Student Cheating Is Becoming Impossible to Detect in an A.I. Era
Big tech companies and small start-ups are using social media to hype new tools that allow students to trick teachers and A.I. detectors.
Education
Education Department Lowers Student Loan Interest Rates for Two Years
The department, citing high defaults, is reducing interest rates by up to one percentage point for two years if borrowers pay automatically.
Uganda: Some Things No Classroom Wall Will Ever Teach You
[Nile Post] Lessons from Maama Rebecca, Maama Agatha, my Jaajja, and the Oracle in Kifuuta
At Past Championship Parades, Many Students Skipped School
Mayor Zohran Mamdani encouraged students to stay in school during the Knicks parade on Thursday, which packed Lower Manhattan and the subways with fans.
Botswana: School Feeding Programme Advances Despite Supply Delays
[Botswana Daily News] Kanye — The School Feeding Programme is being implemented fairly across Kanye District, despite ongoing challenges, particularly delays in the supply of key food commodities by suppliers. The delays have affected both teaching staff and learners.
City & Guilds scraps mass redundancies and offshoring UK jobs to Greece
PeopleCert had been planning to cut about 400 jobs in £22m savings drive at training body it bought last year
The vocational training body City & Guilds has guaranteed that plans for mass compulsory redundancies and the offshoring of hundreds of UK jobs to Greece will no longer go ahead.
The proposal to remove about 400 UK roles was first reported by the Guardian in December as part of a £22m...
VAT on private school fees not caused exodus to state sector, says Bridget Phillipson
Education secretary cites admissions data for England, saying Labour is ‘rebalancing the system to focus on 94% of kids in state schools’
Adding VAT to private school fees has failed to trigger an exodus of pupils into the state sector despite widespread speculation that it would, the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has said.
The Labour government applied 20% VAT to private school fees...
How do student tuition and maintenance loans work?
There has been a growing debate around the repayment terms of Plan 2 student loans in England.
Nigel Farage to join populist and rightwing figures at ‘anti-woke Davos’ in London
Exclusive: Event co-founded by Jordan Peterson will bring together rightwing figures, US state officials and anti-abortionists in London
Nigel Farage and fellow Reform UK MPs Sarah Pochin and Andrew Rosindell will be there. As will a plethora of Reform advisers, backroom staff and figures, such as Ben Delo, a British crypto billionaire who has given £4m to Nigel Farage’s party.
Yet as...
We must be alive to the dangers of a UK social media ban – and the way to really help young people | Rosie Parkyn
A ban alone will have limited impact and could make things worse. A good strategy needs more educational content – and more money
As a parent, I understand the appeal of the announcement on Monday by the prime minister that would prevent children under 16 from using social media. Right now, you are in constant battle with the infinite scroll for your child’s attention, while their impetus to...
Harvard and Bard face fresh questions from lawmakers over ties to Epstein
Democrat Jamie Raskin seeks ‘comprehensive accounting’ and requests interview with outgoing Bard president
Harvard University and Bard College are facing new questions about the institutions’ relationship with Jeffrey Epstein amid allegations that the convicted child sex trafficker leveraged his ties to the universities and their faculty to traffic women, while also burnishing his reputation...
Top teaching union says Burnham is Labour’s best chance of beating Reform
Exclusive: NASUWT leader Matt Wrack also calls for more robust change from the government on education policy
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The leader of one of the country’s biggest teaching unions has said Andy Burnham is Labour’s best chance for beating Reform in a general election.
The general secretary of NASUWT, Matt Wrack, was speaking to the Guardian in the run-up to Thursday’s...
12 Injured, Possibly by Electricity, at Canadian Water Park
Ten middle school students and two others sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries at Cultus Lake Waterpark in British Columbia, officials said.
Trump Administration Shifts Special Education Programs to Health Department
Officials announced that the Education Department’s civil rights office would also be broken off, the most aggressive move yet to dismantle the department.
Angola: Minister of Health Reiterates Commitment to Specialized Training
[ANGOP] Luanda — Angolan Health Minister Sílvia Lutucuta reaffirmed today in Luanda that investing in specialized training for professionals in the sector represents a decisive step towards building a modern, efficient National Emergency Medical System prepared for current challenges.
Best-Selling Memoirist Sues Classmate Who Said She Used Her Story
Amy Griffin contended that she was defamed when a former classmate accused her in a lawsuit of appropriating parts of her story of being sexually abused for “The Tell.”
Some college, no degree: the Americans who find it impossible to graduate
They all begin college with hope, and leave without the credential they believed would shape the rest of their lives due to financial instability, family, illness
Story and photographs by Rachel Bujalski
Everyone knows the feeling of leaving something unfinished.
A half-written novel. A business idea scribbled into a notebook. A hobby abandoned after the excitement fades. In my own life as a...
South Africa: ‘Children Lost Five Months of Learning’ – Western Cape Parents Demand Urgent Learner Placement
[Daily Maverick] Singing struggle songs and carrying placards demanding education for their children, more than 200 parents, learners and community activists marched from the Western Cape Provincial Legislature to the Western Cape Department of Education’s offices on 15 June, calling for urgent intervention as dozens of children have still not been placed in school, more than five months into...
Nigeria: OAU Wins 2026 Varsities Stem Duel Competition
[Vanguard] Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has emerged overall winner of the 2026 University Duel Competition in STEM.
Nigeria: Anambra Varsity Sacks 2 Professors, 3 Others Over Gross Misconduct
[Leadership] Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State, has dismissed five staff members, including two professors, two senior lecturers, and one principal assistant registrar for gross misconduct.
Nigeria: Federal Government Denies Cyberattack On National Education Database
[Leadership] The Federal Ministry of Education has refuted reports alleging that the Nigeria Education Management Information System (NEMIS) was hacked, maintaining that the platform remained secure and has not suffered any cyber intrusion.