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PM orders probe of teacher’s Prem claims

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the education minister would investigate claims that a public school teacher told students that the former Privy Council president and prime minister Prem Tinsulanonda was a dictator.

Bangkok Post

POINT: Education’s future depends on parent power

If there’s one thing the last three years have taught American parents, it’s that they need to take control of their children’s education.

Tribune News Service

Australia has a plan to fix its school teacher shortage. Will it work?

All year, we have heard reports of a “crisis” in Australian schools, thanks to a shortage of teachers around the country. Federal education department modelling shows there will be a high school teacher shortfall of about 4,000 by 2025.

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Student loan forgiveness “highly unlikely” as Supreme Court reviews case, says expert

December 1st 2022, the federal Supreme Court rejected President Biden’s immediate request to revive his student debt relief plan. The court will review oral arguments in February 2023 and then determine whether the leading lawsuit against the program has merit.

Tribune News Service

Tory Education Secretary Gillian Keegan does not believe white privilege exists

Gillian Keegan, the Education Secretary, said 'I don't, for me, think that there is a privilege to being white on its own' adding 'I don't think it's a fact' and 'there's a lot of debate'

Daily Mirror

Decision to approve Cumbria coalmine is ‘bad policy, bad politics’ and ‘environmental vandalism’, says Labour – as it happened

Lisa Nandy calls decision ‘absurd’ and says new coal will be used for steel and not electricity generation

The Guardian - UK

NT education advocates welcome end of effective enrolment funding school model, call for faster transition to new model

A review has found the NT's effective enrolment policy — which funded schools based on attendance rather than enrolment — was not meeting students' need, but the switch to a new system could take years.

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Tories shelve 'unworkable' schools shake-up in yet another Rishi Sunak U-turn

Critics welcomed the decision to scrap the bill but said it was a symptom of the chaos of the last 12 months - which has seen FIVE different Education Secretaries in charge

Daily Mirror

Schools Bill dropped as Government prioritises tackling economic storm

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan insisted the Government remained committed to some of the elements within the doomed legislation.

The Independent UK

Legal losses keep coming for Biden's student loan relief plan

The 5th Circuit Court rejected a Education Department appeal on Wednesday, the latest setback in several parallel lawsuits. The administration is expected to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in.

WEKU

Transgender ban, Biden loan program top House GOP’s education agenda

Republicans campaigned in the midterm election on undoing a student loan forgiveness program and banning transgender athletes.

Roll Call

'Thainess' needs rethink

The Education Ministry has faced a torrent of criticism for its initiative to single out history as an individual subject from the social cluster in school curricula.

Bangkok Post

West Dunbartonshire teachers are set to strike again at the start of next year

The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has announced that there will be 16 continuous days of strike action in January and February, spread throughout every council in the nation.

Daily Record

Free TAFE, VET courses for WA students

The federal government has partnered with Western Australia's Labor government for a $112 million deal to fund free TAFE and vocational education courses.

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Tories 'abandoning families' as 1,600 children's centres close in a decade

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the centres were a “lifeline” for families - and warned more closures were sure to follow after the Tories “crashed the economy”

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh teachers reject 'insulting' pay offer as walk-out set to go ahead this week

The Scottish Government made a new offer to the EIS (Educational Institute of Scotland) and SSTA (Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association) unions on Tuesday in a bid to prevent industrial action, with the former set to strike this week

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh teachers offered new pay deal in bid to prevent further strike action

The EIS (Educational Institute of Scotland) and SSTA (Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association) unions announced plans to walk out, with the former due to take place this week

Daily Record

Teachers in Scotland offered new pay deal in bid to avoid strike and keep classrooms open

The new offer of a 6.85 per cent increase falls short of the 10 per cent demanded by education unions.

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The Conversation

University and school strikes across Canada are about workers' rights — and protecting education as a public good

Labour issues in education across Canada have made the headlines in recent weeks.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh education boss hits back at minister's comment over Gaelic school delay

Both the council and the Scottish Government say they have not been able to find a suitable city centre site for the Gaelic school.

Axios

Some student loan relief applicants get approval notice from Department of Education

"We’re making clear to student borrowers who is standing with them, and who isn’t," the letter said.

The Independent UK

Former government adviser appointed to look at planned post-16 education reforms

The Skills for Jobs White Paper was first announced in January 2021 by then-education secretary Gavin Williamson.

The Canberra Times

Federal government announces early childhood summit

The summit will focus on developing a national strategy for children up to the age of five.

AAP

Call to rebuild national tertiary sector

The Greens and the tertiary sector say the government needs to urgently rebuild higher education, welcoming the idea of an 'accord'.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jill Biden touts ‘career-connected learning’ in Chicago, calling education a nonpartisan ‘American’ issue

The first lady visited Chicago on Monday to highlight apprenticeship and career training opportunities for young people.

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