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WASHINGTON –Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced the establishment of 11 new NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes, building on the first round of seven institutes funded in 2020. The combined...

NSF partnerships expand National AI Research Institutes to 40 states

Washington, DC -- The U.S. National Science Foundation has officially appointed Karen Marrongelle to serve as chief operating officer. Since 2018, she has led the NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources, or EHR, which supports...

NSF selects Karen Marrongelle as chief operating officer

Class Notes: Early childhood education’s effects, the Black unemployment rate, and more

Nurses, teachers, GPs and police officers among those to give evidence to cross-party inquiryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 450 key workers with long Covid have told a cross-party parliamentary...

Over 450 key workers with long Covid tell MPs of their struggles

Writing can be especially difficult for students with learning differences. How can ELA and special ed teachers optimize their partnership to get the best from these kids? The post How ELA and Special Ed Collaboration Can Produce Great...

How ELA and Special Ed Collaboration Can Produce Great Student Writing

Latest NHS salary plan fails to offset past drop, as teachers and police furious at wage freezePay for nurses and other NHS staff in England will have fallen in real terms by more than 7% since 2010, even if they accept the latest offer...

Nurses’ pay in England to fall 7% in a decade even after government offer

From group bubbles to virtual classrooms, it was a strange year to be starting out in school. How did they cope?It is nearly a year since the Guardian met three newly qualified teachers entering the classroom for their first full-time...

‘Have I chosen the right career?’: Three new teachers reflect on their first year

School leaders hit back saying once inflation was taken into account, the government’s freeze amounts to a pay cutTeachers in England are to get no pay rise this year, the government has confirmed, sparking fury from unions who described...

Pay freeze for England’s teachers a ‘slap in the face’, say unions

Since March 2020, researchers have produced more than 300 reports on the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on young children’s learning and on the early care and education (ECE) programs that serve them. Very quickly, ECE leaders facing the...

6 priorities for future research into COVID-19 and its effects on early learning

My husband died, and a year later I still can’t get his pension transferredAfter my husband died in July 2020, I applied to Teachers’ Pensions for his pension to be transferred to me. A year on, I am still waiting.I have phoned the...

Teachers’ Pensions delays have left me beyond hope

Heads say ‘terrible’ lack of guidance and anger among parents over holiday chaos have led to ‘grim situation’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSchools across England are closing early for the summer break or...

Schools in England shut early for summer as record numbers are forced to isolate

I spent 30 years as a journalist before deciding to become a secondary school teacher. While a complete career change is rare, it is one of the best moves I ever madeI had my first midlife crisis in 2006. It started at 7am on a cold...