News archive for 7th January 2018

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Iran to ban teaching of English in primary schools - Financial Times Reshuffle fun fact: Sixth minister for skills since 2010 needed if Milton moved - FE Week Iran to ban teaching of English in primary schools - Financial Times Iran bans English classes over ‘cultural invasion’ fears as tensions with US grow - Express More parents are taking their children out of school for holidays - Wales Online Not only do our most deprived pupils have an opportunity deficit, they have a deficit of beauty in their lives - Times Educational Supplement | TES Iran bans teaching English in primary schools as Islamic leaders warn it opens the way to a Western 'cultural invasion' - Mail Chinese schools roll out sex education progammes after child abuse scandal rocked the nation - Mail Making teaching changes - Learning Scientists Theresa May warns Toby Young further 'distasteful' tweets could see him sacked from universities role - PoliticsHome The challenges behind the figures on teacher recruitment - Policy Exchange Jon Ashworth calls on Theresa May to sack ‘disgusting, offensive, sexist’ Toby Young - PoliticsHome Professor Green: white working-class boys becoming more disengaged - Guardian Theresa May slams obscene Toby Young tweets - The Sun What our students need is more unconditional offers from universities, not fewer - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching to make children cleverer – Part 2 - The Learning Spy Pupils should stand or squat at their desks, celebrity GP says - Times Educational Supplement | TES £45 million for literacy will not 'reverse damage' of funding cuts, Labour says - Times Educational Supplement | TES May condemns Toby Young's comments but backs him keeping OfS post - Guardian Patronising' Justine Greening fights for her job - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for evidence on employer engagement activities for learners - Learning & Work Institute We need better politics education and deeper understanding of different views - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents’ rights will be crushed for ‘equality’ - Times It’s time to rethink Toby Young’s appointment - Times Music lesson costs not easy on the ear - Times Fears for standards as no student fails exams at 11 top universities - Times Razor slits fashion has schools on edge - Times In British education, the central issue is class, not ethnicity - Guardian The fail-safe way to beat exam cheats - Guardian Students and teachers are cheating more in GCSE and A-level exams - Metro PM's disgust at student tsar Toby Young's sordid tweets - Mail