News archive for 23rd October 2016

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Boys read less than girls and skip more pages in books, studies find - Independent Universities do not challenge racism, says UK's first black studies professor - Guardian Education can make you (and me) sick, says David Blunkett - Schools Week Boys read less thoroughly than girls, choose books which are too easy for them, and skip large sections out - Mail Inspectors ask pupils to judge their schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pearson Teaching Awards reveal who has come top of the class in 2016 - Schools Week UCU responds to new report on graduate gender pay gap - UCU Close your eyes and breathe: schools sign up to mindfulness - Guardian Theresa May ‘raiding’ childcare fund for poor families to fulfil election promise - Guardian Trump's 'wall' is already hindering HE collaboration - University World News Grammar school supporters rely on selective memory | the big issue - Guardian We’re killing national treasures and closing our minds to great art | Laura Cumming - Guardian Honey, I bribed the kids. And now they’re star pupils | Barbara Ellen - Guardian The truth about boys and books: they read less – and skip pages - Guardian Striving to improve classroom equality - Herald Scotland