U.S. Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments today in a case regarding religious parents’ objections to their students having to participate in a school district’s LGBTQ-inclusive language arts curriculum. Conservative Christian, Jewish and Muslim parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, sued the public school district, alleging that, because they weren’t allowed to opt their children out...
China has executed a man for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy last September, the Japanese embassy in China has told the BBC. Zhong Changchun was sentenced to death in January for attacking the boy, who had been walking to a Japanese school in south-eastern Chinese city of Shenzhen. The case had sent shockwaves through...
This is the moment Jamaica’s sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce completely demolished other parents in a race at her son’s school sports day. The three-time Olympic champion, who is the third-fastest woman in history, competed against other parents at her son’s school on Wednesday. “They haven’t banned me yet so I’m at the line,” she posted...
Mahjooba Nowrouzi BBC Afghan Service BBC Carpet weaving is one of few professions open to women since the Taliban government took power in 2021 At a workshop in Kabul where carpets are made, hundreds of women and girls work in a cramped space, the air thick and stifling. Among them is 19-year-old Salehe Hassani. “We...
Watch: Timelapse of nature mural A new mural unveiled in a primary school library in Devon aims to celebrate nature, community and sustainability. The artwork at Sherford Vale School and Nursery was created by Plymouth-based artist Ellie Johnson, also known as Mrs Murals. It was inspired by original designs created by pupils and incorporates elements...
A Scottish boarding school has announced it will accept payments of school fees in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Lomond School in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute – which charges up to £38,000 per year – said the move came after requests from some parents. Tuition payments will be accepted in Bitcoin from autumn term this year, but...
Noel Titheradge Investigations correspondent Watch CCTV showing the a pupil being restrained by school staff in a calming room CCTV of an autistic pupil being restrained by staff in a calming room at a special school is “brutal” and “unlawful”, a restraint expert has told the BBC. The footage shows the 12-year-old being held face-down...
Helen Burchell & Katy Prickett BBC News, Suffolk Getty Images School dinners could be a fantastic feast – or something you’d rather forget Hoards of hungry children with rumbling tummies are a common sight in school dinner halls, and a new exhibition has opened in Suffolk telling the stories of those lunchtime tastes and aromas...
EPA Casualties from the air strikes in Gaza City, including children, were brought to al-Ahli hospital At least 27 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school in northern Gaza that was serving as a shelter for displaced families, the Hamas-run health ministry says. Dozens more were wounded when the Dar...
Nuguse beat defending champion Ingebrigtsen and finished within 0.15 seconds of gold in a dramatic Paris final, in which Cole Hocker squeezed past Britain’s world champion Kerr to win in an Olympic record time. The event’s current heavyweights represent four of the nine fastest men in history over the distance, but Nuguse is the only...
The government has defended its policy of adding VAT to private school fees, telling the High Court it enhances “the fairness of the tax system overall”. Barristers representing Chancellor Rachel Reeves, as well as HMRC and the Department for Education, said they wanted to raise standards for the 94% of children who attend state schools...
Neve Gordon-Farleigh & Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk Luke Deal/BBC Visitors will be able to learn about the history of school dinners as well as try some from decades gone by A museum is offering visitors the opportunity to sample semolina, pink custard – and even turkey twizzlers – in a throwback showcase of school...
The government’s policy of adding VAT to private school fees will “interfere with the fundamental right to education”, the High Court has heard. In front of a packed court room, with headteachers and students in school uniforms listening from the public gallery, Lord David Pannick KC, argued the policy is discriminatory. The legal challenge is...
A food bank in an east Devon town is set to stay at its base in a former boys’ school after the building is converted into three new homes. The Victorian gothic style-listed building on Ottery St Mary’s Yonder Street, will be refurbished as part of plans to create three apartments, according to the Local...
The new standards would require students to “identify discrepancies in 2020 elections results.” The Oklahoma Board of Education has passed new curriculum standards that require educators to teach that the 2020 presidential election was rife with fraud or discrepancies — despite numerous judicial rulings and audits indicating that the election was legitimate. The new standards...