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How angry parents helped flip Texas: ‘People don’t like for their kids to be messed with’

"I was hearing from day one from people who had not really been politically active before that they were worried about education," Palmer said. Voters were upset about a number of issues, including a voucher program…

Hoax bomb threats made to schools in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Italy

Police in Scotland said that about 1,000 schools, from Dumfries in the south of Scotland to Aberdeenshire and Orkney in the north, had received the hoax warnings. At least 300 schools were affected in Northern Ireland.…

AI has made it ‘close to impossible’ to assess university coursework, regulator says

The Office for Students (OfS) said the credibility of degrees from England's universities was under threat from the prolific use of AI in essays, dissertations and "open book" exams, with students reporting that their…

Students passing university assessments in minutes using AI, regulator warns

The Office for Students (OfS) said "a significant proportion" of assessments are unsupervised and many can be completed to a high standard with AI, sometimes in minutes. It said this posed a "significant risk" to their…

Phones to be banned from pupils' bags or pockets under stricter rules for schools in England

Statutory guidance came into force in June, making schools and trusts legally responsible for being phone-free throughout the day. Ministers now say changes to that guidance will go beyond the current "no see, no hear"…

Headteachers consider leaving jobs earlier than planned after new Ofsted inspection

In response to the question "Has the inspection affected how long you intend to stay in your role?", 52% of those who responded said they were thinking of leaving their job sooner than planned. Amost two-thirds (64%)…

Barnsley workers strike over nursery privatisation by Reform council

Passing cars beep their horns in support of the workers, who have taken action at six nurseries run by Barnsley council after its Reform UK leadership agreed to transfer them to private companies. They say the move will…

Hometown glory? Norwegian library unveils £100k history book donated by Erling Haaland

"Sometimes my son and I are a little impulsive," Alf Inge Haaland, known as Alfie, told the assembled crowd on Monday morning. The spontaneous act in question was the purchase of the only surviving privately owned…

Parents and teachers decry Google pledge to yank Search if schools block AI: ‘This threat is nothing but extortion’

Google announced last week a range of new AI tools for schools and classrooms, alongside options allowing teachers and administrators to restrict their use. The company said schools should have control over whether…

Society needs to act to help white working-class pupils, inquiry says

The inquiry's first report, published this summer , concluded that once-in-a-generation reforms were needed to fix a system "not serving the interests of white working-class children". The next phase will focus on early…