New curriculum will give teachers flexibility to explore topics such as relationships and hatred of womenTeachers can help counteract the rise of the “incel” movement and the dangers of misogyny with school lessons on respect for women and healthy rela…
‘The hypocrisy is nauseating’: Wes Streeting on state school arts cuts
Shadow child poverty secretary wants all pupils to have access to arts education after decade of Tory cutsWes Streeting can’t claim to be his inner-city comp’s most famous alumni. That claim goes to the Hollywood actor John Boyega who, like the shadow …
Cambridge to end teacher training if government enacts overhaul
Exclusive: university hits out at planned changes in England, which have been called a ‘wrecking ball’The University of Cambridge says it will cease teacher training courses if the government persists with damaging proposals to change how primary and s…
KaiPod Learning thinks ‘learning pods’ are here to stay
Since launch, “learning pods” have been controversial in the world of edtech. The term, somewhat synonymous with micro-schools, pandemic pods and small-group learning, describes small clusters of children within the same age range who are paired with a private instructor with the goal of replacing, or supplementing, school learning. The concept took off last year […]
Amazon Encourages Teachers To Use Social Media To Obtain Classroom Supplies
theodp writes: By purchasing items from hundreds of teachers’ Wish Lists this back-to-school season,” Amazon explained in a Monday corporate post, “Amazon is working to ensure teachers can fill their classrooms with the items they need, from essential …
How one founder identified a gap in education working as a teacher and built a startup to fix it
Amanda DoAmaral was an educator herself before she decided to found a tech company aimed at improving the education system. That’s a surprisingly rare credential for a startup founder in this area to possess — despite the obvious benefits of real, first-hand experience. Her company, Fiveable, focuses on modernizing (including a remote-first approach) a key […]
‘Hidden pandemic’: Peruvian children in crisis as carers die
With 93,000 children in Peru losing a parent to Covid, many face depression, anxiety and povertyWhen Covid-19 began shutting down Nilda López’s vital organs, doctors decided that the best chance of saving her and her unborn baby was to put her into a c…
Elite UK universities send students out of town as housing squeeze bites
The record numbers who were awarded top A-level grades could find themselves living far from their chosen collegeTop universities are scrambling to find enough accommodation for thousands of extra students, after record numbers netted the high grades t…
UK universities open vaccination centres on campus to encourage student uptake
Institutions offer to train staff and students as volunteers in joint operation with NHS Universities are setting up their own vaccination centres in an attempt to make campuses as safe as possible for the autumn term. And with millions of students arr…
Kiddom grabs early revenue amid $35M Series C funding
Kiddom, a platform that offers a digital curriculum that fits the core standards required by states, announced today that it has raised a $35 million Series C round led by Altos Ventures, with participation from Owl Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Outcomes Collective. The financing came nearly three years after Kiddom’s Series B, a $15 million […]