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Chinese scholar whose western alphabet system advanced literacy and comprehension between speakers of different languages A fortune teller once warned Zhou Youguang he would not live past 35. The prediction was plausible, as Zhou himself later noted. Average life expectancy in China was then around 30. He had experienced tuberculosis and depression and within a
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Schools are due to hear how much money they will receive from a government scheme to help raise attainment.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38816114
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I bought my five- and seven-year-old sons a toy gun in a supermarket. What happened next has changed our feelings about our place in Britain On the penultimate day of spring term 2016, my children – aged five and seven – were detained in isolation after school for nearly two hours and questioned by police
The account @RoguePOTUSStaff purports to be leaking information about Donald Trump. Authentic or not, its sorrowful tone gives it a ring of truth Now that political satire is dead, we must make some decisions about what will occupy the space in our lives it used to fill. You might just shrug and say “events”. And
At last, here are ‘White House’ tweets that offer hope | Tim Dowling Read More »
Increasing numbers of academies do not have enough income to cover their annual expenditure.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38809574
Half of academies fall short on funding Read More »
Iranian, Iraqi, Syrian and Pakistani students in the US react to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning people from seven countries.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/38816782
'I don't belong here' Read More »
A young woman in Syria refuses to let a war and lack of electricity stop her ambition to be a student.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38798308
Aleppo's online student Read More »
But government lawyers argue parents should not be allowed to take children from school ‘when the sun is out’ Parents will be criminalised on an unprecedented scale if judges reverse an earlier ruling that overturned a ban on term-time holidays, the supreme court has been told. Lawyers representing Jon Platt, who was fined after taking
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