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What causes meningitis, what the public health response has been and how the situation differs from Covid
The deadly outbreak of meningitis in Kent has fuelled concerns about how far the disease will spread and seen the return of people wearing masks and queueing for vaccines. The scenes are reminiscent of the Covid crisis, but meningitis is very different. Here we look at how the outbreak...
Recently released data from the Education Department showed that by the end of last year, 7.7 million borrowers had defaulted on $181 billion in federal student loans.
The university has become more hers than his.
Labour recognises how crucial education is at the start of life, but still the poorest children are missing out
The news is very good (mostly). The cost of full-time childcare in England for children under the age of two has dropped by a phenomenal 39% since last year, thanks to government funding. This stat, from the 25th annual survey of nurseries by the children’s charity Coram, provides a...
The office will move to the Treasury Department as the Trump administration slowly dismantles the agency overseeing federal education policy.
Dylan Lopez Contreras, the first known New York City public school student to be taken by federal agents last year, said he would “continue fighting” for migrants who remained in detention.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sent a questionnaire to workers asking for detailed information about potential civil rights violations at the Ivy League school.
The head teacher of a Sudbury school says Becky Munnings “touched the lives of all she taught”.
Rulings in cases alleging antisemitism on US campuses say common pro-Palestinian speech is constitutionally protected
Few debates from the last few years have been more contentious than whether criticism of Israel and Zionism is antisemitic, threatens Jewish people or violates their civil rights. Allegations of antisemitism have cost people jobs, provided pretexts for censorship and fueled an...
Health workers across England are urged to look out for signs of infection as thousands have jabs.
New York parents can’t always afford to live in neighborhoods with good public schools, and other options are more expensive than ever.
An analyst tells the BBC how she tracked down a victim of child sexual abuse after years of searching.
The teacher, Joseph Taylor McKeel, was arrested Wednesday morning as he was on his way to work.
A closed-door White House event included news about the National Garden of American Heroes and an emphasis on the role of religion in the founding.
Schools have moved quickly to distance themselves from the labor leader after abuse allegations emerged. Still, many have careful procedures for weighing renamings and other changes.
Bright Horizons, the child care giant, will also surrender permits for a Manhattan branch where workers were charged with abusing toddlers.
Psychologists at Cardiff University and King’s College London compared children given dolls with those given video games
Playing along with dolls can help boys and girls develop more sophisticated imaginations and better social skills, compared with children who play on electronic devices, according to research.
Psychologists at Cardiff University and King’s College London found that children...
The arrest of Dylan Lopez Contreras last year was the first reported case of a public school student in the city being taken by federal immigration agents since President Trump returned to office.
Florida restricted teaching around sex, gender and race. Lux is now giving students a forum for these issues
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On a Tuesday night, at Florida’s only public liberal arts college, a small group of students gathered in a classroom to discuss issues deemed “controversial” on state campuses: transgender rights, feminism,...
Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught
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Across Florida universities, some sociology professors are quietly choosing not to alter their courses in response to new state guidelines restricting how topics like race, gender and sexuality can be...
New research suggests efforts to suppress screen time need to go further than the school gates to be effective.