The first stage of compulsory education, including the adoption of basic lifetime skills like reading, writing, spelling, interpersonal communication and concentration
As many as 250 million children across Africa are currently unable to access primary and secondary schools as a result of COVID-19-related closures. Analysts have shared concerns that this may create a lost generation of learners, causing many children to … Continue reading Avaya enables education across Africa as millions lose access to physical classrooms
Although plans for the 2020 autumn academic season are far from solidified, one thing is undoubtedly true: students, teachers and staff will likely be wearing masks when they return. JOANN Stores, the USA’s largest retailer of fabric and crafts, is … Continue reading JOANN promotes Masks for Schools programme
Athletic event management specialist ArbiterSports has signed a statewide agreement with the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) and the Washington Officials Association (WOA) to provide all 800 member schools with Arbiter’s scheduling and payment platform for games and events starting … Continue reading ArbiterSports commits to Washington Interscholastic Activities Association
Adoptive families will be offered emergency support including online counselling and couples therapy as the Government expands the scope of the Adoption Support Fund to meet needs arising from the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19). Up to £8 million will be … Continue reading Fresh COVID funding for adoptive families
Has there ever been a golden age of reading when all children have immersed themselves in so-called “good” literature? Possibly, but certainly not in the Swedish elementary school in the late 1960s. This has been shown by research from the … Continue reading Reading in school – not everything has changed
A free app created by a University of Huddersfield professor enables primary school pupils and their teachers to become time travellers, experiencing the sights and sounds – including the music – of ancient societies and civilisations. They can sample life … Continue reading App brings time travel to life for schools
Digital curriculum resources specialist Discovery Education has acquired virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) provider Inspyro, to enhance its content and product strategy. VR and AR content empowers educators to create immersive learning experiences such as virtual science labs … Continue reading Discovery Education integrates Inspyro’s digital enterprise
A study by the UPV/EHU’s Department of Evolutionary Psychology and Education has explored the validity of narrative and non-narrative cartoons for developing narrative skills, moral reasoning and values and countervalues in children in mainstream and non-mainstream education. The effect that … Continue reading How cartoons enable children’s narrative skills and values
UK School Standards Minister Nick Gibb has told his international counterparts that the English education system will remain outward-looking and internationalist after Brexit. Speaking at a G7 meeting of education ministers in France, Minister Gibb reaffirmed his commitment to drawing … Continue reading Gibb goes for greater internationalism and equality in education
Dr Andrew Croft 