News archive for 17th February 2018

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Labour promises sprinklers for new school buildings in £14bn improvement package - Mirror Parents hit out at school after pupils told they won't be served lunch unless they wear their blazers - Mirror Chartered College boss warns government against 'lowering the bar' on teacher entry - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Cautious’ teachers need social media support from schools - Schools Week The article that changed my view … of how bilingualism can improve society - Guardian The government is micromanaging with the new times tables test – for goodness sake, leave teachers to get on with their job - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'It's given the children a love of wildlife': the schools letting nature in - Guardian Long read: Meet the UK's contender for the million-dollar Global Teacher Prize - Times Educational Supplement | TES Four million school days are lost in a year to unauthorised holidays - Mail Record numbers of parents 'ignore' rules over time off during term to get cheaper holidays - Mirror Secret Teacher: I'm faced with the realities of child poverty every day - Guardian Councils call for hospital advisers to protect children from domestic violence - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Scotland: Pupils face longer exams under shake-up of qualification system - Herald Scotland Theresa May to unveil new plans that could hopefully see university fees slashed or frozen in 2019 - The Sun Religious education in schools is in crisis after applications to teach the subject drops by 40% - Mail Free school meals to be given out at weekends and holidays in Scotland - Times Universities to ‘dumb down’ final exams amid walkouts - Times