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• ‘We’re like sitting ducks’: the right’s ‘war on woke’ has a well-tested playbook to take down academics February 14, 2025
  The campaign against Claudine Gay, Harvard’s first Black president, has become a blueprint increasingly wielded against women and scholars of colorJo Boaler, a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University, is not new to criticism of her work turning ugly. Boaler champions a reformist approach to teaching maths, arguing that strategies that emphasise reasoning over […]
  Alice Speri
• Most academy leaders in England say new bill will not affect school management February 14, 2025
  Survey shows most leaders predict no impact from series of major policies in new schools billA majority of academy leaders in England say key policies in the government’s new schools bill will not affect how they manage their schools, according to a new survey of multi-academy trust chief executives.The survey, which involved 120 leaders of […]
  Richard Adams Education editor
• Ministers ‘mission-washing’ spending plans in effort to avoid cuts February 14, 2025
  Departments making stretched links between programmes and government ‘missions’ amid fears of budget cutsMinisters are trying to “mission-wash” every item of spending in their departments, according to officials, before a spending review at which Rachel Reeves has demanded they justify every pound they receive.Sources have told the Guardian that secretaries of state and their officials […]
  Kiran Stacey and Jessica Elgot
• Denver’s public school system sues Trump administration over Ice access to schools February 13, 2025
  School district says expanded immigration enforcement diverts resources and causes decreased attendanceThe Denver public school system (DPS) on Wednesday became the first US school district to sue the Trump administration over its policy of allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents in schools.Colorado’s largest public school district argues in the federal lawsuit that the policy […]
  Guardian staff and agency
• Inquiry into Buckingham University chief’s relationship with young woman ‘flawed’ February 12, 2025
  Lawyer who cleared James Tooley did not have access to WhatsApps and diaries that triggered the investigationA leading barrister who cleared the University of Buckingham’s vice-chancellor of wrongdoing over his relationship with a young Indian woman did not have access to evidence relevant to the investigation.The university commissioned Joseph O’Brien KC to investigate James Tooley […]
  Lucy Osborne and Tom Burgis
• Sacking of Christian school worker over posts about LGBTQ+ lessons unlawful, court rules February 12, 2025
  Kristie Higgs was dismissed after sharing posts on plans to teach equalities programme at her son’s C of E schoolA Christian school worker who was sacked after she shared Facebook posts raising concerns about lessons in LGBTQ+ relationships for primary schoolchildren has won her battle in the court of appeal.Kristie Higgs was dismissed from her […]
  Sally Weale Education correspondent
• Texas may allow families to pay for private schools with public funds February 12, 2025
  School voucher bill likely to benefit wealthier families, allowing $10,000 of taxpayer dollars per student per yearDonald Trump’s executive order on school choice last month may soon be wholly embraced by the state of Texas.Earlier this month, the Texas governor, Greg Abbott, announced school choice as an emergency item during his State of the State […]
  Erum Salam
• Rightwing Christians plot to increase US religious education during school hours February 12, 2025
  Far-right linked group LifeWise pushing model bill to allow students to leave school grounds for religious ‘release time’A group of rightwing Christian organizations is pushing a model bill to require public school districts to allow students to receive religious education during school hours, according to footage from a December meeting of the National Association of […]
  Alice Herman