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World

Heavy snow brings widespread disruption across the U.K.

Today at 12:26 PM, via NPR

Heavy snow and freezing rain has brought widespread disruption across the U.K., with several major airports forced to suspend flights and many key roads in the north of England unnavigable.

Education

Banging the drum for music education: the UK school run with an orchestra

Today at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

Shireland CBSO academy in West Bromwich has put music at centre of its teaching in effort to revive interest

It is first thing in the morning at Shireland CBSO academy in West Bromwich, and the school corridors are filled with music. Scattered throughout the classrooms are a steel pans class, a keyboard group, a guitar group, a wind band, a jazz orchestra, a percussion group, a string orchestra...

Education

New year, new Keir? Labour have big plans for 2025 – including taking inspiration from Thatcher

Yesterday at 21:32 PM, via The Guardian

The party’s manifesto promised big policy reforms. Now, with his popularity in freefall, the prime minister must deliver to change the political narrative

As the popularity of his government has nosedived in recent weeks, Keir Starmer has turned up the heat on his cabinet ministers. Since early last month, individual secretaries of state have been summoned by the prime minister to attend...

Education

Trump promised to shut down the education department. Is it possible?

Yesterday at 15:00 PM, via The Guardian

President-elect said he would give states the power to control education, but it would be extremely difficult

Donald Trump issued a bold campaign promise to his voters: he would eliminate the US Department of Education and give states all power to control education.

He didn’t lay out how he could get rid of the cabinet-level agency, but he alone cannot eliminate a department, making it an...

Science/Tech

Brazil Ended Daylight Saving Time. But It Might Bring It Back

Today at 14:34 PM, via Slashdot

Brazil ended daylight saving time in 2019, reports the Washington Post, adding that some Brazilians loved the change, “particularly those who commute long distances and are no longer forced to leave their houses in pitch blackness.” But “In the heavily populated southeast, the sky begins to brighten at the unconscionable hour of 4:30 a.m. during the summer, and by 8 a.m., it feels like high...

Health

Telemedicine for Seniors Gets a Last-Minute Reprieve

Today at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

Some older Americans have come to depend on virtual consultations with doctors, covered by Medicare. To keep that option in the future, Congress will have to act quickly.

Health

Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol

Friday at 14:00 PM, via New York Times

Dr. Vivek Murthy’s report cites studies linking alcoholic beverages to at least seven malignancies, including breast cancer. But to add warning labels, Congress would have to act.