Police in England and Wales are being called to children’s homes thousands of times a year, according to figures. One force, West Mercia, saw the equivalent of more than five call-outs a day to homes in 2014-15, the Howard League for Penal Reform found. It said children were being wrongly ... Read More »
Every nursery in England should have a qualified early years teacher to help toddlers develop skills like speech and language, a children’s charity says. Save the Children says pre-schoolers can be “set back decades” if their brains are not adequately stimulated before they start formal schooling. It says early years ... Read More »
Girls feel they have to choose between being attractive or clever because of sexist name calling in schools, a teachers’ union leader has warned. It can lead to lessons “with boys talking and girls listening”, said Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers. Girls too often ... Read More »
Since 2000, we have celebrated increases in the number of children enrolled in school worldwide. New research indicates that progress has stalled. Given this trend, I fear we will not achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015. Why the slowdown? We know the reason for the change ... Read More »
Escaping a life of poverty — education is the primary way for children to lift themselves to a better future. But 59 million children around the world are NOT in primary school, and more than half of those children are in sub-Saharan Africa. Even those who are in school may ... Read More »
In Solakhpur, Nepal, soccer is improving 16-year-old Kalita’s life through a girls’ sports program designed to delay early marriage, keep girls in school and boost their academic success. Despite her parents’ skepticism about football and school, 16-year old Kalita is excelling at both. She’s also a leader. When teachers came ... Read More »
Syria was a leader in basic education in the region before the crisis began in 2011: an estimated 97% of primary school-age children were enrolled in school. Today, more than half of school-aged children in Syria are out of school. A recent report by UNICEF and partners highlights how severely the conflict ... Read More »
Kids coping with crisis crave normalcy. We all do. Attending classes gives them the chance to forget the devastation and focus on learning. Even in the middle of a disaster, UNICEF can get temporary classes up and running in 72 hours. We customize School-in-a-Box Kits for local languages and select ... Read More »
Teachers are threatening strike action in their campaign against excessive workload. The National Union of Teachers’ annual conference has called for “sustained strike action” to back schools challenging a long hours culture. The union says teachers’ workload is “intolerable and getting worse”. The Department for Education said rather than threatening ... Read More »
Increasing numbers of pupils are coming to school hungry, anxious and unable to concentrate because of family financial pressures, a teachers’ union has said. The NASUWT union said growing numbers of teachers and schools were providing food, equipment and clothes for pupils. Others were offering financial advice and referring struggling ... Read More »
Leaders of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat groups in the Local Government Association have combined to oppose plans to force all English schools to become academies. In a joint letter to the Observer, they urge ministers to reconsider the plans. The LGA says the plan to remove all schools ... Read More »
There’s no shortage of efforts to solve our nation’s $1.3 trillion student debt crisis. Just last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced the Reducing Educational Debt Act, bills aimed at giving student borrowers new debt refinancing options and allocating more federal money to Pell Grants and community colleges. One week before, ... Read More »
