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Long-time Slashdot reader theodp notes Microsoft’s friendly relationship with North Dakota, pointing out that in 2017 Microsoft’s president Brad Smith said the company would provide the state “cash grants, technology, curriculum and resources to nonpro…
“A shrinking number of kids are reading widely and voraciously for fun,” writes a New York-based children’s book author in the Atlantic. But why?
The ubiquity and allure of screens surely play a large part in this — most American children have s…
Corporation denies breach of impartiality rules by ‘rigging’ show in favour of Oxford and CambridgeThe BBC has rejected charges of elitism aimed at its University Challenge quiz show and defended allowing separate Oxford and Cambridge colleges to enter…
Report finds students from black Caribbean backgrounds in England ‘acutely’ underrepresented in StemChildren and young people from black Caribbean backgrounds are “acutely” underrepresented in the study of maths, science and technology in England at a…
Organisations write to education secretary before review, saying England’s schools have vital role in tackling misogyny and abuseDozens of organisations and charities have written to the education secretary, amid fears that sex education in England may…
The Bahamas and several other Caribbean nations, including Jamaica, have banded together to support the government of Mexico in a lawsuit against gun manufacturers in the United States. Mexico is arguing that gun manufacturers’ marketing and distribut…
Cisco teams up with Air & Space Forces Association to inspire K-12 students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation’s future.
Headteachers forced to use non-specialists as turnover continues, education research body reportsTeacher vacancies in England have virtually doubled since before Covid, with school leaders increasingly forced to use non-specialist teachers, which threa…
Duolingo, a language learning app with over 500 million users, is working on a music app, TechCrunch has learned. From the report: The Pittsburgh-based tech company currently has a small team working on a music product and is hiring a learning scientis…
Sarah Laws and Lesley Johnson say they required medical treatment after nursery was rated inadequateA nursery’s manager and owner had to be prescribed medication after they were told their nursery would be given the lowest possible Ofsted rating.Sarah …