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 […]
Training more doctors is good for our health | Letters
Dr Adrian James says making more places available at medical schools will be a positive development for the NHS and for patients The increase in medical school places might be causing understandable challenges for universities, but training more doctor…
‘Teacher-assessed grades are a pretty fair system’: GCSE students react to exam results
As Year 11’s take in their final grades, students and parents share their thoughts on studying during a pandemicPupils across the UK have received their GCSE results after a year grappling with online learning and the uncertainty caused by Covid-19.GCS…
Inescapable truths about our outdated prisons | Letters
Readers respond to an article by Frances Crook, the outgoing head of the Howard League for Penal Reform, about the need for radical change to the prison systemFrances Crook has been a voice of reason in the charity sector for 35 years (The reform of pr…
Record grade inflation isn’t the only thing that’s different about this year’s exams | Gill Wyness
The unprecedented A-level and GCSE scores raise challenging questions about how to measure future student cohortsThis week’s GCSE and A-level results confirmed the expectations of many who study education policy: the proportion of students achieving to…
GCSE results: pupils achieve record numbers of top grades in England
Thirty per cent of entries gain grades 7 and above – equivalent to A and A* – but rise is well below that in A-levelsRecord numbers of top GCSE grades were awarded to pupils in England but the rise was well below that recorded for the highest A-level g…
Share your reaction and experiences on GCSE results day 2021
Whatever your story, and wherever you’re headed next, tell us how you feel about this year’s resultsGCSE students in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland find out their results today after a year of study disrupted by the pandemic. We would like to hea…
India’s Eruditus valued at $3.2 billion in $650 million fundraise
Mumbai-based Eruditus, which works with top universities globally to offer more than 100 executive-level courses to students in over 80 nations, said on Thursday it has raised $650 million in a new financing round led by Accel and SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The new financing round — which includes both primary and secondary transactions — […]
Oregon Law Allows Students To Graduate Without Proving They Can Write Or Do Math
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Oregon Live: For the next five years, an Oregon high school diploma will be no guarantee that the student who earned it can read, write or do math at a high school level. Gov. Kate Brown had demurred earlier thi…
School results in Scotland dip slightly after year of disruption
Pupils achieve record A grades but attainment gap between the most deprived and affluent students widensA-level results day – live news and reactionScottish pupils have achieved record A grades alongside a slight fall in the overall pass rate, but the …