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22.12.2024

Home schooling: ‘I’m a maths lecturer – and I had to get my children to teach me’ | Home schooling | The Guardian

Many parents struggle with home schooling in lockdown. But how are three experts in maths, English and science faring?

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22.12.2024

UK teachers targeted by Covid anti-vaxxers as schools prepare to vaccinate pupils | Secondary schools | The Guardian

One headteacher threatened with legal action by own governor over student jabs

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22.12.2024

UK teachers should be allowed to work from home, education secretary says | Teacher shortages | The Guardian

Bridget Phillipson insists move to marking and class preparation out of school would help stem retention crisis

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21.12.2024

University bans on big oil firms at recruitment fairs rise by 30% | People & Planet Green League | The Guardian

Survey finds post-1992 universities leading the way on sustainability and ethics

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21.12.2024

Keith Rutter obituary | Classics and ancient history | The Guardian

Other lives: Historian and numismatist of ancient Greece and wrote the standard work on the coinages of ancient Naples and Campania

Guardian Book Blog

21.12.2024

University of Oxford rebuts Cameron's claims over student diversity | Race in education | The Guardian

After PM calls for legislation to throw light on admissions of black and poorer applicants, Oxford says it does not see need

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21.12.2024

Ex-pupil wins damages over face-down restraint at Oxfordshire special school | Special educational needs | The Guardian

Boy was restrained face down by staff and others placed a towel around the door of his room to stop him leaving

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21.12.2024

Crib sheet | Education | The Guardian

Try your healing powers on Stan | Success stories | Just moofing around

Guardian Book Blog

20.12.2024

Allow teachers to fine parents over pupils’ bad behaviour, says Tony Blair’s thinktank | Pupil behaviour | The Guardian

Report argues for more powers, but teachers say this could strain already fraught relationships with parents

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20.12.2024

Schools must focus on pupils’ happiness | Education | The Guardian

Letters: Prof Colin Richards hopes that schools continue to prioritise other goals over obedience, while Moira Sykes calls for school managements to be accountable

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19.12.2024

Claudette Williams obituary | Early years education | The Guardian

Other lives: Educationist with a specialism in early years, author and activist

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18.12.2024

Judge in Sara Sharif case warns of ‘dangers’ of automatic right to home school children | Home schooling | The Guardian

Judge says killers home schooled Sara as a ‘ruse’ to hide evidence of 10-year-old’s repeated beatings

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18.12.2024

Liam Ó Bruadair obituary | Languages | The Guardian

Other lives: Founder of an Irish-speaking primary school in Belfast

Guardian Book Blog

18.12.2024

Phlogiston: the matter of fire | Research | The Guardian

For almost a century it was thought flammable materials burned because they contained a colourless, odourless, tasteless and weightless substance called phlogiston - the matter of fire.

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18.12.2024

Gove tells schools to think local in history lessons | Schools | The Guardian

Education secretary gives English Heritage £2.7m in programme to revamp the history curriculum

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17.12.2024

Pets, plants and cuddly toys: a child's eye view of home schooling – in pictures | Home schooling | The Guardian

How are children finding home learning? Photographer Nina Raingold asked year 3 and 4 pupils across the country to share their views and passions

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17.12.2024

David Harvey obituary | University of Exeter | The Guardian

Other lives: Classics lecturer and longtime chair of Exeter Bach Choir

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17.12.2024

Parents in England who fail to register home schooling could face sanctions | Home schooling | The Guardian

Government is planning compulsory national register but details of penalties are yet to be determined

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17.12.2024

Parents of Matilda stage star in council home schooling row | Home schooling | The Guardian

Parents of West End actor Lilian Hardy, 12, are facing legal action from Westminster council

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16.12.2024

School in leading Mossbourne academy trust faces safeguarding review | Academies | The Guardian

Observer investigation into London school has sparked an inquiry into allegations that teachers harmed mental wellbeing of children

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16.12.2024

Dozens of secondary schools exclude at least 20% of pupils | Secondary schools | The Guardian

Call for government to act after Guardian investigation reveals high suspension rates in England

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16.12.2024

Use of isolation booths in schools criticised as 'barbaric' punishment | Secondary schools | The Guardian

Parents attack ‘consequence rooms’ where pupils are made to sit alone in silence for hours

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15.12.2024

School assemblies and giving children a chance to reflect | Letters | The Guardian

Letters: Readers discuss the merits of a daily act of religious worship in schools

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15.12.2024

Popularity at school linked to age position in class – study | Schools | The Guardian

Research in England, Sweden and the Netherlands shows how age gaps can shape lives

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15.12.2024

Ho-ho-no! Children in tears after vicar tells them Santa is not real | Schools | The Guardian

Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain apologises for talk at Hampshire school after angry parents say he ‘ruined Christmas’

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15.12.2024

‘Serious concerns’: UK education row as Israel-Palestine textbooks pulled | History | The Guardian

Fears children not being educated on conflict amid claims of bias in content of history textbooks

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15.12.2024

The Islamic school that ensures its boys understand the Israeli point of view | History | The Guardian

The private Abrar Academy is pioneering a groundbreaking method of teaching the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict

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14.12.2024

Young human rights reporter of the year 2012 – lower secondary school runner-up | Secondary schools | The Guardian

Georgia Gilholy, Paget high school, Burton upon Trent

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13.12.2024

Sharp rise in parents appealing primary school places | Primary schools | The Guardian

Mini-baby boom, recession and greater parental awareness of choice cited for increase in applications and appeals

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13.12.2024

A boy wrote about his suicide attempt. He didn’t realize his school’s Gaggle software was watching | Education | The Guardian

Round-the-clock surveillance of students’ accounts raises tricky privacy concerns. And do they really help keep kids safe?

