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Education

Multi-academy trusts have higher secondary-level teacher turnover than local authority schools

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Teacher retention problems particularly acute in larger Mats, analysis finds

Multi-academy trusts (Mats) in England have significantly higher annual turnover of classroom teachers at secondary level than schools maintained by local authorities, analysis has found.

Teacher recruitment and retention is a challenge facing all schools but the problem is particularly acute in larger Mats where...

Did you solve it? Art thou smarter than Shakespeare?

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

The answers to today’s problems

Earlier today I set you these puzzles, set by the author of Much Ado About Numbers, a new book about mathematics in Shakespeare’s day.

1. Hours and hours

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‘She wants to go to school’: parents of unwell child fear truancy prosecution

Yesterday at 17:54 PM, via The Guardian

The Beaks are among the families in England and Wales who have faced fines over health-related school absences

Chloe Beak lives with chronic, debilitating migraines that leave her unable to attend school for days at a time. But instead of receiving support from her school, her parents have been fined by the local authority for her truancy.

The family’s current fix is to send their daughter in...

Nigeria: Life Has Lost Meaning – Chibok Girls’ Parents

Yesterday at 16:19 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Trust] It has been ten years since over 250 girls were taken from the Government Secondary, Chibok. Since then, some of the girls have been recovered. But till date, over 80 of the girls are still in captivity. Just like it has been in the past 10 years, today, every year, parents of the victims lament their situation. Some say they do not know whether to keep hoping that one day their...

Nigeria: Can Demands Rescue of Abducted Chibok Girls, 10 Years After

Yesterday at 16:19 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Trust] The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked the federal government to intensify efforts and take decisive action to rescue the remaining abducted Chibok schoolgirls who have been in the hands of their captors for the past 10 years.

Nigeria: Chibok Abduction At 10 – Never Again

Yesterday at 13:47 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Trust] Today, April 14, 2024, marks the tenth anniversary of a national disaster. It coincides with the day Boko Haram terrorists dressed in military uniforms abducted 276 final year school girls in a nighttime raid from their dormitory in Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. About 50 of the girls escaped immediately by jumping out of the lorries, in which they were...

Nigeria: Chibok Abduction – From a Reporter’s Lens

Yesterday at 13:20 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Trust] When the Abubakar Shekau-led Boko Haram perpetrated the infamous mass abduction of teenage girls in Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014, precisely a decade ago today, the first major challenge was the failure of all the relevant stakeholders to reach a consensus that indeed there was a security breach of monumental proportions.

Nigeria: How to Revive Almajiri Education in Nigeria

Yesterday at 13:20 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Trust] Vanderbilt University, USA — The recent revival of the Almajiri education programme, marked by the establishment of the Almajiri Commission, reflects a commendable commitment to addressing this longstanding issue. However, the track record of past endeavours raises valid doubts about the potential success of this latest initiative. From the deportation of Almajiri children to...

What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven, Conn.

Yesterday at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

Though the academic scene continues to imbue this coastal Connecticut city with a certain gravitas, surrounding neighborhoods are showing off their own cultural capital in the realms of art, food, music and more.

Can you solve it? Art thou smarter than Shakespeare?

Yesterday at 08:10 AM, via The Guardian

Don’t make this a comedy of errors

Today’s puzzles come from the quill of Rob Eastaway, the bard of brainteasers, whose latest book Much Ado About Numbers is a journey into Shakespeare’s mathematical life and times.

1. Hours and hours

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Childcare in England failing and falling behind much of world, charity says

Yesterday at 01:01 AM, via The Guardian

Fawcett Society warns sector is lacking in ambition and delivery and calls for free ‘universal’ hours

Labour in a bind over much-needed childcare reform

England’s childcare system is failing and falling behind those of much of the rest of the world, a UK charity for gender equality and women’s rights has said.

The Fawcett Society said childcare in England was failing on several fronts:...

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