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Relief after 10 dance centres for children across England saved from cuts

10 June at 20:12 PM, via The Guardian

Campaigners including Arlene Phillips and Mathew Bourne welcome funding for National Dance CATs they say keeps art form from being preserve of elite

Campaigners from the world of dance including Arlene Phillips and Matthew Bourne have been celebrating after a training scheme for children was saved that they say stops the art form becoming the preserve of the elite.

The National Centres for...

Academics who sued union after being called transphobic lose tribunal case

10 June at 19:56 PM, via The Guardian

UCU had claimed film called Adult Human Female by Deirdre O’Neill and Michael Wayne attacked trans identity

Two academics who sued their own union after being called transphobic have had their discrimination claims rejected by an employment tribunal.

Dr Deirdre O’Neill, a lecturer at Hertfordshire University, and Michael Wayne, a professor at Brunel University, were criticised by the...

AI can ‘level up’ opportunities for dyslexic children, says UK tech secretary

10 June at 18:57 PM, via The Guardian

Peter Kyle, who is dyslexic and uses AI in his work, says government should look at how it ‘can transform education’

Artificial intelligence should be deployed to “level up” opportunities for dyslexic children, according to the UK science and technology secretary, Peter Kyle, who warned there was currently not enough human capacity to help people with the learning difficulty.

Kyle, who is...

Staff and students fight loss of A-levels at London college helping disadvantaged learners

10 June at 18:56 PM, via The Guardian

BSix in Hackney gives pupils a second chance academically but new owner wants to focus on vocational courses

Teachers and students are fighting to preserve A-levels at a college that works with disadvantaged young people who have failed their GCSEs, some of whom have gone on to complete Oxbridge degrees.

The sixth form college in Hackney, known as BSix, has offered one of the lowest entry...

‘Kid rotting’: why parents are letting their children go wild this summer

10 June at 17:11 PM, via The Guardian

Forget the organised fun that comes with a high price tag and the threat of debt. US parents are turning their backs on summer camps and activities, in favour of much freer, easier school holidays

Name: Summer kid rotting.

Age: The name is new, but long school summer holidays started spreading in the 1840s, thanks to the US educational reformer Horace Mann.

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Ofsted criticised over training manual linking autistic children to extremism

10 June at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

National Autistic Society says guidance risks stigmatising traits amid concern over number of autistic children referred to Prevent

Ofsted, the body responsible for safeguarding in education in England, has been accused of “offensive” and “clumsy” discrimination after telling inspectors that children with autism are “at increased risk of being susceptible to extremism”.

A training manual used...

Jamie’s Dyslexia Revolution review – a lifetime of pain has led to this

09 June at 23:00 PM, via The Guardian

After a decades-long battle, the chef read his first book aged 33. This striking and dismaying documentary sees him tackle the government to do better for kids today. The scene with Bridget Phillipson is really something

About 15 years ago I was at a do for a children’s literacy charity and the guest speaker was Jamie Oliver. He got up and spoke easily, wittily and movingly – without notes...

Chinese tech firms freeze AI tools in crackdown on exam cheats

09 June at 09:04 AM, via The Guardian

Suspension comes as 13m students take four-day gaokao tests for limited spots at country’s universities

Big Chinese tech companies appear to have turned off some AI functions to prevent cheating during the country’s highly competitive university entrance exams.

More than 13.3 million students are sitting the four-day gaokao exams, which began on Saturday and determine if and where students can...

TV tonight: Jamie Oliver cooks up a new campaign – to help children with dyslexia

09 June at 07:20 AM, via The Guardian

Fuelled by his own experience, the chef bids high to spark an educational reform. Plus: Jane Austen’s Emma takes shape on the page. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4Love or loathe him, there’s no denying that Jamie Oliver has used his profile more than most to campaign for better opportunities for young people. This time, though, it’s personal. Oliver, who has dyslexia, is...

The Guardian view on child poverty: free school meals are a help, but not a panacea | Editorial

08 June at 18:30 PM, via The Guardian

Giving lunch to more pupils is a good move – but poor nutrition points to deeper problems that ministers must face

It was Ellen Wilkinson, education minister in the Attlee government, who announced in 1946 that free school dinners would be introduced, along with free school milk, at the same time as child benefit. No doubt Rachel Reeves, who has a picture of Wilkinson on the wall of her...

‘The language is part of my life’: Gwenno shares songs in Cornish to inspire new generation

08 June at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

With only 500 or so fluent speakers, the singer is hoping Cornish will be taught in schools to preserve local culture

The Mercury prize-nominated Cornish/Welsh singer Gwenno Saunders has said that Cornish should be more widely taught to children in the far south-west of Britain to protect the language and preserve local culture.

Gwenno spoke after visiting a school in the fishing village of...

UK government looking at social media ‘app caps’ for children, minister suggests

08 June at 12:28 PM, via The Guardian

Peter Kyle, understood to be considering two-hour curfews, says he wants to foster healthy relationships with tech

Ministers are looking at giving children an “app cap” or curfew to prevent them becoming addicted to social media, the technology secretary has indicated.

Peter Kyle, whose department is responsible for online safety, said he wanted to do more to protect children from excessive use...

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