News archive for 14th April 2017

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Leader comment: students should be given a choice - Scotsman John McDonnell says he 'was wearing flares' last time education cuts were so bad - Independent Teachers poised to launch legal challenge over selective education plans - Mail Letters: Theresa May’s grammar school vanity project will institutionalise failure - Guardian Education Secretary could face High Court challenge over grammar school expansion plans - Telegraph Legal threat over 'back door' grammar school streams - BBC NUT weighing up legal action against academies over 'grammar streams' - Guardian USA: why fewer international students could be good news - University World News To remain a gateway to work, universities must change - University World News Comment: telling children 'hard work gets you to the top' is simply a lie - Guardian Nic Mitchell: brand is key challenge for international recruitment - University World News Higher education for refugees: a call for action - University World News NUT preps for legal action against ‘grammar streams’ - Schools Week Scottish medical students to benefit from digital GP link-up - Scotsman Are universities facing a date rape crisis? - Telegraph Grammars and selection - Montrose42 Is 'our knowledge' different from theirs? - The Learning Spy Call to delay curriculum changes in Wales - BBC Black and ethnic minority teachers face 'invisible glass ceiling' in schools, report warns - Independent Pupils with mental health problems: Teachers’ concern at lack of help - Express The best books about green living for children of all ages - Guardian Teachers concerned over help available for pupils with mental health needs - Mail Rowan Williams on Stefan Collini: against the market in universities - New Statesman Teacher headbutted by pupil in class wins nearly £100,000 in compensation for psychological trauma - Mirror Tes poll reveals 96 per cent of teachers will work over Easter break - Times Educational Supplement | TES Looked-after children three times more likely to move schools mid year - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK schools are struggling to provide support for surge in mental health issues in children - Independent The under sevens suffering panic attacks and depression: One in five teachers say they have seen pupils showing signs of mental health issues - Mail Pupils as young as four having panic attacks, say teachers - BBC New grammars can spur social mobility - Mail Four-year-olds suffering panic attacks, eating disorders, anxiety and depression, report says - Independent Teachers awarded more than £30m in compensation following surge in physical attacks on staff by pupils - Independent Pupils as young as four suffering mental health problems as schools struggle to cope - Mirror Compensation soars for teachers suffering injuries or discrimination - Guardian Thousands of pupils failing key Scottish school exam - Herald Scotland Scottish government knew assessment changes would disadvantage borderline pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES A third of black and minority ethnic teachers do not feel valued at work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Compensation payments to teachers soar - Times Educational Supplement | TES Most teachers say help is not available for pupils' mental health problems - Times Educational Supplement | TES More than 97 per cent of teachers say teaching is bad for their health, finds survey - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools are struggling to deal with pupils' mental health Issues, teachers warn - Huffington Post Scotland: structural defects in schools ‘may exist in other public buildings’ - Times Structural defects in schools ‘may exist in other public buildings’ - Times Polish language advocates lament lack of classes - Times Officials defend approach to abuse funding gap - Times Grammar school plan ‘will leave poorest behind’ - Times Ethnic teachers given less challenging responsibilities because of their skin colour, research finds - Schools Week BME teachers often given stereotypical roles in schools, survey finds - Guardian Teacher awarded almost half a million pounds after being hit over head with skate board by violent pupil  - Telegraph Put families who earn less than £33,000 first in the queue, new grammars are to be told as part of Education Secretary's reforms - Mail