Why Period Products Aren’t Widely Provided in Schools
A lawsuit against the New York City Department of Education alleges that not providing free products amounts to discrimination.
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NI teachers offered 5.5% pay rise again
In February, the majority of teachers rejected an offer of 5.5% and started action short of strike in schools.
South Africa: Armed Gangs Target Five Cape Town Schools, Demand 10% of Teachers’ Salaries
[GroundUp] Police have made no arrests
Liberia: House Reviews Bill On Salary Standardization in Public Universities
[New Dawn] The House of Representatives is reviewing a draft bill to harmonize salaries in public universities and colleges nationwide.
Mauritius: Education Minister Announces Measures to Tackle Bullying At School
[Government of Mauritius] An Education Council comprising representatives of a wide cross-section of the education sector will be set up to address the issue of bullying and substance abuse at school in a holistic manner and the alignment of actions while developing consensus on a wide range of issues.
Nigeria: WAEC Denies Nasu’s Anti-Labour Allegations
[Premium Times] NASU had accused WAEC of reneging on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered into with NASU on 10 March at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment
Fewer GCSE exams proposed in Labour’s curriculum review – but Sats to stay
Interim report for schools in England to also recommend more emphasis on digital and media literacy, sustainability and climate science
Pupils should sit fewer GCSE exams and Michael Gove’s English baccalaureate faces being scrapped under plans to be recommended in Labour’s long-awaited curriculum review.
An interim report published on Tuesday outlining the review’s initial findings indicated...
Judge Orders Education Dept. to Restore Some Grants to Schools
In an opinion on Tuesday, a federal judge found that suspension of programs aimed at training and supporting educators would have “grave effect on the public.”
Chuck Schumer Isn’t Jewish Like the Pope Isn’t Catholic
Derided by the MAGA right and yelled at by the far left, the Senate Democratic leader is inhabiting a very Jewish place right now.
I’m a recent Stem grad. Here’s why the right is winning us over
Corporations started wooing my friends as soon as college began. It’s time for the left to reimagine its relationship with tech
When my friends and I graduated with our math degrees this past May, we felt like we could do anything.
After long nights spent on problem sets, the most aimless and ambitious of us will forgo grad school and become interns and employees at the shiniest, slimiest...
For Tina Louise, Escape, Finally, From ‘Gilligan’s Island’
Ms. Louise would prefer to not to talk about Ginger, her breathy sitcom character from the 1960s. Luckily, to the children she tutors, she’s just Ms. Tina.
How Covid changed children in Britain
Uncertainty, disruption, increased screen use and crippling anxiety are some of the legacies since pandemic school closures
When it comes to disasters, children are habitually “ignored and mistreated”, according to the disasters expert Prof Lucy Easthope. So five years ago, when schools were told to close and lessons went online, a siren went off inside her.
“The lockdown terrified me,” she...
Parents in England: share your experience of your children being absent from school
We would like to hear from parents and the reasons why their children have been finding it difficult to attend school
Five years after Covid closed schools in England, there is still a crisis in school attendance. This week the Department for Education will publish its latest figures for 2023/4. We’re interested in finding out more about the experience of parents whose children are absent...
University staff to strike over job cuts
Union says university could have 300 fewer full-time posts than in 2019 after savings made.
Autoridades indican la razón por la que deportaron a una profesora de Brown
Rasha Alawieh fue detenida en Boston y se le denegó la entrada cuando volvía de un viaje a Líbano. El gobierno de EE. UU. afirma que asistió al funeral de un dirigente de Hizbulá.
What’s Next for Mahmoud Khalil? A Fight to Keep His Case in New York.
The Trump administration’s effort to have his case heard in Louisiana could let some of America’s most conservative judges set a precedent on deportations.
Deported Professor Rasha Alawieh Attended Hezbollah Leader’s Funeral, D.H.S. Says
Dr. Rasha Alawieh was detained in Boston and then deported after returning from a trip to Lebanon. The government says a judge’s order that she be allowed to stay in the U.S. came too late.
Harvard offers free tuition to students from families earning under $200,000
Ivy League school is latest US university to make step with aim to make it affordable to ‘more students than ever’
Harvard University is offering free tuition to more students, the Ivy League school announced on Monday, joining a growing number of higher education institutions in the US to take such a step.
The announcement from Harvard says that undergraduate tuition at the institution in...
Ofsted ex-chief says schools bill ‘very likely’ to make education in England worse
Amanda Spielman says outlined changes ‘put unions and union members ahead of children’
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Oftsed’s former chief inspector has sparked a row with the government after saying the proposed legislation on schools was “very likely” to make education in England worse.
Amanda Spielman, who was head of the schools inspectorate in England when primary headteacher Ruth...
Did you solve it? Here’s (not) looking at Euclid
The answers to today’s triangular teasers
Earlier today I set you these mind-mangling puzzles about non-Euclidean geometry, in which the internal angles of triangles do not add up to 180 degrees.
1. Right, Right, Right.
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T-levels are a disaster – and young people are suffering because ministers won’t admit it | Susanna Rustin
They were supposed to boost vocational learning, but they’re not popular with students and the dropout rate is high. Time for a dose of realism
What’s in a name? With T-levels, quite a lot. By choosing a title that sounded a lot like A-levels – with T for technical – the reformers behind England’s latest post-16 qualification sent a message that the days of vocational education’s...