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Capital only region in England where more than a quarter of papers were awarded a grade at 7 (A) or above as marking restored to pre-pandemic levels

Department of Education settlements with protest-wracked colleges threaten censorship by bureaucracy.

From FIRE's letter sent yesterday to the University of Wisconsin (you can see the citations here); I generally trust FIRE's factual summaries, but if there is any error in the below, I'll of course be very glad to correct it: FIRE is deeply concerned that UW-Madison has suspended two registered…

The first exam takes place this week, opening GCSE exam season for schools

Benedict was attacked at their Oklahoma high school, and found dead at home the next day. The medical examiner's office says the nonbinary 16-year-old died by suicide. Their family has questions.

US government wants to know if hackers really stole 4TB of sensitive data.

Analysis across four exam boards in England reveals white artists comprise 91.6% of all mentions

29,092 K-12 students reported harassment or bullying based on their sex, race, or disability in 2020–2021, an 84% decrease from 2011–2012.

Harvard concludes that it is, but I’m skeptical that this is right—just as I’d be skeptical that an employer’s restricting pro-Hamas speech constitutes such discrimination or harassment.

Grade boundaries are released on the same day as students receive their results

The lawsuit, filed by a student identified as Jane Doe, also alleges the school failed to carry out a thorough investigation after she reported the July 2022 attack.