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Florida high school student club’s ‘drag & donuts’ event canceled after criticism by board member, state leaders

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Boone High School LGBTQ student club’s plans for a “drag & donuts” meeting after school Thursday was canceled after criticism from a conservative member of the Orange County School Board and Florida’s Education Commissioner.

Orlando Sentinel

Norma Foley says it will not 'be acceptable' for primary schools to ask for voluntary contributions for book money

Education Minister Norma Foley has announced that funding worth €96 per child will be provided to every school to provide books, copy books and workbooks to all primary school children.

Irish Mirror

Norma Foley agrees with Taoiseach that transgender prisoners should not be housed in female prisons

Education Minister Norma Foley said that she also agreed with comments from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that prisoners convicted of violent crimes who were born biologically male should not be placed in female-only prions.

Irish Mirror

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Taiwan visit China called 'vile' is a 'normal work trip', German minister says

Germany's education minister said on Wednesday that she was on a "normal work trip" to Taiwan to seek collaboration with partners that share similar challenges, a visit China has condemned as "vile".

Reuters

German Cabinet minister to visit Taiwan, 1st in 26 years

German officials say the country’s education and research minister is making an official trip to Taiwan next week

The Independent UK

Government and education unions agree to ‘intensive talks’ on teacher pay

Hopes rise for breakthrough on teachers’ strikes as unions and government announce talks

Evening Standard

No, New South Wales Labor's school phone ban won't allow kids to be 'tracked'

NSW Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell claims kids will be 'tracked' under Labor's plan to use phone jamming tech in schools. What are the facts?

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Headteachers fear schools will have to pick up bill for pay rise offered in Wales

The said some councils had 'short changed schools' on cash promised for pay awards, leading to an education postcode lottery in Wales

Wales Online

Editorial: Where have all the nation’s college students gone?

Has the nation reached a tipping point when it comes to the soaring cost of a college education? Declining enrollment numbers should be a warning to institutions of higher learning.

Tribune News Service

Schools closed across UK as teachers go on strike for two days from today - full list

The National Education Union (NUE) is locked in a stalemate with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan over talks amid a long-running pay dispute with pupils across England facing disruption

Daily Mirror

Kids write to Minister Norma Foley pleading with her to ban homework after President comments

One kid told her that seven hours in school was "plenty of education"

Irish Mirror

Union head welcomes ‘detailed negotiations’ over teachers’ pay after fresh talks

The NASUWT and headteachers’ union NAHT held separate talks with the Education Secretary on Monday with the ASCL to do the same on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Truancy is more than a political soundbite

Political parties are falling over themselves to provide solutions to our truancy rates. Aaron Hendry explains why we need to move away from viewing schools as simply educational institutions - and how.

Newsroom.co.nz

School wear 'can promote kingdom'

Officials from the education and tourism ministries are voicing support for Chinese tourists who wear Thai student uniforms, saying doing so will help promote Thailand.

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Daily Mirror

Labour will ditch 'broken' Tory childcare model - instead of 'bolting on' free hours

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was time for a complete overhaul of the 'complex and confused' childcare system - and said 'bolting on' more hours would not fix it

The Independent UK

Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs bill creating school vouchers

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed into law an education overhaul that she's called her priority this legislative session

Irish Mirror

Education Minister Norma Foley says she doesn't let online abuse stop her from doing her job

Comments are often made about Minister Foley’s dress sense and appearance on social media

Daily Mirror

'Lifelong loans' to be made available for those wanting to study or retrain later in life

The new higher education loan scheme, dubbed the Lifelong Loan Entitlement (LLE), was first announced in 2022 as part of a whole package of reforms to the student finance system

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Irish Mirror

Government launches scoping inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse in religious order schools

Education Minister Norma Foley encouraged victims of sexual abuse in schools run by religious orders to come forward and take part in the scoping inquiry.

The Independent UK

Learners can use loan to help ‘train and upskill’ throughout working lives

The lifelong loan entitlement is worth the equivalent of four years of post-18 education – which is £37,000 in tuition fees.

The Conversation

Our study found new teachers perform just as well in the classroom as their more experienced colleagues

The past four decades have seen an endless stream of reviews into teacher education. Australia has clocked up more than 100 since 1979. This comes amid constant concerns teachers are not adequately prepared for the classroom.

Los Angeles Times

Biden has quietly forgiven billions in student loans despite setbacks for his signature debt plan

WASHINGTON — Sara Diaz was feeling emotional when she checked her email Tuesday. She was among the hundreds of Neiman Marcus employees laid off last month and had just finished a stressful phone call about her health insurance.

Evening Standard

Teachers blast Education Secretary Gillian Keegan over strike talks jibe

Teachers react with fury after Ms Keegan said other public unions had paused strike action but not the National Education Union

Radio France Internationale

French education board hopes to make national civic service compulsory

The national civic service – a programme that replaced France's military service – could gradually become compulsory from September 2024, according to a document from the French Education Ministry.

Glasgow Live

Teacher strikes suspended as union backs new Scottish Government pay offer

All planned teacher strikes have been suspended after a new pay offer was presented by the Scottish Government. The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union has urged members to accept the offer.

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