3+ hour, 50+ min ago  (551+ words) Rather than a set of teaching and learning relationships, universities have become a bunch of metrics to be gamed. Unwinding these systems will take some effort After decades of public shaming, some university executives are finally starting to suggest that…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (886+ words) As the US birthrate has declined dramatically, schools are becoming emptier and districts are getting less public funding At a February board meeting for Memphis-Shelby county schools in Tennessee, a parent of five children who currently or formerly attended Ida…...

4+ hour, 41+ min ago  (300+ words) Low fi fun from Texas Today's puzzles all come from " the Hyde Park Math Zine! This delightful publication is written in pen on a single folded sheet of paper, has a print run of 30 copies, and is distributed in the…...

8+ hour, 36+ min ago  (692+ words) Study shows average time on screens each day is 41 minutes, with some watching more than three hours a day Three-quarters of nine-month-old babies in England are allowed daily screen time, while a small "heavy use" group watch more than three…...

11+ hour, 42+ min ago  (652+ words) Pretending not to hear parents or hiding toys are among children's early ploys, while by age of three they may be telling lies such as "a ghost ate the chocolate', research finds They may be yet to take their first…...

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19+ hour, 20+ min ago  (592+ words) Share of 16- to 24-year-old Neets who report a work-limiting condition up 70% in a decade, says thinktank There has been a sharp rise in the number of jobless young people in the UK citing health problems as the reason they are…...

1+ day, 20+ min ago  (995+ words) The Guardian view on post-16 qualifications: the case for V-levels replacing BTecs is unproven | Editorial'The Guardian The Guardian view on post-16 qualifications: the case for V-levels replacing BTecs is unproven Pausing the scrapping of existing qualifications was the right decision....

1+ day, 38+ min ago  (689+ words) Ministers go to Brussels for talks amid tuition fees standoff, 10 years after Britons voted to leave EU This week is "Brexit reset" week for the British government, as ministers engage in a flurry of activity intended to highlight their determination…...

20+ hour, 12+ min ago  (600+ words) National Secular Society to launch court action after failure to investigate alleged breaches of academic freedom laws A university regulator in England has failed to investigate potential breaches of laws protecting academic freedom at a dozen theological colleges and is…...