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‘Dad, imam, God’: children living with self-declared pope in former UK orphanage

01 July at 18:47 PM, via The Guardian

Followers of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light urged to sell possessions and donate their salaries to the cause

A religious sect, whose leader claims to be the new pope and whose followers say he can make the moon disappear, is operating out of a former orphanage in Crewe, Cheshire, where at least a dozen children are being home schooled.

The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL) was...

Fewer pupils in less affluent English schools taking languages, survey finds

01 July at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Less than half taking foreign languages GCSEs compared with 69% in most prosperous state schools

Ministers must make access to language learning a national priority, experts have said, after research showed that children from more deprived areas of England are disproportionately denied the chance to learn a foreign tongue.

This year’s Language Trends report by the British Council surveyed...

It’s true that my fellow students are embracing AI – but this is what the critics aren’t seeing | Elsie McDowell

29 June at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

Those turning to ChatGPT aren’t lazy. My generation has been stranded in a rapidly changing and, since Covid, badly mishandled education system

Reading about the role of artificial intelligence in higher education, the landscape looks bleak. Students are cheating en masse in our assessments or open-book, online exams using AI tools, all the while making ourselves stupider. The next generation...

I’m worried my autistic son is going to struggle socially in his new school

29 June at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

All children face difficulties in new schools – make sure he knows this, stick to the positives, and take the fact he’s already been invited to a party as a positive first step

My son is starting secondary school in September. He is the only child from his primary transitioning to a selective grammar school. He has always struggled with friendships and I feel this is due to his autism. He is...

Amid attacks on DEI, a US nonprofit offers reparations, education and healing: ‘We’re looking to fill the gap’

28 June at 15:00 PM, via The Guardian

A Louisiana-based organization is providing a global model for reconciliation as it champions reparations for the descendants of West Africans enslaved by Jesuits

When Ashley Robinson and her mother took DNA tests 10 years ago and began meeting long lost cousins, they stumbled across a surprising family history that changed their lives. Robinson’s lineage traced back to the 272 West Africans...

University of Toronto agrees to host Harvard students facing Trump visa restrictions

27 June at 18:25 PM, via The Guardian

Pact will help international students finish their studies amid Harvard’s legal battle with Trump administration

Harvard University and the University of Toronto and have announced a plan that would see some Harvard students complete their studies in Canada if visa restrictions prevent them from they are barred from entering the United States.

The pact between the two schools reflects the...

US supreme court rules schools must let kids opt out of hearing LGBTQ+ books

27 June at 17:14 PM, via The Guardian

Court sides with parents in Maryland who protested exposure to storybooks they found objectionable

The US supreme court has ruled that schools must give children the chance to opt out on faith grounds from listening to storybooks being read out loud that feature gay and transgender characters, in a landmark decision that will be seen as striking a blow for religious rights in education.

In a...

Met officers ‘committed gross misconduct’ in strip-searching black girl at school

26 June at 15:24 PM, via The Guardian

Disciplinary hearing finds two police officers’ search of 15-year-old at school was disproportionate and humiliating

Two Metropolitan police officers who were involved in the strip-search of a black teenager at her school have been found to have committed gross misconduct.

The search was “disproportionate, inappropriate and unnecessary” and made Child Q feel degraded and humiliated, a panel...

Goldsmiths apologises to Jewish students and staff over ‘culture’ of antisemitism

25 June at 21:30 PM, via The Guardian

Independent inquiry concludes college’s management failed to help Jewish students ‘feel welcome and safe from antisemitism’

Goldsmiths College in London has apologised to Jewish students and staff after an independent inquiry found it had allowed a “culture” of antisemitism to build up on its campus over a number of years.

The inquiry concluded that Jewish students were subjected to...

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