All news on the topic: Education

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Boy, 3, dies in fire at family home as dad who tried to save him fights for life
A neighbour of the tragic family who lost a three-year-old boy in house fire have said it is "every parents worst nightmare" as the boy's father fights for his life after trying to save him
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Charles Barkley responds to Supreme Court ruling by making $5m change to will
The Basketball Hall of Famer has given a huge donation to his Alma Mater after an affirmative action ruling dealt a huge setback to colleges and universities in the United States
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Woman left in 'living hell' and 'pain every day' after routine eye surgery
Erin Orchard, from Sydney, Australia, is warning others over laser eye surgery after complications left her feeling as if she had "shards of glass" in her eyes
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Shark expert tells of teen's possible final moments after cruise ship jump
Cameron Robbins, 18, jumped off a sunset cruise in the Bahamas on a graduation trip into the dark waters where he seemingly vanished, with speculation he was attacked by a shark
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Government aide grew up in poverty and wants to 'shift dial' on social mobility
Alun Francis who grew up in poverty criticised successive governments for failing for decades to grasp the vital role geography plays in social mobility
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New teachers to be offered £2,400 bonus by Labour to stop classroom exodus
Keir Starmer and his Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will this week pledge 'world-class teaching for every child' in a major speech on education
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Rishi Sunak vowed to get tough on unis as they're full of non-Tory voters
Rishi Sunak and his Government have changed student loan funding to cut the state’s contribution from 44p in the pound to 19p from September, leaving students to pay off their loans from when they earn £25,000 a year
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Gourmet menu for Rishi Sunak's daughter as 4m pupils go hungry in free meals row
The PM's girl Anoushka, 10, attends £22,000-a-year Glendower Prep in South Kensington, London – where pupils enjoy a menu that bosses boast 'can’t be bettered'
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​Rishi Sunak gives £10 wine to local school after $3million US college donation
The mega-rich PM who is worth more than half a billion pounds picked the cheapest wine from the House of Commons shop to donate to Leyburn Primary School in his constituency
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'It's nigh on impossible to argue against free school meals'
'There are more than four million children in this country who grow up in poverty – just shy of a third of all kids, in every class of 30 there are nine - it’s an obscene statistic'
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Teacher in tears over nickname students used in class - after figuring out joke
The educator went a whole year without realising the meaning behind the nickname chosen for them by their students. But when social media users helped the inquisitive teacher, there wasn't a dry eye in the house
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Woman given £400 fly-tipping fine after putting cardboard boxes next to her bin
Hard-up student Marta Stankiewicz, 45, who is surviving only on her student loan, says the fine from Stoke-on-Trent City Council seems 'excessive'
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Biden 'overstepped' with plan to cancel $400 billion in student loans
The Supreme Court ruled today that President Joe Biden had overstepped his bounds when trying to create a law that would've forgiven $400 billion in student debt - leaving the public to start repaying loans again this summer
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School fined £35,000 after boy, 7, accidentally set on fire during nativity play
The boy was wearing a costume made of cotton wool when another child tripped while holding a candle, accidentally setting the outfit on fire at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in Croydon in 2019
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Girl, 7, writes tear-jerking 'sad and sleepy' plea to PM for free school meals
Dozens of MPs, activists and school children gathered outside the gates of No10 to hand over an open letter to the PM calling for free school meals for all primary school pupils to prevent kids from going hungry
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NHS plan will see nearly a million staff hired to plug doctors and nurses gap
The long-awaited NHS workforce plan is likely to come under scrutiny when it is published at midday on Friday, with the Tories having only committed funding for the first five years
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'Rishi Sunak has never shown he understands the plight of those less fortunate'
No child’s education should suffer because parents are unable to afford the cost of a meal
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White women are the 'greatest beneficiaries' of affirmative action
According to a report from the Centre for American Progress, white women 'may have been among the greatest beneficiaries' of efforts to integrate and diversify campuses in recent decades - they have a 'renewed responsibility' now that affirmative action has been overturned by the Supreme Court
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Clarence Thomas benefitted from affirmative action — then voted to end it
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas went to Yale because of affirmative action — then voted to end the practice 50 years later during a landmark decision
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The man who left a legacy that proves there is such a thing as society
It’s rare for someone to have changed so many lives, but Neil Jameson was a rare person – and Michael’s is one of the lives he changed
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Sick world of Bay City Rollers' manager from band attacks to child sex parties
A new ITV documentary sees Edinburgh-born Nicky Campbell explore the Bay City Rollers' rise to being one of the biggest pop bands of the '70s - and the dark story behind it
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Biden slams Supreme Court in fiery speech dispelling affirmative action myths
America's colleges and universities can no longer weigh race and gender when considering a student's eligibility for enrollment after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action on Thursday
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Supreme Court ends affirmative action in landmark decision
The landmark decision overturns long-standing precedent that has benefitted Black and Latino students in higher education
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Mum removes kids from school to let them do what they want from lie-ins to Lego
A mum says she took her children out of school after training to be a teacher herself, and now homeschools them in a bid to give them the freedom to plan their own day
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Girl's response to bully who shared her mum's OnlyFans around entire school
Mum Ari Taylor is striving to remove the 'mysticism' around OnlyFans creators after her 14-year-old daughter was bullied at school because of her mum's X-rated content on the subscription service