Just 1.5% with behaviour issues got grade 4s or higher in the subjects, according to dataOnly one out of every 25 pupils in schools for those with behavioural difficulties or exclusions managed to gain passes in English and maths GCSEs this year, according to national data which also shows little headway being made in improving overall exam results...

Manchester council urged to reject statue of 'anti-black racist' Gandhi

Thursday 17th October 2019

Students say remarks by Indian freedom fighter mean proposed sculpture would be an ‘insult’Manchester city council should reject a statue of the Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi on account of his “well-documented anti-black racism”, according to student activists...

Chicago teachers strike stops classes for 361,000 students

Thursday 17th October 2019

Teachers plan to picket at more than 500 schools across city after negotiations between union and district leadership failedTeachers in the Chicago Public Schools system, the third-largest school district in the US, went on strike on Thursday, canceling classes for 361,000 students after protracted labor negotiations between the union and district leadership failed to produce a deal...

Defiant head vows to keep unregistered school open

Thursday 17th October 2019

Nadia Ali calls the pupils "happy learners" and denies the school, in south London, is breaking the law...

I thought I knew about feminism – then I started work in a women’s prison

Thursday 17th October 2019

I wanted to teach the inmates about female empowerment...

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