News archive for 22nd June 2021

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The genius of DT Willingham and WDSLS - Headguruteacher Ex-Education Secretary David Blunkett says using woke phrases like white privilege is ‘extremely unhelpful’ - The Sun David Blunkett: Today's poor white children are not privileged - Mail Education department challenged over support for One Britain One Nation day - Guardian White privilege is just a myth to 1 million white, working-class kids - The Sun Culture war over ‘white privilege’ won’t help disadvantaged children, headteachers say - Independent Labour MPs who opposed education report face social media attacks - Guardian Has wokeism crushed the working class? - Telegraph One in 10 children absent from school as self-isolation wreaks havoc with education - Telegraph Proportion of pupils off school for Covid-related reasons soars in a week - Mail Number of pupils off school because of Covid almost triples in one week - Independent The Guardian view on dog-whistle Tories: culture wars in the classroom - Guardian Quarter of a million children in England missed school last week due to Covid - Guardian Number of pupils off school due to Covid almost triples in one week - Mirror Echo reading: Building a bridge between text and meaning - The Learning Spy SNP 'open' to changing exam system as Ken Muir to oversee SQA replacement - Herald Scotland Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 22/6 - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE English: Let's recognise speaking and listening - Times Educational Supplement | TES The reawakening of the old idea of children doing AI programming - BERA NEU Cymru welcomes Estyn inspection plans for autumn term - National Education Union NEU comment on school absence rates - National Education Union ASCL comment on Week 25 school attendance statistics - ASCL A new guide to support students who stammer - Advance HE Entrepreneur pays £80,000 so student can go to private school in Wales - Wales Online Duchess of York appointed as Chair of newly formed International Montessori Ambassadors group - EYE | Early Years Educator Schools, technology and parents: working with parents when things get back to normal - Independent Head We agree with John Lewis boss: supporting staff with maths is vital - National Numeracy School Number Heroes competition winners! - National Numeracy How should universities respond to Ofsted’s report on sexual violence in schools? - Wonkhe Green jobs, apprenticeships and higher technical education - FE News The trauma of TAGs… plus holidays abroad, libraries and exam reform - Teacher Tapp Early years support vital to end ‘years of neglect’ for poor white children, MPs say - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Covid absences triple in England’s secondary schools - Financial Times Banned: Teacher who drank from wine bottle in handbag - Times Educational Supplement | TES Society for Education and Training (SET) welcomes SecuriGroup as SET Corporate Partner - Education & Training Foundation T Level CPD supporting strategic leaders and governance professionals - Education & Training Foundation Teacher recruitment and retention in the eye of the pandemic - EPI Diversity and anti-racism should be at every level of our education system - PoliticsHome Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak – 23 March 2020 to 17 June - DfE Exams plan for 2022 'revealed by start of school year' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Baroness Berridge speech to the Sixth Form Colleges Association - DfE Education Secretary outlines priorities on improving pupil outcomes - DfE Risk assessment and action planning when implementing the Prevent Duty in higher education (HE) - DfE The Prevent duty of care and the wellbeing of staff and students in higher education (HE) - DfE SMC responds to report on White working class pupils being ‘let down’ - Social Mobility Commission The Tories' education report is an exercise in blame-shifting. The culprit is austerity | Zoe Williams - Guardian Education report 'weaponising educational inequalities', UCU says - UCU 600 staff at 49 prisons out on strike in Covid safety dispute - UCU NAHT comments on latest school attendance figures showing highest Covid-related absence rate since schools reopened - NAHT Updated Academies Financial Handbook published - NAHT NASUWT comments on Welsh Government's "create space" plans for schools - NASUWT Hertfordshire teachers take strike action to protect pensions - NASUWT Leadership: Why college groups should grow their own - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exploring Windrush is vital to diversifying history in schools - Schools Week Our defences are not ready for this tsunami SEND referrals - Schools Week The DfE is focused on