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• US university professor shoved to ground by rightwing youth activists

  16-10-2023 20:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Arizona State University investigates potential hate crime against David Boyles after video shows harassment by Turning Point USAArizona State University is investigating a potential hate crime against one of its staff after members of Turning Point USA followed and harassed the professor, then shoved him to the ground.Video footage posted by Turning Point, a rightwing youth organization known for its aggressive tactics, shows a cameraman and another person questioning David Boyles, an English i
  
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• Maths pupil stripped of GCSE amid cheating claim

  16-10-2023 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The student asked about a question he found online while revising - which came up in his exam.
  
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• Canada province uses constitutional override to advance pronoun legislation

  16-10-2023 18:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Saskatchewan invokes clause to push through controversial bill requiring parental consent for children to change pronouns The Canadian province of Saskatchewan has invoked a rare constitutional mechanism to shield controversial gender pronoun legislation from legal challenges – a decision critics say violates the rights of minors.On Monday, Saskatchewan’s legislative assembly started debate on Bill 137, which outlines the rights parents have as the “primary decision-maker&rdquo
  
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• Did you solve it? Are you a lion of logic?

  16-10-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Solutions to today’s feline flummoxersEarlier today I set you the following three puzzles, loosely inspired by my new book, the Football School Encyclopedia. (To see why here’s the original post.)1. Dogged delivery Continue reading...
  
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• Rallies for Palestine, Israel create tense scene at US universities

  16-10-2023 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Simultaneous rallies supporting Israel and Palestine caused a tense scene at Columbia University.
  
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• Harvard billboard accusing students of antisemitism linked to rightwing funder

  16-10-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  IRS filings show wealthy Informing America Foundation helping to bankroll variety of conservative groups and causesThe organization that placed a billboard at Harvard University accusing some students of antisemitism amid the fight between Israel and Hamas is part of a network of rightwing media organizations being funded by a major conservative donor via a shadowy new foundation.The single largest identified donor last year to Accuracy in Media (AIM), which placed the billboard, is the Informin
  
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• Guidance: School admission appeals data collection 2024: guide

  16-10-2023 13:47 via gov.uk
  
  Guide for local authorities to help them complete and return the school admission appeals data collection 2024.
  
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• Transparency data: DfE and executive agency ePCS spend over £500: 2023 to 2024

  16-10-2023 11:58 via gov.uk
  
  Spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS) over £500 in the 2023 to 2024 financial year.
  
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• UK parents: do you worry about stretched finances during half-term?

  16-10-2023 11:40 via theguardian.com
  
  We want to hear from people who are concerned about financial pressures when children are home from schoolMany schools in England and Wales break up for half-term next week, causing fears among parents and poverty researchers about the rise of holiday hunger.Households continue to suffer amid the cost of living crisis, with the consumer prices index including housing costs (CPIH) rising by 6.3% in the year to August 2023, according to Office for National Statistics inflation data. Continue readi
  
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• Can you solve it? Are you a lion of logic?

  16-10-2023 08:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Or a fearsome feline of football?UPDATE: The solutions can be read hereWhen I’m not writing about maths and puzzles, I’m working on my children’s book series, Football School, which uses the sport as a lens to the world. Researching the Football School Encyclopedia, the latest book in the series, I discovered the following geometrical curiosity. When painted pitch markings were introduced in 1891, the goal area was in the shape of a “B”.Goal posts are 8 yards (7.3m)
  
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• Why I’m not sorry I learned to quit the vacuous English habit of constantly apologising | Melita Cameron-Wood

  16-10-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Moving to Germany made me aware of just how negative this national trait is. I now save the S-word for when I really mean itGrowing up in the UK, I’d never questioned the frequency of the word “sorry” in my everyday interactions. I even used to open doors for people and apologise for getting in their way as they made their way past me. Now, the idea of doing someone a favour while apologising for simply existing sounds ridiculous, but old habits die hard – particularly wh
  
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