Guardian Book Blog

12.12.2024

UK universities urged to provide better support for students from China | Students | The Guardian

Researchers say Chinese students feel they are treated as revenue sources rather community members

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11.12.2024

Union anger over Labour government’s ‘insulting’ 2.8% public sector pay plan | Public sector pay | The Guardian

Pay review bodies will make final recommendations on proposed rises for teachers, NHS staff and other workers

Guardian Book Blog

11.12.2024

Why we must save English literature degrees | English and creative writing | The Guardian

Letters: Cancelling degree courses on the subject is a form of cultural vandalism, says Linden West. Plus a letter from Diana Hirst

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11.12.2024

Amanda Morris-Drake obituary | Teaching | The Guardian

Other lives: Teacher whose dedication to helping people extended far beyond her work

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10.12.2024

Marathon times: is it ever a good idea to include yours on your CV? | Careers | The Guardian

Recruiters say young people are trying to impress by detailing their pastimes on job applications, including everything from fitness goals to ‘having a brat summer’

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10.12.2024

Fix SEN funding to avoid ‘absurd’ council deficits in England, IFS says | Special educational needs | The Guardian

Thinktank calls on government to set a long-term vision for radical change

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09.12.2024

Employees are being marched back to the office. But why? | Life and style | The Guardian

The pandemic gave us a valuable opportunity to change our ways, yet many workplaces have rebuffed the lesson

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09.12.2024

‘Student dads are ghosts’: why fathers face long odds of graduating college | US education | The Guardian

Sixty-one per cent of US student fathers drop out of college – and little attention has been paid to the dismal graduation rates despite alarm bells

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The Observer view on Labour’s plans to reform education | Observer editorial | The Guardian

‘We need a total culture change’: the UK teacher told to work 60-hour week or leave after having baby | Teaching | The Guardian

Home schooling: ‘I’m a maths lecturer – and I had to get my children to teach me’ | Home schooling | The Guardian

UK teachers targeted by Covid anti-vaxxers as schools prepare to vaccinate pupils | Secondary schools | The Guardian

UK teachers should be allowed to work from home, education secretary says | Teacher shortages | The Guardian

University bans on big oil firms at recruitment fairs rise by 30% | People & Planet Green League | The Guardian

Keith Rutter obituary | Classics and ancient history | The Guardian

University of Oxford rebuts Cameron's claims over student diversity | Race in education | The Guardian

Ex-pupil wins damages over face-down restraint at Oxfordshire special school | Special educational needs | The Guardian

Crib sheet | Education | The Guardian

Allow teachers to fine parents over pupils’ bad behaviour, says Tony Blair’s thinktank | Pupil behaviour | The Guardian

Schools must focus on pupils’ happiness | Education | The Guardian

Claudette Williams obituary | Early years education | The Guardian

Judge in Sara Sharif case warns of ‘dangers’ of automatic right to home school children | Home schooling | The Guardian

Liam Ó Bruadair obituary | Languages | The Guardian

Phlogiston: the matter of fire | Research | The Guardian

Gove tells schools to think local in history lessons | Schools | The Guardian

Pets, plants and cuddly toys: a child's eye view of home schooling – in pictures | Home schooling | The Guardian

David Harvey obituary | University of Exeter | The Guardian

Parents in England who fail to register home schooling could face sanctions | Home schooling | The Guardian

Parents of Matilda stage star in council home schooling row | Home schooling | The Guardian

School in leading Mossbourne academy trust faces safeguarding review | Academies | The Guardian

Dozens of secondary schools exclude at least 20% of pupils | Secondary schools | The Guardian

Use of isolation booths in schools criticised as 'barbaric' punishment | Secondary schools | The Guardian

School assemblies and giving children a chance to reflect | Letters | The Guardian

Popularity at school linked to age position in class – study | Schools | The Guardian

Ho-ho-no! Children in tears after vicar tells them Santa is not real | Schools | The Guardian

‘Serious concerns’: UK education row as Israel-Palestine textbooks pulled | History | The Guardian

The Islamic school that ensures its boys understand the Israeli point of view | History | The Guardian

Young human rights reporter of the year 2012 – lower secondary school runner-up | Secondary schools | The Guardian

Sharp rise in parents appealing primary school places | Primary schools | The Guardian

A boy wrote about his suicide attempt. He didn’t realize his school’s Gaggle software was watching | Education | The Guardian

UK universities urged to provide better support for students from China | Students | The Guardian

Union anger over Labour government’s ‘insulting’ 2.8% public sector pay plan | Public sector pay | The Guardian

Why we must save English literature degrees | English and creative writing | The Guardian

Amanda Morris-Drake obituary | Teaching | The Guardian

Marathon times: is it ever a good idea to include yours on your CV? | Careers | The Guardian

Fix SEN funding to avoid ‘absurd’ council deficits in England, IFS says | Special educational needs | The Guardian

Employees are being marched back to the office. But why? | Life and style | The Guardian

‘Student dads are ghosts’: why fathers face long odds of graduating college | US education | The Guardian

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