The Met Office, Natural Resources Wales and the Welsh Government have answered our questions on how people in parts of Wales can remain safe during Storm Eunice. This comes as the Met Office has issued a “rare” red weather warning for parts of south Wales as Storm Eunice approaches. The forecasting service upgraded the warning … Read more
New Government guidance on political impartiality in schools will help teachers avoid “promoting contested theories as fact”, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has said. Schools are already required to teach in a politically impartial way, but this is the first Government guidance of its kind on how schools should approach the teaching of sensitive issues. The … Read more
Private schools have said they are “disappointed” by a teachers’ strike over pensions, after a rise in pension contributions put them in a “very difficult position”. On Thursday, teachers at 23 independent schools within the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) went on strike, with around 1,500 members of the NEU teaching union involved. Six days … Read more
Stacy Tennenbaum, principal at Pickerington Central High School Mark Ulbrich, principal at Pickerington North High School The principals of Pickerington Local Schools’ two high schools have been placed on administrative leave while the district investigates “non-related complaints” involving each principal, the district announced Tuesday. Stacy Tennenbaum, principal at Pickerington Central High School, and Mark Ulbrich, … Read more
UNITED STATES – JULY 25: First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday, July 25, 2016.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images A document shows a parent calling a children’s book about Michelle Obama “leftist indoctrination.” The parent demanded that the book be removed from a Texas school district. This is … Read more
Former First Lady Michelle Obama.Rob Grabowski/AP A Texas parent called for a book about Michelle Obama be pulled from schools, NBC News reported. The parent said it unfairly depicted Trump as a bully and would make white girls feel “ashamed.” Some conservatives say books depicting race, sexuality, and gender should be kept out of schools. … Read more
In June last year, a group of black parents in Queens formed the Students Improvement Association. They were outraged that their children, despite high spending per student, were suffering from failing schools. “There are a lot of middle-class black homeowners here,” says local activist Michael Duncan. “These are successful people, successful families. The results in … Read more
New Yorkers of all races and income levels have fled the city’s mainstream public school system, a huge vote of no confidence in the leadership of then-Mayor Bill de Blasio. New mayor Eric Adams wants to do things very differently, but state leaders are doubling down on Blasioism. New data from the Department of Education … Read more
Schools will be shut and thousands of people are without power after back to back storms battered parts of the UK. A cold and blustery start to Monday follows a stormy weekend of devastating winds across the north of England and Scotland. A nine-year-old boy in Staffordshire and a 60-year-old woman in Aberdeen died after … Read more
Teachers agree on more government funding after more than two years of strikes and have “tremendous power” as child safety advocates, said Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association. She didn’t rule out strikes when heads of state move prematurely when schools reopen, and she said she believed parents would protest too. “They … Read more
