SEND school in Chatham launches book vending machine

Ban on mobile phones in English schools could irk teachers and parents

Glyn Potts, head teacher at Newman Roman Catholic College in Oldham, could not hide his irritation at the morning headlines announcing a government ban on...

#MobilePhones #government #research

The Guardian

2023-10-02 17:47:59 • 2 mins

Canada is the only G7 country without a national school food program. Advocates say it's time

Morning snack time is underway at St. Roch Catholic School in Toronto, where kids line up in orderly fashion, approaching a binon the teacher's desk. They...

#president #foundation #money

CBC

2023-10-02 08:00:00 • 1 min

Business / Finance

Ashley Petgrave encourages social expansion: Young Women's Leadership Award

Ashley Petgrave, winner of American Banker's Young Women's Leadership Award, has always been involved in making change. She graduated from Francis Lewis High...

#leadershipaward #youngwomen #education

American Banker

2023-10-03 01:00:00 • 2 mins

Gillian Keegan plans to ban mobile phones from English schools

Mobile phones could be banned from schools in England, if the latest attempt to push the measure through by a Conservative education secretary is successful....

#guidance #management #MobilePhones

The Guardian

2023-10-02 07:24:02 • 1 min

Opinion | The Great American Teacher Crisis

By Jessica Grose Produced by Jillian Weinberger Job satisfaction for teachers is at a 50-year low. They are leaving the profession while fewer and fewer...

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The New York Times

2023-10-02 09:00:15 • 1 min

Part of Ohio's GOP-Backed K-12 Education Overhaul Will Take Effect Despite Court Order

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) At least part of a Republican-backed overhaul of the Ohio 's K-12 education system will take effect as planned, despite a court order...

#courtorder #gov #government

U.S. News & World Report

2023-10-02 23:04:10 • 1 min

Grappling with smartphones is one of biggest issues teachers face Keegan

Grappling with smartphones is one of the biggest issues facing teachers, the Education Secretary said as she pushed for devices to be banned in schools....

#devices #Smartphones #teacher

The Independent

2023-10-02 15:40:35 • 1 min

Health

Shropshire baby survival rate seeks boost with heart monitors

By Michele Paduano BBC Midlands health correspondent A hospital trust where failing maternity standards were linked to baby deaths has invested in wireless...

#technology #safety #facebook

Choose Ludlow for green energy plant - councillor

2023-10-02 12:17:51 • 1 min

Science

By Caroline Gall BBC News, West Midlands Building an energy-from-waste plant in Ludlow would support jobs and utilise people's skills in the town, a...

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Teachers want to wear stab vests and bodycams to protect themselves from violent pupils as 40% of...

2023-10-02 15:10:18 • 1 min

Health

Teachers are discussing the need for stab vests and bodycams to deal with violence in schools, the head of a teachers' union has said. Patrick Roach, general...

#stab #police #pandemic

Daily Mail

2023-10-02 10:05:10 • 1 min

NYC Schools Began to Recover From the Pandemic. Now a New Crisis Looms

The city faces billions in financial pressures in the coming years that threaten to worsen inequality across the nations largest school system. Just a year...

#pandemic #newcrisis #money

The New York Times

2023-10-02 18:17:23 • 1 min

Football

Sheffield Wednesday supporters raise over 16k in just two days for the Bradley Lowery Foundation...

Sheffield Wednesday supporters have raised more than 15,000 for the Bradley Lowery Foundation in just two days after two men appeared to mock the...

#foundation #money #police

Daily Mail

2023-10-02 08:02:57 • 1 min

School absences: The school picking kids up from home to boost attendance

By Branwen Jeffreys Education editor @branwenjeffreys The number of children missing school in England is a crisis that needs to be tackled with bigger,...

#pandemic #development #budget

2023-09-26 23:02:55 • 1 min

Raac: Parents protest as minister visits Durham school

Parents with children at a secondary school hit by potentially unsafe concrete have held a protest, telling a minister it must be rebuilt. Raac was found at...

#pandemic #twitter #facebook

2023-09-27 10:50:47 • 1 min

Raac in schools: Education minister to attend St Leonard's Durham

An education minister is due to visit a school to see the disruption potentially unsafe concrete has caused to pupils and teachers. Parents say they fear the...

#Educationminister #covid #facebook

Work on Somerset's first net-zero school begins

2023-09-26 05:50:48 • 1 min

Science

By Clara Bullock BBC News Work on a carbon net-zero primary school has started with a timber framing ceremony. Orchard Grove Primary School, Somerset's first...

#education #emergency #facebook

2023-09-29 05:12:45 • 1 min

Iowa Promises Services to Kids With Severe Mental and Behavioral Needs After Lawsuit Cites Failures

Iowas health agency will take steps to develop home and community-based services for children with severe mental and behavioral needs as part of an initial...

#supportchildren #initialagreement #finalsettlement

U.S. News & World Report

2023-10-02 23:12:44 • 1 min

Business / Finance

UK Windows and Doors: 500 jobs to go as firm goes bust

A window and door manufacturer has been placed into administration, resulting in more than 500 job losses. Administrators for UK Windows and Doors said 496...

#business #gloucestershire #bedfordshire

2023-10-02 16:56:16 • 1 min

Kenton school moves in with another after flood devastation

At a glance Kenton School near Exeter has moved into Kenn School three miles away after flood water destroyed many of its resources Teachers said it had been...

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