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Laura Doel, national secretary at school leaders’ union NAHT Cymru, welcomed more guidance for schools but said: “This is only one piece of the jigsaw, and there needs to be recognition that schools are trying to deal with the symptoms of social issues often beyond their control, and that prevention …

Neurodivergent young people welcome a move to give teachers more awareness of pupils’ needs. BBC News

Walk the rows of the farmers market in a small, nondescript Texas town about an hour away from Austin, and you might stumble across something unexpected: In between booths selling fresh, local pickles and pies, there’s a table piled high with generic-looking streaming boxes, promising free access to NFL games, …

The day after the second general strike in Minneapolis, the labor unions of Portland, Oregon, marched in solidarity. It was the warmest day that Portland had seen in a while, with sun peeking out from the clouds here and there. Many people had brought their entire families; not just older …

Former Labour minister Lord Triesman, who was “vital” to New Labour, according to Sir Tony Blair, has died at the age of 82, the party has said. David Triesman, who also served as chairman of the Football Association, died “peacefully and at home” on Friday, the party said in a …

Last Saturday, I received an email from the Children’s Theatre Company of Minnesota. They explained that they were canceling the weekend’s performances of Go, Dog. Go! “for the safety of our patrons, staff, and artists.” Earlier that morning, federal agents had killed Alex Pretti in the streets, about nine blocks …

The broken banks of the Limpopo River are now faint snaking lines in a vast sea of brown, stagnant water that stretches out in every direction. Our view, from a Mercy Air helicopter delivering food aid to starving communities surrounded by submerged farms in southern Mozambique‘s Gaza province, is devastating. …

Aberdeenshire Council says a ‘small minority’ of parents are involved in the incidents. BBC News

In the days after the killing of the 37‑year‑old ICU nurse Alex Pretti, signs emerged that the Trump administration understood how quickly anger at federal immigration agents could ignite across Minnesota and the nation. Early in the week, the president touted “very good” phone calls with the Minnesota governor, Tim …

DISCUSSING OPTIONS — State Superintendent of Schools Michele Blatt answers questions from members of the state Senate Education Committee on Tuesday about a bill meant to help financially distressed school systems, such as Hancock County. — Photo Courtesy/WV Legislative Photography CHARLESTON — While the West Virginia …

LISBON — Healthcare is being made available to Beaver Local students through a new partnership with the Akron Children’s Mobile Unit. District Superintendent Eric Lowe shared the new opportunity with the Board of Education during the January board meeting. Lowe thanked school nurse Kathy Boggs for her work on the …

Robbie MeredithEducation and arts correspondent, BBC News NI BBC Javed Love is understood to be the first teacher in Northern Ireland in at least a decade to take the action A primary school teacher has used a conscience clause in a 40-year-old law to withdraw from teaching religious education (RE). …

Richard PriceWest Midlands Google Cheshire Police said the tragedy happened in the Esquinzo area of Fuerteventura An 11-year-old girl who was “terrified” of water accidentally drowned in a “very, very shallow” hotel pool on her first family holiday abroad, an inquest has heard. Francesca Blease, from Crewe, Cheshire, was pulled …

Kate McGoughEducation reporter Theo Batterham Grammy Award-winning artist, composer and producer Jacob Collier has told the BBC that singing together can combat social isolation in young people and “bypass the artificial digital boundaries created around us”. He was speaking ahead of the launch of BBC Get Singing, a new music …

Paul SeddonPolitical reporter Getty Images Suella Braverman once said the Conservative Party needed to do “everything we can” to win back former Tory voters switching to Reform UK. But the former home secretary has now gone in the opposite direction herself, becoming the latest in a clutch of senior Tories …

PA Media Malcolm Offord said Reform would cut tax if elected in Scotland Reform UK’s new Scottish leader has said the party will bring income tax bands into line with those in England if it wins power at Holyrood. Malcolm Offord said the party would reduce the number of tax …

A secondary school is to host a Ramadan awareness development session to help a city’s teachers better support pupils who observe the Islamic month of fasting. The event on 5 February is being organised in partnership with the Muslim Council of Peterborough and Gladstone Community District Association (Gladca). About 30 …

Students should be banned from accessing phones for the duration of the entire school day, the education secretary has said. Bridget Phillipson wrote to headteachers in England on Monday to tell them schools should be “phone-free environments”. The new edict dictates pupils should not use the devices as calculators, for …

Nathan StandleyEducation reporter PA Media All schools in England should follow new government guidance and be phone-free for the entire school day, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said. In a letter to schools seen exclusively by the BBC, she said it was “not appropriate for phones to be used as …

Marc AshdownBusiness correspondent Getty Images Some artists have banned filming on phones at their concerts When Sir Paul McCartney performed at the Santa Barbara Bowl, he promised fans an intimate gig. But the former Beatle went a step further than most by agreeing to engineer a makeshift “lockdown” on selfies …