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The promising early signs are that Prof Becky Francis’s education review will boost music, art and drama
If the review of English schools led by Prof Becky Francis leads to a boost for the arts, this will be an excellent outcome. Already, many young people have good experiences of creative learning. Art and design is a popular GCSE, while class assemblies and concerts are a staple of the...
President Trump and state politicians are pushing new laws and policies that crack down on curriculum, protests and speakers.
A report out this week highlights how destructive the cult of the exam is in Britain’s schools. But it doesn’t go far enough
Just say it. Spit it out. Abolish GCSE. It has nothing to do with young people or their advancement. It has everything to do with quantifying, measuring, controlling and governing their preparation for life.
Last year, Prof Becky Francis was asked by the education...
A demand for the university’s administration to place the Middle Eastern studies department under receivership could signal a broader crackdown across the United States.
[Liberian Observer] — As K. Riva Levinson continues book tour for Choosing the Hero
President Trump and state politicians are pushing new laws and policies that crack down on curriculum, protests and speakers.
Exclusive: Netflix drama Adolescence has added to pressure from MPs for action to help schools tackle effects of social media on teenagers
Bridget Phillipson is to take a fresh look at smartphone bans in schools as pressure grows from MPs to act on the effect of social media on teenagers.
The education secretary is to start monitoring a select group of schools to understand the effectiveness of...
Badar Khan Suri, an Indian citizen teaching on a student visa, was deemed “deportable,” a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said.
Childcare support for working parents varies across the UK, depending on the child’s age.
The decline comes after foreign student numbers reached an all-time high in the previous year.
Teachers will be banned from setting homework involving screens in effort to tackle ‘risks’ of intensive use of IT at young age
The regional government of Madrid has unveiled plans to limit the use of computers and tablets in primary schools to a maximum of two hours a week in an effort to tackle “the risks associated with the early, intensive and inappropriate use of information...
‘Extraordinary fear’ takes hold at universities as Trump campaign threatens investigations or loss of federal funds
The Trump administration’s unprecedented pressure campaign on American higher education – which is forcing major universities to bow to its demands or risk investigations and the loss of millions of dollars in federal money – is so far facing little pushback from the schools...
Many in higher education worry Trump’s efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science. Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has acknowledged the severe pension fund crisis at the Technical University of Kenya (TUK), highlighting a Sh4.3 billion shortfall as part of the university’s Sh12.9 billion debt burden.
[Nile Post] President Museveni has called on the people of Bunyoro to fully embrace free education in government schools, emphasizing that high school fees continue to hinder children from poor families from advancing academically.
[Nile Post] President Museveni has presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for Bunyoro University, emphasizing the need for free education in government schools and the eradication of household poverty to ensure ordinary children benefit from higher education.
Independent care providers say the government’s planned increases will push many to the brink
A day on the frontline of England’s social care crisis – Politics Weekly UK
The adult social care sector could collapse “in a matter of months” when the government’s rise in national insurance contributions (NICs) and the national living wage (NLW) comes in from April, providers have warned.
Thousands...
[Nile Post] The report attributes this struggle partly to schools that have resisted adopting the thematic curriculum, which requires instruction in local languages for pupils from Primary One to Three.
[This Day] .Gov: State to feed 300,000 school children daily
[New Zimbabwe] THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) says it is planning a protest next week Friday to express its dissatisfaction with poor salaries.
The statements had risen in popularity as colleges sought to improve campus culture, but they drew criticism from conservatives who argued they were a political test.