learning but a tsunami of need is upon us - FE Week Worried heads 'need DfE Covid info for September now’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Attendance: School Covid contact absences quadruple in a week - Schools Week Exam board’s late-night call for A-level and GCSE evidence angers schools - Guardian Testing in schools is on borrowed time - Telegraph White working class children face even worse prospects after the pandemic - Evening Standard Replacing SQA as Scottish exams body will not happen overnight, says education secretary - Scotsman Sixth-form colleges should join MATs, says government - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid teacher absence nearly doubles - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA replacement 'will take time', says Somerville - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why research must be at the heart of science education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-related school absence almost trebles in a week - Times Educational Supplement | TES The schools taken out of Estyn monitoring this school year - Wales Online A row over “white privilege” and education turns the spotlight on the Equality Act - New Statesman Campaign to oust police from schools in Greater Manchester gathers pace - Guardian Prison education: Around 600 staff go on strike - Times Educational Supplement | TES Growth mindsets: The pandemic has proved their power - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tory MPs accused of 'culture war' as schools report disowned by committee member - Mirror Confusion and heavy lobbying forces Ofsted to ‘clarify’ Baker clause approach - Schools Week Scottish Qualifications Authority: Education Secretary says 'change will take time' - Herald Scotland Confusion and heavy lobbying forces Ofsted to ‘clarify’ Baker clause approach - FE Week Why is the SQA being scrapped and what does it mean for your children? - Herald Scotland Poorer white pupils let down and neglected - MPs - BBC GCSEs 2021: Teachers' fury at exam board email blunder - Times Educational Supplement | TES AQA apologises after ‘appalling’ late-night email demanding grade evidence within a day - Schools Week Punishing the young serves Johnson’s politics of nostalgia | William Davies - Guardian Higher Education on Hold: Access to higher education for young people with insecure or unresolved immigration status - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth An A* in reputation management? Looking back at last summer’s results row – and ahead to this summer’s coming one - HEPI Introducing: Caron Johnson, Executive Headteacher, The Rowans AP Academy, and Chief Executive, The Inspiring Change MultiAcademy Trust - Schools Week Covid: Grading system leaves Welsh pupils 'in limbo' - BBC White working-class pupils ‘neglected’ by education system for decades - Telegraph The new ‘poor’: Cambridge will hand out bursaries to students from households earning £62,000 - Telegraph Cambridge University bursaries will help 'remove barriers' - BBC Should length of tenure for CEOs and chairs be limited? - FE Week Covid-19: Extra disruption payment to 9,000 NI students - BBC Neil McLennan: Teachers must be put back at the heart of decision-making on education - Herald Scotland ‘Forgotten’ White working-class pupils let down by decades of neglect, MPs say - UK Parliament Putting the employ into employability - Wonkhe Universities and guns don’t mix - Wonkhe Term 'white privilege' may have worsened neglect of working-class pupils, say MPs - Mirror Infected blood from addicts & sex workers gave us HIV and hepatitis at school - The Sun The Duchess of York is a new ambassador for Montessori education - Nursery World 2 English universities face major losses under fee cut plan - Times Higher Education | THE Teaching intelligence: assisting those who lost out on learning - Times Higher Education | THE Set targets for white working-class access, MPs tell regulator - Times Higher Education | THE Why apprenticeships alone cannot stem the digital skills gap - FE News Older pupils may get Covid vaccine offer over the summer - The Times White working-class pupils are anything but privileged, say MPs - The Times ‘Sensitivity readers’ to vet Oxford University student newspapers - The Times Gardeners’ World presenter Carol Klein pleads for gardening in schools - The Times Oxford students should defy the ‘sensitivity’ censors - The Times Giles Coren: If St Paul’s is serious, that toxic word ‘girls’ must go - The Times Scottish education is being stunted by poor leadership - The Times OECD review: List of education agencies stretches over three pages - The Times Covid in Scotland: Pupils on suicide watch after months out of school - The Times Scotland: Edinburgh University to hire racism monitor - The Times