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Training document used to teach inspectors updated after campaign by celebrities including Chris Packham
Ofsted, the body responsible for safeguarding in education in England, has dropped guidance for inspectors that linked autism and extremism after an outcry from celebrity campaigners.
An education minister has disclosed that an updated training document “no longer includes reference to...
Exclusive: Analysis finds lower reading fluency than children from other ethnic backgrounds and richer peers
A third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave their primary school unable to read well enough to access the secondary curriculum, leading to disengagement and school absence, according to new research.
The findings were published days after an independent inquiry into white...
For all that’s good about our financial lives, there are distinctly American things that are decidedly suboptimal. Please, can the 1040 fit on a postcard?
The programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cuts
A leading higher education programme, aimed at keeping 1 million girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has been axed by the British government just two years after it was announced.
The scheme, Strengthening higher education for female empowerment (SHEFE),...
Brexit means ‘home fee’ qualification ends in 2028, leaving those hoping to study in UK not now eligible for loans
British teenagers living in the EU could be priced out of UK universities in two years’ time as a Brexit rule change means they face the double whammy of paying costlier international fees, while losing access to student finance.
British passport holders living in the EU still...
Some schools are opting to open late, arguing they are striking the right balance, and many parents have backed the decision.
Readers respond to “‘No Child Left Behind’ Nostalgia Is Delusional,” an Opinion guest essay by Ross Wiener.
England’s must-win match against Mexico kicks off at 01:00BST on Monday – disco naps and spoiler-free recaps may be needed.
Despite the jobs numbers, the economy is deteriorating under Trump’s policies.
Critics condemn decision by education board aligned with hard-right Ron DeSantis to block access to college system
Immigration advocates in Florida have decried a “cruel and harmful” new rule by education officials aligned to hard-right Republican governor Ron DeSantis to ban undocumented students from state colleges and universities.
The Florida board of education voted on Tuesday to bar...
History can be a surprisingly newsy beat, according the journalists who are covering the semiquincentennial.
Education minister Jacqui Smith suggests disco nap on Sunday so everyone is fresh as a daisy on Monday
Keir Starmer wants children up and ready for school on Monday morning regardless of the England game being played at 1am UK time.
After England qualified for the next round of the World Cup on Wednesday evening after their win against the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the head coach,...
Critics say the Trump administration is trying to rewrite and whitewash history by removing and altering scores of signs on public lands
Jerry Bransford, a former US National Park Service (NPS) ranger, has always had a deep connection with the land he grew up on – and the land hundreds of feet below it. His great-great-grandfather, Materson “Mat” Bransford, was one of the earliest...
Councils and schools urged to do more as figures show there is no information on whereabouts of 32,100 ‘Neets’
The government has urged councils and schools in England to drastically improve the way they identify young people at risk of dropping out of training and work, as it admitted thousands are unaccounted for.
Publishing official figures on Thursday, the government said councils had no...
One school leaders’ union says it now wants “cast-iron assurances” the final results will be accurate.
We explore how people in the U.S. identify their ancestry.
A new meme is spreading on Russian social media in response to nationwide fuel shortages.
Across New England, a writer traveled down dirt paths and into historic homes to find the forgotten stories of the enslaved men who fought for freedom on two fronts.
A summer of celebratory drinking is underway in the birthplace of the American Revolution. But however tipsy the tourists get, the founders probably had them beat.
Readers respond to a column by Bret Stephens and a letter about the Fourth of July. Also: Food education, for children and parents.
Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciences
Leading writers, broadcasters, academics and theologians have thrown their weight behind a campaign to save 150 jobs at the University of Exeter, amid growing outrage at a sector-wide hollowing out of the humanities.
In excess of 21,000 people – and counting – have signed a petition railing...