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• Keir Starmer has finally used the C-word: acknowledging the barriers of class that still divide us | Polly Toynbee

  06-07-2023 19:35
  
  Labour’s new education policy aims to give all children a better start. It will be a long road to undo the damage this government has doneClass? Labour was once too wary of the mine-strewn territory to use the word. Tony Blair talked of meritocracy – “we are meritocrats”, he declared in his first keynote speech of the 2001 general election campaign. He called for “equality of opportunity”. While his 18 taskforces on the causes of “social exclusion”
  
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• Wimbledon school staff speechless with grief after fatal car collision

  06-07-2023 19:24
  
  Teachers overwhelmed by tragic loss of eight-year-old girl who died after an SUV ploughed into a buildingEight-year-old girl dies after car hits London primary schoolIt was a scene of horror in a place where children should be safe. So affecting were the tragic events behind the cordon in south-west London on Thursday that DCS Clair Kelland, the senior police officer tasked with updating journalists, was left fighting back tears as she confirmed that a child had died.Teachers at the preparatory
  
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• Leading actors and artists back Labour’s push for more creativity in schools

  06-07-2023 19:21
  
  Exclusive: Grayson Perry and Olivia Colman lead group of creative figures supporting Keir Starmer’s plan to improve ‘human’ skillsA group of prominent actors, artists and authors have praised Labour’s proposal to instil more creativity in the school curriculum, saying the arts currently risk being “a pursuit that only the most privileged can follow”.The open letter, signed by Grayson Perry, Olivia Colman, Simon Rattle, Adrian Lester and Patrick Stewart, follow
  
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• Speech: Minister Halfon's National Education Opportunities Network speech

  06-07-2023 18:34 via gov.uk
  
  Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, Robert Halfon addressed the National Education Opportunities Network's Summer Symposium.
  
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• Guidance: Commissioning high-quality trusts

  06-07-2023 12:30 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance on the role of the Department for Education in making commissioning decisions about academy trusts.
  
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• Policy paper: Improving multi-agency information sharing

  06-07-2023 11:05 via gov.uk
  
  Government policy on information sharing and the use of a consistent child identifier.
  
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• Official Statistics: LEO graduate outcomes: provider level data 2020 to 2021

  06-07-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Employment and earnings outcomes of graduates by each higher education provider.
  
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• Official Statistics: LEO graduate and postgraduate outcomes: 2020 to 2021

  06-07-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Employment and earnings outcomes of higher education graduates and postgraduates broken down by subject studied and characteristics.
  
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• National Statistics: Provision for children under 5 in England: January 2023

  06-07-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Statistics on children aged 2 to 4 registered for funded early education and childcare entitlements in England, including on staff and providers delivering them.
  
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• ‘Giant’ 300,000-year-old handaxes unearthed in Kent

  06-07-2023 09:22
  
  Discovery of more than 800 artefacts includes some of largest early prehistoric stone tools in BritainResearchers have discovered some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools in Britain, including a foot-long handaxe almost too big to be handled.The excavations, which took place in Kent, revealed prehistoric artefacts in deep ice age sediments preserved on a hillside above Medway Valley. Continue reading...
  
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• Moms for Liberty is part of a long history of rightwing mothers’ activism in the US | Michael Feola

  06-07-2023 06:12
  
  While mothers’ movements are often associated with projects of social welfare, a counter-tradition has pursued staunchly conservative aimsThe activist group Moms for Liberty has become the new face of the culture wars around education. The group was founded in 2021, during the Covid pandemic, and rose to prominence through outspoken opposition to school mask mandates. The group has now spread across the United States, its membership fueled by the Republican-led moral panic over a “wo
  
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• Wisconsin governor slashes tax cuts and boosts school funding – for centuries

  06-07-2023 01:01
  
  Tony Evers reduced $3.5bn in Republican tax cuts to $175m and edited budget text to increase education funding until 2425Wisconsin’s governor, Tony Evers, signed off on a two-year spending plan on Wednesday after gutting a Republican tax cut and using his broad veto powers to increase school funding for centuries.Evers angered Republicans with both moves, with some saying the Democratic governor was going back on deals he had made with them. Continue reading...
  
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