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Athlete and sport bodies call for rethink after health and education departments each propose £60m funding cuts
Mo Farah and more than 70 leading UK sporting bodies have demanded the government rethink potential £120m cuts to school sports in England, after a clash between two departments over the funding.
The Guardian reported earlier this year that the Department of Health and Social Care had...
There are no magic bullets in education.
[Capital FM] Nairobi — President William Ruto has directed the Ministry of Education to fast-track the full digitisation of education records across the country within the next two months, in a sweeping move aimed at improving accountability, planning, and transparency in the sector.
[This Day] GMYT Fashion Academy on Monday, May 4, 2026, inducted 21 budding entrepreneurs, marking another milestone in its drive to nurture young talents and promote socio-economic development through fashion and enterprise.
[This Day] No academic discipline is inherently useless, argues
[This Day] In the strategic lexicon of Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War”, it is asserted with clinical precision that “every battle is won before it is fought.”
[Capital FM] Nairobi — President William Ruto has revealed that a recent audit in the education sector has uncovered widespread irregularities involving “ghost learners” in public schools across the country.
[Liberian Observer] The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy Liberia office has launched a Sub-Regional Democracy School for Youth of Political Parties aimed at strengthening democratic participation and political education among young Liberians across the country.
Here are ways Florida’s advanced high school history program, which students can use for college credit, differs from other curriculums.
A confluence of factors is causing public schools in New York and across the country to experience dramatic reductions in enrollment.
[Daily Maverick] While policymakers debate screen time and cognitive development, a parallel crisis is quietly unfolding in South Africa’s education sector: a tech supply chain riddled with vendor monopolies, retail exploitation and hardware dumping that prioritises profit over pedagogy.
As the traditional route of school, university and entry-level job is ever more precarious, it’s no wonder parents are feeling the strain
Called on to do long division, how would you fare? I had no illusions going in. I couldn’t do it the first time round and, four decades later, it seemed unlikely the situation had improved. (For a split second I thought AI might help, but it was like...
The findings put more pressure on the University of California system to negotiate with the Trump administration.
He began practicing sports psychology before it was a profession, teaching athletes the importance of mental resilience and how to cultivate it.
[Nile Post] The government has proposed a revised salary structure for arts and humanities teachers, although officials say the timeline for implementation has not yet been finalised.
[GroundUp] Schools in Nelson Mandela Bay were closed on Wednesday after torrential rain caused severe flooding. Some businesses also closed their doors.
David French and the Supreme Court justice discuss how the ideals of 1776 shaped — and strain — the country today.
Objection after museum removes word ‘Palestine’ from list of countries of ancient Levant and Egypt and from some explanatory panels
The Palestinian ambassador to the UK has called for Foreign Office intervention after the British Museum removed references to Palestine from its exhibits.
The UK recognised the state of Palestine in September 2025, but the same year the museum removed the name...
Researchers say findings are not reason to shy away from restrictions as MPs consider ban in England’s schools
Strict bans on mobile phones in schools have “close to zero” impact on student learning and show no evidence of improvements in attendance or online bullying, a study has found.
Researchers at US universities including Stanford and Duke looked at nearly 1,800 US schools where...
In this forum, we invite both students and teachers to reflect on their challenges and successes — and to consider how to build on them for next year.
The Education Department’s civil rights arm said admitting “biological males” to the women’s college may violate anti-discrimination laws.