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Disadvantaged white pupils have ‘particularly poor’ education outcomes – report

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was a ‘disgrace’ that so many white, working-class children are being written off at school.

The Independent UK

Disadvantaged white pupils have ‘particularly poor’ education outcomes, review says

The Education Secretary said it was a “national disgrace” that so many white working-class children are being “written off”

The Independent UK

The ten technical colleges that will train 40,000 construction workers

The government hopes the ten construction technical excellence colleges will help reduce reliance on foreign workers

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Phillipson ready to ‘redouble efforts’ to cut down on absent pupils

The Education Secretary wrote in The Daily Telegraph that tackling classroom absences was a ‘top priority’.

Evening Standard

Phillipson vows to tackle ‘thorny’ challenge facing white working-class pupils

The Education Secretary has called it is a ‘national disgrace’ that so many young people do not get what they need to progress after leaving school.

Evening Standard

There is now a backlog of 27,000 student loan complaints at the Department of Education

Tens of thousands of complaints from student loan borrowers about their lenders or schools have gone ignored as Trump seeks to gut the agency

The Independent UK

Education Secretary Linda McMahon derailed by hacker’s clown music at conservative student event

Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, president of the Young America's Foundation, blamed the Chinese Communist Party and liberals for the interruptions

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Trump has promised to eliminate funding to schools that don’t nix DEI work – but half of the states are not complying

It’s been about six months since the U.S. Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to all schools that receive federal funding, warning them that they could risk losing this money if they promote what the department calls “pervasive and repugnant” racial preferences.

The Conversation

New law could see universities sanctioned if they fail to uphold free speech

The government says it will ‘not tolerate the silencing of academics or students who voice legitimate views’

The Independent UK

Why Australia wiped billions off student loans for millions of people

The Education Minister said the measure would help ‘take a weight’ off the backs of young people

The Independent UK

Brown University strikes $50m deal to end Trump administration pressure

Trump has withheld hundreds of millions in federal funds from top universities in effort to reshape US higher education.

Al Jazeera

Fathers urged to apply for jobs at nurseries and pre-schools in Government drive

According to the Department for Education, 3% of the early years workforce are men.

Evening Standard

Free childcare crisis as surge in demand leaves Labour with funding black hole

Exclusive: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson insists she is unafraid of scheme’s soaraway popularity, describing it as a ‘good problem to have’

The Independent UK

The end of open-plan classrooms: how school design reflects changing ideas in education

The end of open-plan classrooms in New Zealand, recently announced by Education Minister Erica Stanford, marks yet another swing of the pendulum in school design.

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Civil rights work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department, agency data shows

Data from the Education Department shows the pace at which it resolves civil rights complaints has slowed as the Trump administration dismantles the agency

The Conversation

Trump free to begin gutting Department of Education after Supreme Court ‘shadow’ ruling − 5 essential reads

The Trump administration was given the green light by the Supreme Court on July 14, 2025, to proceed with mass layoffs at the Department of Education – part of a wider plan to dismantle the agency. In doing so, the conservative majority on the bench overruled a lower court judge…

Evening Standard

Schools told to make sex education ‘stage appropriate’ as age limit plans axed

Primary school teachers can decide to discuss the sharing of naked images or online sexual content if it is affecting their pupils, guidance says.

The Independent UK

Schools told to judge when it’s appropriate to teach sex education

Teachers can decide to discuss the sharing of naked images or online sexual content if it is affecting their pupils

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Children to be taught how to resist Andrew Tate ‘incel’ culture at school

The new school guidance also stressed the need to avoid 'stigmatising boys for being boys'

Reason

Will Trump Actually Close the Education Department?

Plus: Cuomo has a hard time taking no for an answer, a pro-party manifesto, Trump's about-face on Ukraine, and more...

Benzinga

Trump's Education Department Cuts Cleared By Supreme Court — 1,400 Jobs On The Line

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge’s injunction that had blocked the Donald Trump administration from continuing its downsizing of the Department of Education, clearing the path for mass layoffs affecting nearly 1,400 workers and the potential transfer of key functions to other agencies.

International Business Times

Supreme Court Allows Trump To Resume Education Department Dismantling

A divided US Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump the green light on Monday to resume dismantling the Education Department.

Evening Standard

Schools to teach anti-misogyny lessons in bid to tackle ‘manosphere’

The guidance comes as the Department for Education warned that misogynistic attitudes had reached ‘epidemic scale’ among young people.

The Independent UK

Anti-misogyny lessons to be taught in school in a bid to tackle sexism ‘epidemic’

It comes amid the spread of “manosphere” content from influencers like Andrew Tate

The Independent UK

How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue unwinding the Education Department

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