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Education

Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told

Tuesday at 20:26 PM, via The Guardian

Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 months

Fifty higher education providers in England are at risk of exiting the market within the next two to three years, MPs on the House of Commons education committee have been told as part of their inquiry into university funding and the threat of insolvency.

The evidence follows last week’s...

Tatiana Schlossberg’s Profile in Courage

Tuesday at 19:30 PM, via New York Times

Readers express sorrow about her cancer and dismay at her cousin’s actions as health secretary. Also: Revenge prosecutions; Mark Kelly; donors to universities.

Liberia: New Camusa-Ameu Leadership Sworn in

Tuesday at 19:27 PM, via AllAfrica

[Liberian Observer] The Deputy Director General for Administration at the Liberia National Lottery Authority (NLA), Ennish L. Fahnbulleh, has called on student leaders of the Cape Mount University Students’ Association (CAMUSA), AME University Chapter, to lead with integrity, empathy, service, and transparency, warning that leadership devoid of these values “will fail both the leader and those...

Even the U.K. Prime Minister Can’t Resist ‘6-7’

Tuesday at 18:50 PM, via New York Times

Prime Minister Keir Starmer egged on first graders doing the viral gesture, then apologized when told the school prohibited it. “I didn’t start it, Miss,” he said.

‘A fire, a dog, and the starry sky’: the teens overcoming phone-addiction through Arctic pursuits

Tuesday at 18:19 PM, via The Guardian

A new documentary from the makers of Jesus Camp follows the students enrolled at one of Norway’s 85 ‘folk high schools’. Can sledding and survival skills cure their social media-induced anxiety?

Nineteen-year-old Hege is stricken by all the common anxieties of her generation. She spends too much time scrolling through socials on her phone, and as a result she is obsessed with how other people...

Scottish school cancels Christmas play after ‘racist and abusive’ messages

Tuesday at 16:57 PM, via The Guardian

Show at Cauldeen primary school in Inverness had included a scene explaining hardship faced by Syrian refugees

A primary school in Scotland has cancelled its Christmas show after receiving “racist and abusive” messages because it featured sympathy towards Syrian refugees.

The decision by Cauldeen primary school in Inverness follows rising tensions at other schools in Scotland over adult English...

Nigeria: Better Late Than Be the Late

Tuesday at 16:14 PM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] The panic closure at the weekend of public boarding secondary schools by, at the last count, six Northern state governments, hot on the heels of the closure of forty-one Federal Unity Colleges by the Federal Ministry of Education, reminded me of a huge billboard that Nigeria Police used to erect on highways in the 1970s. It was warning motorists against over speeding. The police...

Are Schools a Problem?

Tuesday at 14:11 PM, via New York Times

We look into the mental health crisis affecting American youth.

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