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January 19, 2017 at 05:21PM When Ashley and Tyson Gardner found out they were going to have quadruplets, a photo of Ashley holding the ultrasound scans went viral. The couple, from Utah, had struggled to conceive for eight years, but they eventually had two sets of identical twin girls by IVF treatment. “When we first
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January 19, 2017 at 01:10PM Grammar schools are pocketing tens of thousands of pounds from mock 11-plus tests, fuelling worries that reintroducing selective schools will “end up assessing wealth not ability”. Sutton grammar school’s parent teacher association (PTA) openly advertises the sale of mock tests at £28 a pupil to help to prepare them for
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January 19, 2017 at 01:10PM Academy sponsors banned by the government from taking over new schools seem to have dodged the prohibition. Figures obtained by Schools Week show that 57 sponsors at different times have been put on the government’s “pause list” and told they cannot take over new schools. Bans remain in place for
Revealed: ‘Paused’ academy trusts are ducking their ban Read More »
January 19, 2017 at 01:10PM A Gloucestershire academy that started a “grammar stream”, giving a small group of children access to specialist teachers and lectures at a nearby private school, will continue the project for at least another year and may expand the model. Swindon academy last year launched an “elite” academic curriculum for up
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January 19, 2017 at 01:10PM Where, exactly, is the line of “this has gone too far”? That’s a question teachers have to consider almost constantly. When is a pupil “too” loud? When is a short skirt “too” short? One of the main reasons schools have so many rules is to try to avoid the psychological
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January 19, 2017 at 07:36AM Can a group of Swiss teenagers find a solution to housing displaced people, using virtual reality? Video journalist: Joe Miller at the World Economic Forum in Davos from BBC News – Education & Family http://ift.tt/2jscvUovia IFTTT
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