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Education

Inside the school refusal crisis: how a mother and her daughters survived a broken system

28 August at 11:00 AM, via The Guardian

Caro Giles had to home-educate three of her four daughters when they grew so distressed at the prospect of school that they made themselves ill. Why is our approach to education failing so many young people?

There are things Caro Giles will never be able to forget. The moment when Emmie, her “shiny bookworm” of a daughter, crouched “wide-eyed with terror” in the footwell of the car to...

Minneapolis mourns traumatizing Catholic school shooting: ‘We’re so tied together’

27 August at 23:49 PM, via The Guardian

Tight-knit community rallies around church where assailant opened fire, killing two children and injuring 17

Minneapolis shooting – latest updates

A young man carrying white flowers approached a police line a block away from the church and school on Wednesday where hours earlier an assailant opened fire on schoolchildren, blasting bullets through stained glass windows and killing two...

Overdiagnosis of children overlooks that growing up is ‘messy and uneven’, says Jeremy Hunt

27 August at 23:00 PM, via The Guardian

Former health secretary wants to see an overhaul of special educational needs and disabilities system in England

Children and young people are being overdiagnosed with mental health conditions in a society that has lost sight of the reality that child development is “messy and uneven”, the former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

He is the latest senior figure to add his voice to calls for...

Back-to-school essentials: 21 tips, tricks and kit – from parents and kids

27 August at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

From sleep routines to parent WhatsApp groups, water bottles to bag charms, here’s what you need to get the kids back to school (and the stuff you don’t)

The best water bottles for leaks, looks and sustainability

Parents across the country are stocking up on uniforms, booking in shoe fittings and gearing up for the return to school.

Whether your child is just starting reception or well into...

White House threatens sex education funds unless states nix references to transgender people in curriculums

27 August at 15:05 PM, via The Guardian

The Trump administration sent a letter demanding states, territories and DC ‘remove all references to gender ideology’

The Trump administration has told US states and territories they will lose federal funding for their sex education programs if they do not remove references to transgender people.

In letters sent to 46 states, territories and Washington DC on Tuesday, the Administration for...

US parents and teachers: share your experiences of AI in schools

27 August at 14:02 PM, via The Guardian

We would like to hear what people think about the use of artificial intelligence in schools in the US

Students in grades K-12 have been invited by Melania Trump to take part in a nationwide contest designed to encourage the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help solve community issues. The first lady wants students to “unleash their imagination and showcase the spirit of American...

Back-to-school is never simple. Here’s how 10 US parents are navigating it

27 August at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

For a new series, 10 parents joined a WhatsApp group to discuss the challenges and joys of raising children

“My biggest worry, just like many other parents, would be the uncertainty that the world brings when you’re not there,” said Christopher Cuzul, a sales manager at O’Reilly Auto Parts in Bakersfield, California. His five-year-old, Christopher Jr, is starting kindergarten this year....

Girl who stabbed teachers in Welsh school had been considered for Prevent

27 August at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Multi-agency report says girl, 13, had fascination with Hitler, weapons and claimed to speak German and Russian

A teenager who was interested in Adolf Hitler had been considered for referral to the anti-terror programme Prevent before she stabbed three people at her school, a report has revealed.

The 13-year-old had a curiosity for war memorabilia and the Nazi dictator, a fascination with...

Texas schools that became flood ‘relief hubs’ welcome students back: ‘It’s OK to not be OK’

26 August at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

Educators across the country confronted with how to deal with children in their schools who experienced tragedy

Schools in parts of Texas reopened their doors two months earlier than planned this summer. But the reason was tragic.

They were transformed into “relief hubs” to welcome volunteers whose efforts were instrumental in responding to devastating floods in the state. Now, as lessons...

‘It has a heroic, Roman quality’: how Arkansas’s timber university building could revolutionise architecture

26 August at 17:43 PM, via The Guardian

First conceived as a ‘spider’s web of sticks’, this vast wooden wonder may end up being a template for the environmentally sound buildings of the future

Fringed by a fragmented strip of big box stores, auto repair shops and brick buildings marooned in oceans of asphalt, the state highway of Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard in Fayetteville, Arkansas, is not a place of architectural beauty. And...

UK approves plans for 30 more Gaza students to take up university places

26 August at 17:06 PM, via The Guardian

Evacuation problematic and dependent on Israel’s approval amid claims more scholarship students still in dark

Ministers have approved plans to help a further 30 students to leave Gaza to take up places at UK universities next month, but their evacuation remains uncertain and dependent on Israel’s approval.

It takes the total to 39, after a government commitment last week to work to secure the...

UK agriculture students: share your experiences

26 August at 13:10 PM, via The Guardian

As applications to study farming-related courses at UK universities have risen, we would like to hear from students about their reasons for enrolling

Agricultural colleges across the UK have seen a significant increase in applications for land management courses, according to the Times. Applications for the Royal Agricultural University’s three-year rural land management BSc course, for...

Trump administration to restore $6.8bn in education funds after multi-state suit

26 August at 02:52 AM, via The Guardian

After lawsuit brought by AGs of 23 states, California AG Rob Bonta says agreement secured for funding to be restored

After a multi-state lawsuit over Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to freeze more than $6.8bn in education funding to US schools, the Trump administration has agreed to restore the funds for a range of educational services, including after school and summer learning, teacher...

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