Shouball

Education News

• What is genomic prediction and can embryos really be ‘screened for IQ’? October 18, 2024
  A startup in the US, Heliospect, appears to be preparing to launch a service to enable parents to select ‘desirable’ traitsUS startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’There is broad scientific consensus that intelligence is partly inherited and that genes play a significant role. But pinning this incredibly complex trait down to precise contributions […]
  Hannah Devlin Science Correspondent
• Girls play outside less than boys even at two years old, UK survey reveals October 18, 2024
  Researchers shocked at discovery that gender difference in physical activity appears to begin so early in life Girls play outside in nature less than boys even at the age of two, according to the first national survey of play among preschool-age children in Britain.While researchers expect to see older children socialised to particular gender roles, […]
  Sally Weale Education correspondent
• Tackling misogyny is vital, London mayor tells primary schools October 18, 2024
  Teachers offered training on running classroom sessions for children to learn about inequality and sexismCombating the “pernicious influence” of misogynists such as Andrew Tate in primary schools is a vital part of teaching children about equality and respect, the mayor of London has told teachers.Sadiq Khan has written to every primary school in London urging […]
  Alexandra Topping
• The funsters at the IPA made an educational board game for kiddies – how kind | First Dog on the Moon October 18, 2024
  Win or lose you WILL learn the IPA version of Australian historySign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
  First Dog on the Moon
• Use of ‘culture wars’ phrase ‘a dog whistle to attack the right’ Badenoch tells GB News Tory leadership special – as it happened October 17, 2024
  Contender says ‘it is about being brave and not being scared that the Guardian is going to mock us’Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, has told MPs that magistrates are getting powers to sentence offenders for longer – to reduce the number of prisoners being held on remand and to cut the backlog in crown courtsIn […]
  Tom Ambrose (now) and Andrew Sparrow (earlier)
• University in Lisbon suspends plans for course on racism taught by all-white staff October 16, 2024
  Nova university programme criticised for only having white instructors and for some of its content, such as session on ‘does racism really exist?’A top university in Lisbon has suspended plans to launch a postgraduate programme on racism and xenophobia after the course was criticised for hiring only white instructors.The programme, offered by the faculty of […]
  Ashifa Kassam European Community affairs correspondent
• Ireland’s big school secret: how a year off-curriculum changes teenage lives October 16, 2024
  The transition year led Paul Mescal and Cillian Murphy to become actors – and has had similarly seismic effects on thousands of secondary school students. Should other countries follow suit?‘If you know your Flann O’Brien, you’ll know that bike maintenance and philosophy go arse-on-saddle in this country,” Niall Hare, the 63-year-old headteacher at Kishoge community […]
  Zoe Williams
• County Durham school drops plan to turn off heat on climate ‘blue nose day’ October 16, 2024
  Wolsingham school’s carbon-cutting event had been planned by pupils but parents raised concernsA school has made a U-turn on a student-led plan to turn the heating off for a “blue nose” climate action day after parents raised concerns.The heating was due to be turned off at Wolsingham school, County Durham, on Friday but the plan […]
  Mark Brown North of England correspondent