheonion
- EPA announces $1 billion in grant funding for electric school buses – enough for more than 2,700 clean buses https://electrek.co/2024/01/08/epa-announces-1-billion-in-grant-funding-electric-school-buses/ 19 comments environment
- Alaska's first electric-powered school bus is performing well – even at 40 below https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/11/16/alaskas-first-electric-powered-school-bus-is-performing-well-even-at-40-below/ 418 comments futurology
- Which NUST school is better for MS in Electrical Engineering: SEECS or EME? https://www.reddit.com/r/pakistan/comments/5x69pb/which_nust_school_is_better_for_ms_in_electrical/ 16 comments pakistan
- Indian School Girl Creates Washing Machine That Runs Without Electricity! http://trak.in/innovation/indian-school-girl-invents-washing-machine-without-electricity-302013/ 3 comments india
- ‘Run, don’t walk’: The school that gets pupils to generate electricity http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/run-dont-walk-the-school-that-gets-pupils-to-generate-electricity-8798961.html 37 comments technology
- Electrifying Minnesota school bus fleet will pay big dividends: Speeding the transition to electric vehicles comes with great economic benefits https://minnesotareformer.com/2022/03/02/electrifying-minnesota-school-bus-fleet-will-pay-big-dividends/ 5 comments economy
- I am an ECE student. Should I focus in computer engineering, and then try to get into CS grad school, or focus in electrical, then get a computer science degree? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/5le2iu/i_am_an_ece_student_should_i_focus_in_computer/ 5 comments cscareerquestions
- What if Ahmed Mohamed wasn't arrested for his skin color but because our high school teachers and police aren't electrical engineers and watch too much TV? http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20150916-0916ahmedclock.jpg.ece/binary/0916ahmedclock 25 comments technology
- State authorities have given a controversial special education school in Canton a one-year extension of its authority to use electric shock treatments on students http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/12/22/state_lets_center_use_shocks_for_one_year/ 4 comments politics
- A man put up an electric fence near a school bus stop to keep kids off his lawn https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/05/us/bus-stop-electric-fence-trnd/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_source=fbcnn&utm_content=2018-09-05t23%3A30%3A24&utm_medium=social 24 comments worldnews
- Students cheer when electricity finally restored to a school in Puerto Rico months after Hurricane Maria https://www.wkbw.com/news/electricity-finally-restored-to-a-school-in-puerto-rico-months-after-hurricane-maria 7 comments politics
- IEEE Society Restores Electricity To a Nepali School. The system includes photovoltaic panels and a solar-powered water heater https://spectrum.ieee.org/restoring-electricity-to-nepali-school 7 comments upliftingnews
- Clean toilets, inspired teachers: How India’s capital is fixing its schools | Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party government rose to power in Delhi on the promise to improve basic services: health, electricity, water and education. Here's how they have changed Delhi's public schools https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-schools-arvind-kejriwal-manish-sisodia-8098797/ 5 comments india
- Maryland school district places largest-ever order for electric buses. We might not be getting many EV mail trucks, but a lot of EV buses are on order. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/02/maryland-school-district-places-largest-ever-order-for-electric-buses/ 12 comments technology
- Xcel Wants To Invest $102 Million Into Colorado’s Electric Vehicle Future. 20 new programs to install charging infrastructure across homes, apartment buildings and office buildings. Also features a program aimed at electrifying school buses. Xcel would own much of the charging infrastructure. https://www.cpr.org/2020/05/18/xcel-wants-to-invest-102-million-into-colorados-electric-vehicle-future/ 9 comments energy
- Nitrogen dioxide levels around some Hong Kong parks and schools ‘concerning’: Greenpeace study tested level of nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant released from vehicle exhausts and electricity generation, at 63 locations over two weeks https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3033947/nitrogen-dioxide-levels-around-some-hong-kong 4 comments worldnews
- Rooftop solar projects at schools could reduce harmful air pollution, help the environment and enhance student learning while cutting electricity costs, a new study finds, allowing schools to meet up to 75% of electricity needs and reduce the education sector’s carbon footprint by as much as 28%. https://earth.stanford.edu/news/what-happens-when-schools-go-solar?t=au 248 comments science
- A Chinese headmaster has been fired after a secret stack of crypto-currency PCs was found connected to his school's electricity supply. Teachers at the school in Hunan became suspicious of a whirring noise that continued day and night. This led to the discovery of the Ethereum-mining machines. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46150107 211 comments worldnews
- I'm a new electrical engineer, been on the job for a few months. Apparently they live and die by matlab. I never really used it much in school save for a couple of homework assignments. What's the best way to start getting up to speed with it fairly quickly? Thanks everyone! https://www.reddit.com/r/matlab/comments/6urhsf/im_a_new_electrical_engineer_been_on_the_job_for/ 10 comments matlab
- Gang of migrants demanding ‘respect’ smash way into Paris school and refuse to leave - The 150 migrants have taken over the building of Jean-Jaures school since Friday as they seek shelter, electricity, gas and water. http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/664133/migrants-smash-way-paris-school-refuse-to-leave 92 comments worldnews
- Solar-powered internet school set to benefit children in rural Africa: Resilient mobile classroom incorporating laptops, video camera and electronic blackboard will work in areas without electricity http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/oct/28/solar-powered-internet-school-children-africa 3 comments worldnews
- In Germany's latest solar program, they are allowing private investors to rent space on school roofs and public buildings for the purpose of solar electricity generation and have already turned 24 schools into mini power plants http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=192 8 comments politics
- HRW Report: “Palestinians face systematic discrimination because of their race, ethnicity, and national origin, depriving them of electricity, water, schools, and access to roads, while Jewish settlers enjoy all of these benefits” http://www.juancole.com/2010/12/hrw-on-israeli-racial-discrimination-in-west-bank.html 161 comments worldnews
- Santa Monica announced Friday their plans to install solar power systems at nine elementary schools, a move that is expected to save the school district $4 million in electricity costs over the next 25 years http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/environment/santa-monica-aims-for-to-becom/ 3 comments reddit.com
- The Americans, beginning 1991, bombed for 12 years, with one excuse or another; then invaded, then occupied, overthrew the government, killed wantonly, tortured. The people of that unhappy land lost everything - their homes, their schools, their electricity, their clean water, their environment... http://killinghope.org/bblum6/aer85.html 18 comments politics
- Iran builds a presence in Lebanon: Rebuilding 149 schools, 48 mosques and churches, 10 health clinics, 64 electricity projects, 19 bridges and over 600 other infrastructure projects. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-reconstruction17aug17,1,4593658,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true 7 comments reddit.com
