Government plans to cap student numbers just as the UK faces an explosion in the number of 18-year-olds would be the “death knell” for social mobility, academic experts warn. More than half of young people are now going into higher education, but senior academics believe […] State schools in England have suffered their worst decline in funding since the 1980s, with secondary schools and those in the most deprived areas the worst affected by the era of austerity, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The decline that began […] Boulder County health officials on Tuesday urged all local University of Colorado students to self-quarantine for two weeks to contain a COVID-19 surge, a dramatic step that came hours after state leaders warned of a “very substantial increase” in cases among college-aged people. In a […] “I don’t want to live like this, no-one should live like this – but I don’t have any options,” says Polly Richardson who finds herself at the sharp end of the lack of affordable homes in England. For more than a year, she has lived […] Many teachers are preparing to welcome pupils back to school this week for the first time in months. Schools in Scotland, Northern Ireland and other parts of the UK are already open. But for many pupils in England, it will be the first time they […] Prime Minister Boris Johnson has blamed a “mutant algorithm” for this summer’s exam results fiasco. “I am afraid your grades were almost derailed by a mutant algorithm and I know how stressful that must have been,” Mr Johnson told pupils at a school in Leicestershire. […] Unions have reacted angrily to claims that coronavirus is more likely to be spread by teachers than pupils, warning that everyone has a responsibility to try to avoid bringing Covid-19 into school and transmitting it to others. It follows a report by Public Health England […] It’s officially back-to-school season, and for many families this year that means switching gears to start the academic year remotely. Virtual learning was new to many parents, students and teachers this spring when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close, and some found the transition […] The chair of Ofqual threatened to quit this week unless Gavin Williamson publicly backed the exams regulator and admitted it was behind the U-turn that salvaged millions of student grades, the Guardian has learned. Roger Taylor’s ultimatum came after the education secretary tried to lay […] Five days from starting a new school year online, the Denver district has a computer shortage. Denver Public Schools ordered 12,500 computers but not all of them have arrived, spokesperson Winna MacLaren said. The district serves about 92,000 students. District officials on Wednesday cited a […]
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