Many school buildings in England are now in such disrepair they are a “risk to life”, according to internal government documents leaked to the Observer. Emails sent by senior officials working for education secretary Nadhim Zahawi to Downing Street show them raising the alarm on two occasions within the last […]
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Parent’s rights group calls out schools for equity studies, requests civil rights investigations
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE – A parent’s rights organization has filed five complaints with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights for discrimination based on race, sex, color or national origin, after school districts commissioned equity studies, costing taxpayers thousands, which identified racial disparities […]
Climate change is forcing schools to close early for ‘heat days’
Placeholder while article actions load Temperatures kept rising in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Finally, it was just too hot to keep students in classrooms without air conditioning. On Tuesday, both systems let students out early. For Principal Richard M. Gordon IV, it was just another early-summer day in the halls of […]
Gender identity lessons: What schools are teaching students
Placeholder while article actions load Some lessons are direct: “Who can describe what transgender means?” In other classes, the discussion is more subtle: “Remember, families can come in all shapes and sizes!” Sometimes teachers simply shift their language to reflect gender diversity that may be in the room. Instead of […]
How Georgia schools will be graded by the Dept. of Education
The department approved the State School Superintendent’s request to make amendments. ATLANTA — Public schools in Georgia will face relaxed federal standards, thanks to a request made by the state’s top education official. The U.S. Department of Education approved State School Superintendent Richard Woods’ request to amend how the DOE […]
Operational Guidance for K-12 Schools and Early Care and Education Programs to Support Safe In-Person Learning
COVID-19 Community Levels and Associated Prevention Strategies CDC’s COVID-19 Community Levels help communities and individuals make decisions on what COVID-19 prevention strategies to use based on whether their community is classified as low, medium, or high. These levels factor in a combination of COVID-19 hospitalization rates, healthcare burden, and COVID-19 […]
COVID derailed learning for 1.6 billion students. Here’s how schools can help them catch up
By October last year, Meg Brydon could see the terrible toll the pandemic had taken on children at her school. Brydon was a teacher at Ashwood High School, in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia — the city that has spent more time in COVID-19 lockdowns than any other in the […]
What schools and elected officials can do to prevent school shootings : NPR
School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption toggle caption LA Johnson/NPR School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students. LA Johnson/NPR Before the […]
School leaders criticise attorney general’s advice on trans pupils | Schools
School leaders have described advice from the attorney general to “take a much firmer line” with pupils who identify as transgender as “unhelpful” and potentially damaging to children’s mental health. In an interview last week, Suella Braverman said schools in England do not have to accommodate pupils who want to […]
NYC schools ban use of Illuminate Education products after massive data breach
The New York City Department of Education is calling it quits with a software company whose data breach has impacted at least 820,000 public school students. School principals on Tuesday were asked to cease using any Illuminate Education products and services at the end of this school year, according to […]
FT Executive Education Ranking 2022: the top business schools
French business school HEC Paris has topped the FT’s twin annual executive education rankings for open-enrolment programmes and custom courses for corporate clients for the first time. The school’s double success comes as many of the world’s leading academic institutions report a surge in demand for non-degree courses as the […]
UK’s ‘strictest headmistress’ fears schools will stop teaching Shakespeare | English and creative writing
The headteacher of a school described as the strictest in Britain has warned that William Shakespeare will disappear from classrooms as schools in England come under pressure to decolonise and diversify the curriculum. Katharine Birbalsingh, the controversial headteacher at Michaela community school in north London, said Shakespeare had already been […]