SoFi Sues Biden Administration Over Student Loan Payment Pause
A pause on federal student loan payments has been in place since March 2020. The moratorium was instituted during Trump's time in office to help those struggling amid the pandemic.
A pause on federal student loan payments has been in place since March 2020. The moratorium was instituted during Trump's time in office to help those struggling amid the pandemic.
Teacher reveals reality of 'poop buckets' in classrooms after school shootings
As universities launch modules on Harry Styles or entire courses on bakery and patisserie technology, the value of these so-called “Mickey Mouse degrees” has come into question once more.
Officials release two dozen 911 calls and recordings of emergency dispatches from shooting
STORY: These 15-year-olds are the only students left at their school in the remote Japanese village of Ten-ei. They'll also be the last ever.Aoi Hoshi and Eita Sato are preparing to graduate.When they do, the 76-year-old Yumoto Junior High School will close its doors for good.No new students have enrolled.[Eita Sato, Student]'I thought that my big sister, me and my little brother would all go to the same school. So, it was a big shock that we won't be able to.'Empty classrooms like this are an increasingly common sight across Japan.As the country’s population ages, and the birthrate plunges faster than expected, school closures have picked up pace.According to government data - about 450 schools close every year. Between 2002 and 2020, nearly 9,000 shut their doors forever, School Principal Mikio Watanabe is showing us graduation photos from over the yearsthat hang near the entrance of the school.[Mikio Watanabe, Principal / Yumoto Junior High School]'This here is from the period when the school had the most pupils, there were about 160 of them.'The number of students visibly drops from around the year 2000.There is no picture from 2022. [Mikio Watanabe, Principal / Yumoto Junior High School]'Last year, this school didn't have any graduating students. This year's graduates are the two final ones.'Falling births have become an issue across Asia, with the costs of raising children dampening birthrates in neighbouring South Korea and China. But Japan's situation is especially critical.Births tumbled below 800,000 in 2022, a new record low, according to government estimates and eight years earlier than expected.In Ten-ei, only around 10% of the population is now under 18. Local depopulation picked up speed after the 2011 Fukushima disaster less than 62 miles away. Falling birth rates and Japan's ageing population have only added to the issue. Sato's mother Masumi , a Yumoto graduate herself says the school’s closure will be a real blow for the area. [Masumi Sato, Eita Sato's mother]'When I think about this area, the thing that worries me is that people might not consider it as a place to relocate and start a family if there is no junior high school.'However, on graduation day, spirits are high. For Hoshi and Sato, it’s a happy occasion.But the imminent closure of Yumoto has left the village - and the students themselves - in an uncertain position.Hoshi dreams of becoming a nursery school teacher.Being able to stay here and do it is looking increasingly unlikely. [Aoi Hoshi, Student]'I don't know if there will be any children left in the village by the time I’m a nursery school teacher, but if there are, I want to come back and do it here.'
Union NAHT said it has written to Ofsted to demand a suspension of inspections
It is a mere minute from Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. But stepping through Liddell’s Arch into the Georgian splendour of Little Dean’s Yard – possibly the most exclusive school playground in the world – can feel like stepping into another world. Decades on from my own time there, between 1988 and 1993, the miraculous seclusion from the urban hubbub of Yard, as it’s known, has not changed. For it is here that Westminster School pupils still have a kick-about, hurry to class, or
While officials have now confirmed there is no active shooting, the situation remains fluid and two male suspects remain at large
Mr Kebede will succeed Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney.
Rishi Sunak said he is "very concerned" about a report suggesting schools are not telling parents as soon as a child questions their gender identity. The prime minister said it is important parents "know what's going on" as he pledged to publish new government guidance on how teachers should respond to transgender issues "for the summer term". According to a paper by centre-right thinktank Policy Exchange, safeguarding principles are being "routinely disregarded in many secondary schools" when it comes to gender identity.
‘I felt like I was being told, “This is not your special day”,’ says 18-year-old of graduation ceremony
Oxford's Clarendon Centre has been boarded up as a major redevelopment of the 1980s shopping centre gathers pace.
Epsom College will ask exam boards and universities to take into account pupils’ trauma in the wake of the murder of their headmistress.
The acclaimed British television presenter and travel writer, Simon Reeve, was back in Cornwall in February, for BBC Two’s latest documentary about life in the county.
An Isle of Wight primary school has told parents "abusive, aggressive or threatening" behaviour will not be tolerated, after a traffic warden was assaulted near the site earlier this week.
Rishi Sunak has expressed his concern about a report suggesting some secondary schools are not informing parents as soon as a child questions their gender identity.
THE time to act is now for students who are yet to have submitted their college applications for the coming year.
Vacancies in nursery, primary and secondary schools have increased to almost 40,000.
School meal debt in Glasgow will be written off after councillors unanimously agreed on a decision.
Talking to kids about school shootings can leave parents feeling helpless. An expert says it's OK to admit that you don't have all the answers.
The Joint Council for Qualifications has published guidance for teachers on ‘protecting the integrity’ of qualifications in the context of AI use.