News archive for 20th June 2021

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'I found a suicide note in a corridor' Head says schools cannot shut again - Wales Online Geography teacher apologises after using N-word as he explained pronunciation of west African country Niger - The Sun Teachers told to stop using terms 'boy' and 'girl' by LGBT charity - Express Disadvantaged pupils fearful over exam grades - BBC Don't give schoolchildren the Covid jab, says father-of-two Tory MP - Mail Offer young people a business education to tackle inequality, says entrepreneur - Mail Offer young people a business education to tackle inequality, says entrepreneur - Independent Geography teacher faces investigation for using N-word while explaining pronunciation of the country Niger - Mail Sarah Vine reacts to St Paul's Girls' School no longer using the term 'head girl' - Mail Curriculum conversations between subject and senior leaders - JohnTomsett The Church of England offensive in FE colleges must be resisted - FE Week Struggling schools need ‘support, not public tellings-off’ - Schools Week SNP under fire: Education reform call ahead of OECD report - Herald Scotland Air pollution warning: Almost 8,000 schools in high pollution locations - SecEd Shameful: Up to 100,000 pupils fall foul of DfE's Pupil Premium rule change - SecEd It's official: Out-of-hour emails cause stress! - UKEdChat ‘Walking and talking’ behaviour management - Teacher Toolkit How to make the most of whole-class reading - The Educator Gavin Williamson 'pressures Boris Johnson to back Covid jabs for pupils' - Mail Gavin Williamson names DfE adviser as candidate to lead exams regulator Ofqual - Mail Two in five disadvantaged pupils believe they will receive unfair grades - poll - Mail Tall blackboards and best chalk ‘still vital for mathematicians’ - Times Higher Education | THE Ethics reviewers have moved on from granite-faced bureaucracy - Times Higher Education | THE Thousands of schools still send pupils home early - The Times Scottish schools to ditch their ‘binary’ head boys and girls - The Times Blow for Gordonstoun’s Canada plans - The Times