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Family & Education
30 articles covering family & education.
Four Girls, One Classroom, and a TikTok That Got Them Punished
The consequences came first. Then the details.
Five Lincoln-Way East Students Identified in Racist Harassment Incident
Quiet concern settles over Lincoln-Way East as students walk out.
Parents Give U.S. Schools Their Lowest Grade Yet
Only 32% of Americans say they are satisfied with the U.S. education system. That is the lowest mark in Gallup’s 27-year trend.
Kindergarten Lunch Costs Hundreds, One Mom Found
When her son started kindergarten, one mom discovered a cost that could add hundreds to her family budget. The bill was for school lunch.
TikTok makes moves into education market
Image caption Rachel Riley will be among the contributors to the education initiative Social media giant TikTok is partnering with hundreds of universities, experts and charities to create educational content for the platform. English Heritage, The Prince's Trust and The University of Cambridge are among partners who will produce bespoke content at launch.Other contributors include…
Coronavirus: A third of pupils 'not engaging with work'
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A lack of personal interaction with teachers is one of the many ways children are missing out The vast majority of teachers (90%) say their pupils are doing less or much less work than they would normally at this time of the year, a study finds.The report by the…
Edward Colston statue: Bristol's Society of Merchant Venturers supports removal
Image copyright PA Media Image caption The statue of Edward Colston was dragged through Bristol before being thrown into the harbour The charity that runs institutions named after Edward Colston says it is "right" his statue has been removed.The slave trader's statue was pulled down and thrown into Bristol's harbour during a Black Lives Matter…
Coronavirus: Navigating the first morning at school since March
Image caption Parents dropping off children at St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School in west London At St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School in West London, head teacher Helen Frostick has spent the last couple of weeks redesigning classrooms, reconfiguring timetables and totally rethinking school policy on everything from PE to uniform.By the time she…
Coronavirus: Glasgow plans secondary school visits for P7 pupils
Image copyright PA Media Primary seven pupils in Glasgow could be able to visit their new secondary schools later this month.Glasgow City Council hopes students will be able to make the visits from 15 June onwards to give them the chance to see the building and meet their new teachers.Participation would be at the discretion…
School closures: Rich-poor pupil gap gains 'wiped out'
Image copyright Getty Images The partial closure of schools in England could continue into the autumn and into November, the Commons education committee has been told.Primary schools opened more widely to several year groups in some areas this week, 10 weeks after they were closed as part of Covid-19 lockdown measures.Secondaries remain shut and around…
Coronavirus: Parents in Wales wait for school decision
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Back to school? Parents and pupils are waiting for the latest advice Parents and pupils in Wales will learn later if any classes will return for the final weeks of the summer term.Education Minister Kirsty Williams said she will make a statement on Wednesday on the way forward for reopening…
Coronavirus in South Africa: Eight lessons for the rest of the continent
Image copyright Getty Images South Africa leads this continent in many ways. Right now, it is poised to lead Africa into the next, most dangerous phase of the pandemic, as the country braces itself for a dramatic rise in infections that will almost certainly overwhelm its relatively well-resourced healthcare system.Here are eight things it can…
Coronavirus: Drop plan to reopen primaries to all pupils, ministers urged
School governors want ministers to drop plans for all primary pupils in England to return before the summer holidays. The first wave of children is due back from Monday but the government wants all primary pupils in class for the last four weeks of term.This ambition piles pressure on schools "when actually it wouldn't be…
Coronavirus: South Korea closes schools again after biggest spike in weeks
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe BBC's Laura Bicker visited a school before the latest round of closures More than 200 schools in South Korea have been forced to close just days after they re-opened, due to a new spike in virus cases. Thousands of students had earlier on Wednesday returned to…
Brothers' Home: South Korea's 1980's 'concentration camp'
Han Jong-sun still clearly remembers the moment he was abducted with his sister. It was a beautiful autumn day in 1984, and Han, then eight years old, was enjoying a long-hoped-for trip to the city with his busy father. But Han's father still had a few errands to run, and he decided the quickest -…
Covid-19 plunges Indians' study abroad dreams into turmoil
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption International students are uncertain of the future in the wake of Covid-19 Two years ago, 29-year-old Raunaq Singh started working towards his dream of pursuing an MBA from one of the world's top business schools. In January 2020, he was waitlisted by UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business in…
Transfer test: Five Catholic grammar schools scrap academic selection
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The other test provider PPTC said it was also considering a delay to its registration process Five Catholic grammar schools have said they will not use transfer tests to select pupils for 2021.The schools in County Down said they had made the move "in light of the current circumstances".None…
Some pupils to return on 15 June, council confirms
Image copyright East Renfrewshire Council East Renfrewshire Council has said that some nursery children and Primary 7 pupils will return to school on a rota basis from Monday 15 June.It is the first council to confirm its arrangement for a phased return to schools.The council said it was important that pupils in "key transition groups"…
Post-lockdown teaching: Geodomes and polytunnels?
