UK’s Morgan Bolsters Gov’t Commitment to ‘Christian Nation’
UK Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has said that Britain is a Christian country, and therefore schools have the right to teach established religions to the exclusion of atheism. This newly-enacted...
View ArticleUK Government Launches ‘Educate Against Hate’ Website
The British Ministry of Education has launched a website to fight against extremism, announced UK Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, in an effort to curb growing concerns over radicalized youth. The...
View ArticleBritain Looks to Reinvigorate Apprenticeships, Vocational Education
State schools in England will soon be required to spend as much time on vocational training as they do on academic subjects for students interested in landing an apprenticeship after their studies....
View ArticleKIPP’s Levin, NYC’s Klein In Running for UK Education Job
The British government is currently being pushed to find “homegrown talent” for the role of chief inspector of schools in England and head of Ofsted, as news spreads that education secretary Nicky...
View ArticleUK Looks to Transition Teacher-Mothers Back to Classroom
A new government plan is looking to encourage female teachers who have left the classroom to have children return to their positions. Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is backing the plan, which senior...
View ArticleUK Education Minister Nicky Morgan Heckled at Union Conference
(Image: Policy Exchange, Creative Commons) While addressing the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers conference in Birmingham, UK Education Secretary Nicky Morgan was heckled...
View ArticleUK Gov’t Criticized for Not Making Sex Education Mandatory
(Photo: Policy Exchange, Creative Commons) The British government has been roughly criticised for declining calls by MPs to make sex education compulsory in primary and secondary schools across the...
View ArticleUK Parents Critical of SATs Exams Form Group, Protest
(Image: WikiMedia) Thousands of parents across England are planning to keep their children home from school on Tuesday, May 3 as a form of protest over a difficult new national exam. As part of the...
View ArticleUK Parents Organize ‘Kids Strike’ to Opt Out of Testing
(Photo: Gloucester Review) Parents throughout England kept their children home for the day in protest over the new SATs exam given in primary schools. It is unclear exactly how many children were kept...
View ArticleUK Rolls Back Plans for All Schools to Become Academies
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The British government’s plan to force all schools to become academies has been changed despite officials previously refusing to back down on the issue. Now, schools...
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