No doubt that leftists will scream that the Court has backed the “Christian Nationalists” or make some similar complaint, so it’s hilarious that the case that opens the door for parents to keep their kids from being subjected to alphabet ideology in the schools will forever be known as Mahmoud v Taylor. Mahmoud. That is...
BBC Precious and Ellen are two of the pupils the MCC foundation hopes to inspire to play cricket A new tournament, specifically for state school pupils, has been launched at Lord’s cricket ground by former England captains Heather Knight and Michael Vaughan. The Knight-Stokes Cup will be a T20 competition contested next summer via a...
Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. When immigration agents raided a fast-fashion warehouse a mile from Santee Education Complex in Los Angeles earlier this month, the tension in the school was palpable. That...
Vanessa Clarke Education reporter Vanessa Clarke / BBC Children with a lazy eye are being increasingly missed for treatment, experts say, in areas where early screenings are not available in schools. Some councils are unable to offer the service due to capacity or budget constraints, according to the Local Government Association (LGA), which is calling...
Mohammed Allie BBC News, Cape Town Sibahle Mbasana The Mbasana brothers have to get up at 04:30 to get to school on time Fears of crime and gang violence in the notorious townships on the outskirts of South Africa’s city of Cape Town are forcing some parents to make difficult decisions to send their children...
A new nationwide cricket tournament for state schools will launch in 2026 with the trophy awarded to the winning teams carrying the name of England cricketers Ben Stokes and Heather Knight. The Knight-Stokes Cup will be a T20 competition contested next summer via a series of knockout regional qualifiers with the finals to be staged...
Three high court judges have rejected a legal challenge over the government’s policy of adding VAT to private school fees. Lawyers representing families and private schools at the High Court judicial review hearings had argued that the policy was discriminatory and in breach of human rights law. Julie Robinson, chief executive of the Independent Schools...
Getty Images Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the government’s Spending Review, which outlines the day-to-day budgets for departments over the next three years. The review affects funding for public services such as the NHS, schools, housing, prisons and policing, as well as other areas, including transport and infrastructure. Here BBC correspondents analyse how key services...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West University of Plymouth Whiting, pouting and dogfish have been used to create the fish finger A new fish finger made from bycatch, which would normally go to waste, has been created for Plymouth school meals. The University of Plymouth said the project was part of the national FoodSEqual programme...
Chloe Parkman & John Ayres BBC News, South West BBC Protestors gather in Torquay ahead of council decision A children’s charity said it was “very disappointed” with plans to shut specialist hearing units at two schools in Torquay. Torbay Council’s overview and scrutiny committee agreed to go ahead with the planned unit closures at St...
Meghan Owen Work & Money Correspondent, BBC London BBC Shanice Aird, 29, will soon be homeless after rejecting a flat an hour away from her children’s school “I spent all of half-term looking for somewhere to live,” says mother-of-three Shanice Aird. The 29-year-old from west London rejected her council’s most recent temporary accommodation offer “an...
France will ban smoking in all outdoor places that can be frequented by children, health and family minister Catherine Vautrin has said. The ban will come into force on 1 July and will include beaches, parks, public gardens, outside schools, bus stops and sports venues. “Tobacco must disappear where there are children,” Vautrin said in...
It’s a neat trick, if you can get away with it. Punish, censor, debank, demonetize, slander, impose damaging and arbitrary rules that ruin lives and cause immeasurable harm. Use your policies to gain political advantage and monetary gain, and when the grift gets exposed…shrug, say it was a minor error, and garner applause for political...
What happens when the most powerful people give up on the future — but still control the schools? To understand what’s happening in education today — the banning of books, the rise of AI that surveils and dehumanizes learning, the outlawing of honest lessons on race and gender, and the criminalization of critical thought —...
The state of Oklahoma may not direct public state funding to what was set to be the nation’s first religious charter school after the US Supreme Court deadlocked over the case. The justices were evenly split, voting 4-4 in a ruling on Thursday. The tie affirms a lower ruling from the Oklahoma State Supreme Court,...