Image copyright Solardome.co.uk Image caption Geodome classrooms have been suggested by the Scottish government Geodomes and polytunnels could be the new classrooms when pupils return to school from August.Schools are being urged to be creative in order to meet social distancing regulations.The Scottish government's guidance document gives schools ideas of how to make things work…
The coronavirus 'class divide': Parents judged for school return choices
Image copyright Getty Images As schools prepare to reopen on Monday to children in years one and six, some parents' social media feeds have turned toxic. Kirstie Brewer talks to mothers feeling judged or shamed for their decision to send children back to school - or to keep them at home. Is this the new…
Coronavirus: How scared should we be?
Image copyright Getty Images Coronavirus has been described as an invisible killer. What could be more terrifying than that?A deadly pathogen we cannot spot, and then when it hits, we cannot treat.It is unsurprising, therefore, that many people are fearful of going out, returning life to normal or even letting children go back to school.People…
Manchester United legend Matt Busby
On this day 111 years ago, one of football's greatest managers was born.Sir Matt Busby is regarded as the founding father of Manchester United, a hero among the club's supporters for transforming the Old Trafford side into champions of Europe and for the birth of the Busby Babes.Tragedy would strike on that path, with the…
Coronavirus: 'Deep concern' over transfer tests after lockdown
Image caption Koulla Yiasouma said some children may have had little or no education during the lockdown Northern Ireland's children's commissioner has written to selective schools urging them to avoid using academic selection to admit pupils.Koulla Yiasouma said she was "deeply concerned" transfer tests would be used to select pupils for 2021.The tests are being…
Coronavirus: 'Path still not clear' for Scottish schools to reopen
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Schools in Denmark reopened last month, with pupils sitting at least two metres apart Plans for pupils to return to school part-time in August could "fall to bits" without the support of employers, a parent's organisation has warned.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said pupils will return to a "blended model"…
Coronavirus: Restoring hope in the hardest-hit community
Image caption Volunteers were needed to help prepare bodies for burial Newham in east London has the highest proportion of deaths from coronavirus in England and Wales. BBC News looks at why, and what it means for the community.For much of April, Ghouse Fazaluddin was consumed by one thought: "We couldn't just stand back and…
Letter-writing: Connection in disconnected times
Image copyright Hugh Weber Image caption Avid letter-writer Emerson Weber has kick-started a trend "This Zoom stuff doesn't cut it."That's how the writer Lionel Shriver described communicating with friends and family during lockdown, summarising many of our frustrations.While the coronavirus pandemic has presented challenges in all areas of our lives, the lack of human contact…
Coronavirus: Northern Ireland universities face losing ''more than £140m'
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Releasing students from accommodation contracts early cost Queen's £3.5m according to the university Universities in Northern Ireland face multi-million-pound losses due to the coronavirus pandemic.Queen's University (QUB) could face up losses of up to £80m in a worst case scenario.Ulster University (UU) could face losses of up to £64m…
Katherine Ryan says miscarriage made her feel 'shameful’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ryan says "girls need to know that you can have this secret, silent miscarriage" Katherine Ryan has said her miscarriage in February made her feel "embarrassed and shameful", adding women and girls need more information on losing a baby."I think it needs to be on the curriculum, I think…
Celtic: 2003 Uefa Cup final heartbreak against Mourinho's Porto
Media playback is not supported on this device Celtic supporters soak up the atmosphere in Seville Warning: contains language some may find offensiveThey say an elephant never forgets. Neither, it seems, do Ayrshire cabbies.Well over a decade on and thousands of miles away from the stifling heat of Seville, Costinha was in the back of…