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Europe Students

Autumn phonics check unpopular with teachers, study finds

A new study is shedding light on how teachers perceive the controversial phonics autumn phonics check.  The autumn phonics checks...

• BY Kelvin Maina
• November 24, 2020
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Security

Surveillance parenting and how it is impacting students and teachers

It is now not uncommon to find children fitted with GPS devices meant for surveillance by parents. To many parents,...

• BY Kelvin Maina
• November 23, 2020
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Europe Opportunities

Covid response in the UK intensifies as DfE goes into...

The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a recruitment drive as part of its covid response plan that aims to...

• BY Kelvin Maina
• November 22, 2020
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Asia Schools

Singapore: How studying overseas has been impacted by COVID-19

The global spread of coronavirus meant that international travel had to be shut down, making the prospects of studying overseas...

• BY Kelvin Maina
• November 21, 2020
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Europe Social Issues

Funding for LGBTQ+ bullying axed by the UK government

The UK government will be discounting funding for LGBTQ+ bullying, which has been running since 2014. This marks a sharp...

• BY Kelvin Maina
• November 19, 2020
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Special Education United States

Special needs students' parents in US heavily impacted by the...

The spread of Covid -19 has upended the American education system after months of lockdowns and extra-caution during the reopening....

• BY Kelvin Maina
• November 18, 2020
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Science

Why some Covid-19 deaths explanation does not make sense

Scientists are now doubting their long-held hypothesis that covid-19 deaths and hospitalization are being triggered by an overreaction of an...

• BY Kelvin Maina
• November 10, 2020
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Asia Schools

Philippines DepEd chief insensitive remarks cause a stir online

Schools in the Philippines that have been affected by the onslaught of Super Typhoon Rolly have been urged by the...

• BY Kelvin Maina
• November 6, 2020
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Asia Schools

Philippines DepEd criticized for 2019 education performance

The Philippines Department of Education (DepEd) has been criticized for its handling of the education docket resulting in students failing...

• BY Kelvin Maina
• November 2, 2020
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Asia

Filipino filmmaker angered by modular education being offered by DepEd

Direk Joey Reyes, a renowned Filipino filmmaker, has criticized the Philippines Department of Education (DepEd) for developing a module that...

• BY Kelvin Maina
• October 28, 2020
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