Paying back my student loan is more painful now I have a young family
Graduates, parents and students spoke to BBC Your Voice about their experiences of student loans.
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The Road to the Battle of Hastings in 1066? Maybe Not a Road After All.
New research suggests that a legendary 200-mile march by Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, may have actually involved some ships.
Cal State Challenges Trump’s Order on Transgender Student Athletes
The California State University system joins a short list of universities fighting Trump orders in court. The Education Department has threatened to cut federal funds to San Jose State University.
Educators, How Will You Teach Cesar Chavez’s Story After Abuse Allegations?
We want to hear from educators who teach about Mr. Chavez.
Trump Sues Harvard Over Accusations of Antisemitism
The Ivy League school had won in court last year. The two sides had been in talks to negotiate a settlement.
The Kent meningitis outbreak: what is happening and why?
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...
Record Number of Student Loan Borrowers Are in Delinquency and Default
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.
Samuel Alito’s Princeton Is Not Sonia Sotomayor’s
The university has become more hers than his.
It’s always been a fight to get children the early years care they deserve. It’s time to fight again | Polly Toynbee
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...
Student Loan Office Leaves the Education Department
The office will move to the Treasury Department as the Trump administration slowly dismantles the agency overseeing federal education policy.
Student Freed From ICE Detention Worries About Those Left Behind
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.
Trump Administration Surveys Cornell Employees About Antisemitism
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sent a questionnaire to workers asking for detailed information about potential civil rights violations at the Ivy League school.
Tributes paid to ‘wonderful’ primary school teacher
The head teacher of a Sudbury school says Becky Munnings “touched the lives of all she taught”.
Efforts to shut down pro-Palestinian speech face series of setbacks in court
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 bosses can’t confirm meningitis outbreak contained
Health workers across England are urged to look out for signs of infection as thousands have jabs.
The Struggle to Find Good, Affordable Schools
New York parents can’t always afford to live in neighborhoods with good public schools, and other options are more expensive than ever.
Child seen in sex abuse videos identified after researcher spots school badge
An analyst tells the BBC how she tracked down a victim of child sexual abuse after years of searching.
N.Y.C. Teacher Is Accused of Having Child Sex Abuse Images and Meth Pipe
The teacher, Joseph Taylor McKeel, was arrested Wednesday morning as he was on his way to work.
Trump’s Plans for America’s 250th Emphasize Religion’s Role in the Nation’s Founding
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.
Universities Wrestle With Cesar Chavez’s Name on Buildings
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.
Playing with dolls can help children develop imagination and social skills – UK study
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...