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Warning that teacher strikes could last until SUMMER - all your questions answered

Last-ditch talks with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan failed to break the deadlock on Monday, with union leaders saying the top Tory 'squandered' the chance to call off walkouts by refusing to get serious on pay

Daily Mirror

Education Secretary to meet union leaders in bid to avert teachers’ strike

National Education Union leaders will hold talks with Gillian Keegan in a last-ditch attempt to stop a walkout on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Student hairstyle rules get a makeover

Students in schools under the Ministry of Education will be allowed to wear short or long hair as they like under a new regulation intended to respond to an age-old debate, Education Minister Treenuch Thienthong said on Tuesday.

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Striking Dumfries and Galloway teachers hold rally outside council headquarters

Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) took their fight for better pay to the council’s door as part of a 16 day series of national industrial action

Daily Record

DeSantis targets unions, school boards with ‘Teachers Bill of Rights’

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a series of proposals Monday aimed at school boards and teachers unions, the latest salvo in his battles over education policy in the state.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida cites CRT, ‘Black Struggle,’ and communism in rejected African American course

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida rejected an Advanced Placement African American studies course because it contains critical race theory and state leaders objected to its lessons on “Black queer studies,” Black feminist thought and “the Black Struggle in the 21st Century,” according to the Florida Department of Education.

Orlando Sentinel

Jacinda Ardern's successor as New Zealand PM announced as just one candidate applies

New Zealand's new prime minister has been announced following the shock resignation of Jacinda Ardern with Education Minister Chris Hipkins the only politician to put his hat in the ring

Daily Mirror

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Teacher strikes to go ahead after Westminster crunch talks fail to reach breakthrough

The National Education Union members have voted in favour of industrial action

Wales Online

Strikes by teachers to go ahead after talks fail to achieve breakthrough

Teaching union leaders spent six hours with officials at the Department for Education but the row remains unresolved.

The Independent UK

Dumfries and Galloway teachers plan January 23 strike day rally

Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland will take their pay fight to the council headquarters on English Street as they look for a 10 per cent pay rise

Daily Record

National education strategy has done 'little' to improve student outcomes, report says

The Productivity Commission blasts Australia's national education strategies, saying they have done "little" to improve student outcomes over the past five years.

ABC News

'Teachers shouldn't need second jobs' - school staff explain why they plan to strike

The Mirror has spoken to teachers who are poised to strike on why they plan to join walkouts as talks between union bosses and the Education Secretary Gillian Keegan failed to break the deadlock

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Education decision makers focus on attendance rather than roots of absence'

School, especially secondary school, is often the worst environment in which the 1.5 million kids with disabilities and mental health distress can thrive and learn

Daily Mirror

Teachers support strike action as MPs back controversial legislation

Nine out of 10 teacher members of the National Education Union (NEU) voted for strike action.

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Evening Standard

Teacher unions vote to strike in largest-ever walkout over pay

Teacher unions have voted for strike action despite the Prime Minister urging them to refrain over fears of inflicting “substantial damage” to children’s education.

Belfast Live

Linfield appoint ex-DUP politician as General Manager after Pat Fenlon departure

The former DUP Councillor was a special adviser to former Education Minister Peter Weir and later worked full time with Rangers

Bangkok Post

Teachers want new education bill put on hold

Teacher associations across the country on Monday protested against a draft law on national education, saying it will limit their academic freedom and hinder students' self-learning abilities.

Daily Mirror

Teachers set to strike next month as cabinet ministers slam industrial action as 'disruptive'

Teachers are set to strike in February as the National Education Union chiefs is set to announce results of a ballot for industrial action on Monday - despite NASUWT failing to meet the threshold for action

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States, local governments, scholars support student loan forgiveness

"The plan will significantly impact borrowers thrown into financial distress by COVID-19."

Tribune News Service

Feds propose new rules aimed at helping borrowers repay student loans

The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday unveiled proposed new regulations that officials said would make it easier to afford student loans payments.

Evening Standard

Teacher strikes: Pay talks with Government amid walkout threat ‘largely unsatisfactory’, say unions

Three education unions have ballots on industrial action which close this week

Fortune

Biden's argument for student loan forgiveness is borrowers suffered financially during the pandemic. It's more complicated than that

The Biden administration is defending its widespread debt relief by saying that the pandemic “profoundly disrupted” the economy. New research suggests it’s not that simple.

The Independent UK

Talks must deal with current year’s pay rise, says teaching union chief

Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU, said only an hour had been set aside for Monday’s talks with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan.

Tribune News Service

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US makes its case for legality of Biden student debt program

Tribune News Service

US makes its case for legality of Biden student debt program

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court to uphold the president’s student loan forgiveness plan Wednesday in the face of several challenges to a program that could forgive up to $20,000 in debt for millions of borrowers.

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