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Education

‘Under 5ft 5in? Forget about being a prince!’ How the Royal Ballet is kicking out the old rules

14 October at 17:16 PM, via The Guardian

What will the ballet dancer of the future look like? We visit the hunting lodge where the next generation are being trained – and find huge changes are under way

It’s an idyllic autumn day in leafy Richmond Park, London, where a grand Georgian hunting lodge houses the Royal Ballet school. Enter through the classical columns and it feels like a bubble away from the world. “I was on a video...

Inside the New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum

14 October at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

This school year, many Texas districts are teaching from an elementary curriculum that features extensive content about the Christian faith, according to a New York Times analysis.

Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off – report

13 October at 19:38 PM, via The Guardian

Layoffs ‘decimating’ office responsible for protecting rights of infants, children and youth with disabilities, says worker

The majority of staff in the education department handling special education has been laid off, according to multiple reports.

Friday’s total of 466 layoffs across the education department also impacted the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which...

A vampire novel that smells of garlic? Well, if it gets people reading … | Carys Afoko

13 October at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

The special edition of Jennifer L Armentrout’s new ‘romantasy’ will stand out on any bookshelf, even if you’ve got your eyes closed. I refuse to be sniffy about it

Would you like a book that smells like garlic? Didn’t think so. But that didn’t stop author Jennifer L Armentrout from using garlic-infused ink to print 1,000 copies of her new novel The Primal of Blood and Bone.

Seem strange? Maybe...

MPs highlight plight of Gaza students unable to come to UK with children

13 October at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

Politicians write to ministers about Palestinians who cannot take up scholarships because they are barred from bringing families

A cross-party group of more than 100 MPs has written to the government, highlighting the plight of Palestinian students unable to take up scholarships at UK universities because they have been barred from bringing their children.

The British government has now...

Two years after school phone bans were implemented in Australia, what’s changed? ‘The impacts were clear’

12 October at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Phone bans are now well established in many Australian primary and secondary schools. Have they made a difference?

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When Australian Christian College, a high school in the Melbourne outer suburb of Casey, implemented a phone ban on its campus, there were multiple reasons for the crackdown. Peer conflicts between students were escalating...

Trump officials reportedly consider selling student loan debt to private investors

12 October at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Experts say the move could eliminate the federal government’s power to cancel educational loans

Officials in the Trump administration are reportedly weighing the possibility of selling portions of the federal government’s $1.6tn student loan portfolio to private investors, which experts say could carry risks for both taxpayers and borrowers – potentially reshaping the student loan landscape...

Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK

12 October at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all

A Gaza PhD student who won a fully funded scholarship to the University of Glasgow has spoken of her heartbreak at her family being denied entry to the UK.

In May, Manar al-Houbi received confirmation of her successful application. “It felt almost...

‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her

11 October at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen with her

I am at the shed where Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai smoked her first bong. No, there’s no punchline – it’s not that kind of anecdote. “My life has changed for ever,” Yousafzai...

MIT rejects White House proposal to overhaul policies for preferential funding

10 October at 19:43 PM, via The Guardian

Other universities still mulling proposal while MIT’s president said it would compromise academic freedom

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has become the first US university to formally turn down a Trump administration proposal that would overhaul university policies in return for preferential access to federal funding.

MIT’s president, Sally...

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