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Education

‘A fire that’s burning again’: Welsh language resurges thanks to adult learners

Yesterday at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

The number of people on Dysgu Cymraeg courses has risen by 61% since 2017, as people in Wales rediscover the ‘poetry’ of the language

Elinor Staniforth from Cardiff hated Welsh lessons at her English-medium school – after her GCSEs, she said, she “forgot all about it”. Winning a place at Oxford University, however, made Staniforth reassess her identity and relationship with the language.

“I...

Education

Lack of specialist staff hinders support for Send children, teacher survey finds

Yesterday at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

National Education Union poll finds 89% feel class sizes in England are too big to be ‘properly inclusive’

Oversized classes and inadequate staffing levels are hindering teachers’ capacity to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), according to a large survey of state school teachers in England.

Nine out of 10 (89%) of the 10,000 teachers who took part in the...

Education

Reform UK’s ‘pro-family’ policies are an exclusionary sham, minister says

Saturday at 18:59 PM, via The Guardian

Olivia Bailey says she wants Sure Start-style hubs that will be rolled out in England on Monday to be inclusive for all

Reform UK’s “pro-family” policies are a sham and exclude non-traditional families, the government’s early years minister has said before the rollout of hundreds of new Sure Start-style family centres across England on Monday.

Olivia Bailey said she wanted the hubs to be...

Entertainment

Violence without a face: Brutality knows no race

Today at 05:15 AM, via The Citizen

Is this evidence of a white-on-black genocide? No. It is evidence that South Africans, of all racial hues, can be brutal and can kill senselessly.

Science/Tech

Rivian and Lucid Win Right to Sell Their EVs Directly to Buyers in Washington State

Today at 05:34 AM, via Slashdot

The Wall Street Journal reports that Rivian “just won a yearslong battle with car dealers in Washington state that threatens the model of how cars are sold.”After fighting to sell its vehicles directly to buyers, Rivian threatened to take its case to voters with a ballot measure to permit direct sales. The dealers blinked. The state’s dealer lobby not only dropped its opposition to a sales...

Science/Tech

Will Social Media Change After YouTube and Meta’s Court Defeat?

Today at 03:37 AM, via Slashdot

Yes, this week YouTube and Meta were found negligent in a landmark case about social media addiction. But “it’s still far from certain what this defeat will change,” argues The Verge’s senior tech and policy editor, “and what the collateral damage could be.”If these decisions survive appeal — which isn’t certain — the direct outcome would be multimillion-dollar penalties. Depending on the...

Science/Tech

Is It Time For Open Source to Start Charging For Access?

Today at 01:46 AM, via Slashdot

“It’s time to charge for access,” argues a new opinion piece at The Register. Begging billion-dollar companies to fund open source projects just isn’t enough, writes long-time tech reporter Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols:Screw fair. Screw asking for dimes. You can’t live off one-off charity donations… Depending on what people put in a tip jar is no way to fund anything of value… [A]ccording to a...

Science/Tech

‘Project Hail Mary’: Real Space Science, Real Astrophotography

Today at 00:19 AM, via Slashdot

Project Hail Mary has now grossed $300.8 million globally after earning another $54.1 million this weekend from 86 markets, reports Variety, noting that after just nine days it’s now Amazon MGM’s highest-grossing film ever. And last weekend it had the best opening for a “non-franchise” movie in three years, adds the Associated Press — the best since 2023’s Oppenheimer:Project Hail Mary, which...

Health

A Secret History of Psychosis

Yesterday at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

Cohen Miles-Rath heard voices telling him to kill his father. After they passed, he spent years retracing the path of his delusions.