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• Transgender guidance for schools to be delayed

  19-07-2023 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Part of the advice on policies for trans pupils may be unlawful, the attorney general advises.
  
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• School leaders frustrated by ‘squabble’ over Sunak’s promised transgender guidance

  19-07-2023 19:46
  
  Internal battle between ministers leaving schools in England isolated, says headteachers’ representativeSchools are being left in limbo by the government’s “political squabbles” delaying its transgender guidance for students and staff, according to school leaders.Rishi Sunak had promised that guidance for schools in England dealing with trans issues would be published by the end of the summer term. But the guidance has been held up by legal questions, with No 10 saying on
  
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• What’s the real worth of ‘low-value’ degrees? | Letters

  19-07-2023 19:30
  
  Siân Lawrence, Julian Preece, Chris Townsend, Ann Lynch and Richard Mountford on Rishi Sunak’s plan to cap student numbers for some university coursesRishi Sunak’s definition of a “low-value” degree – one that doesn’t lead to a graduate job, postgraduate studies or starting a business – has a very narrow focus (Sunak to force English universities to cap numbers of students on ‘low-value’ degrees, 14 July).It takes no account of first-in
  
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• ‘Maximally curious’ AI could have disastrous consequences | Letters

  19-07-2023 19:29
  
  History has shown us that curiosity killed the cat, skinned it and dissected it, says David AnsellElon Musk believes that making artificial intelligence “maximally curious” means that it would be “pro-humanity” (Elon Musk launches AI startup and warns of a ‘Terminator future’, 13 July). Before Mr Musk creates such an entity, perhaps he should visit some of the hallowed institutions of curiosity and reflect on how the “maximal curiosity” of previous
  
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• The Gonski dream: how can governments restore funding – and trust – to public education?

  19-07-2023 17:00
  
  Experts say Australia’s leaders need to change the narrative on public schools, and make a clear case for funding private onesRead more of The gutting of Gonski seriesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhen Greater Shepparton secondary college was first announced, it was described by Victoria’s then education minister as “the most important education project” in the region&rsqu
  
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• Guidance: Searching, screening and confiscation in schools

  19-07-2023 15:37 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance explaining the powers schools have to screen and search pupils, and to confiscate items they find.
  
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• Coventry music teacher retires after almost 50 years at same school

  19-07-2023 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dave Marshall Barrett attended the school as a pupil before he became a music teacher.
  
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• ‘Here’s a green blob. What does it sound like?’: the kids’ orchestra making mind-expanding noise

  19-07-2023 13:00
  
  Cornwall Youth Noise Orchestra sounds like the harsh end of 80s industrial and freaks out even their teachers. Ahead of a major concert, we visit their adventurous sound lab It’s Wednesday afternoon, and the scene in a room on the campus of Falmouth university looks like after-school clubs the country over: a handful of teens, some enveloped in hoodies, some eating crisps and sweets; a couple of tutors. There the similarity ends. The desks are piled with an array of electronic music-making
  
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• Transparency data: Local skills improvement fund (LSIF) lead providers: 2023 to 2025

  19-07-2023 11:32 via gov.uk
  
  Details of the lead providers approved to receive mobilisation funding and lead the development of stage 2 of the LSIF application.
  
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• Children need to understand the world around them. Why shouldn’t they know about white privilege? | Nels Abbey

  19-07-2023 11:03
  
  Schools in Britain have been criticised by the right for wanting an honest debate. Instead, they should be applauded
  No one really knows what the critical race theory bogeyman looks or sounds like or what he wants, yet everyone is being told how dangerous he is. He is responsible for every wrong-think we may have about race, racism and racial discourse. CRT has become shorthand for every bad, inconvenient or unacceptable cultural thought invading us from the US, even if the thoughts don’t
  
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• Official Statistics: Teacher and Leader development: ECF and NPQs 2022

  19-07-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Experimental statistics on ECTs and mentors participating in an ECF induction and other teachers participating in reformed NPQs in the 2022 to 2023 school year.
  
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• No, Rishi Sunak, ‘rip-off’ degree courses aren’t the problem – failed education policy is | William Davies

  19-07-2023 07:00
  
  Should anyone need yet more proof that higher education is an area not best left to the market, this absurd ‘crackdown’ is itThe UK has some of the world’s leading toll bridges. But a minority of toll bridges fail to deliver good outcomes for their drivers. Figures show that nearly three in 10 drivers have still not reached their destination within an hour of crossing a toll bridge. The government will crack down on these rip-off toll bridges, reducing the number of drivers the
  
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• Press release: New plan to deliver high quality PE and sport for all pupils

  19-07-2023 01:01 via gov.uk
  
  Government confirms two-year plan to boost quality and equal access to PE and sport.
  
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