Archived News - July - 2021
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...
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...
Nurses, teachers, GPs and police officers among those to give evidence to cross-party inquiry Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than 450 key workers with long Covid have told a cross-party parliamentary...
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...
Latest NHS salary plan fails to offset past drop, as teachers and police furious at wage freeze Pay 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...
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...
School leaders hit back saying once inflation was taken into account, the government’s freeze amounts to a pay cut Teachers in England are to get no pay rise this year, the government has confirmed, sparking fury from unions who...
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...
My husband died, and a year later I still can’t get his pension transferred After 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...
Heads say ‘terrible’ lack of guidance and anger among parents over holiday chaos have led to ‘grim situation’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Schools across England are closing early for the summer break...
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 made I had my first midlife crisis in 2006. It started at 7am on a cold...