News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Church of England guidance for teachers has been slammed for pushing the anti-science idea that a person's sex is "assigned" at birth rather than a biological fact and telling teachers to challenge "outdated terms".
The British Empire should be taught to school pupils like Nazi Germany, curriculum guidelines from the "leading provider of support for schools and trusts” insist.
Labour's manifesto threatens us with an "expert-led" review to produce a "modern, inclusive and innovative" school curriculum. Former Government chief curriculum adviser Dr. Nicholas Tate looks at what this could mean.
Keir Starmer’s planned VAT raid on private schools is likely to breach human rights law because it singles out private education for the levy, a senior lawyer has said. The Left gets entangled in its own Blob.
Labour claims its Education Tax on private schools is to raise revenue for the state sector. But it's unlikely to do that – and no wonder when the policy's architect is clear that it wants private schools to disappear.
A fierce debate over cancel culture has erupted in Italy over a school's decision to exempt Muslim pupils from studying Dante's The Divine Comedy due to its portrayal of Mohammed in hell.
Does anyone actually read books anymore? With increasing numbers of children and adults eschewing books, Joanna Gray wonders if we have already entered the Dark Ages.
Forget the recently exposed 'illegal school' teaching 'crazy' ideas. The true child-indoctrination centres these days are being run by the state, with their trans, race and Net Zero obsessions, says Steven Tucker.
Children who started school during the pandemic will have worse exam results well into the next decade after losing six crucial months of learning, a new report from the London School of Economics has found.
The Government appears set to bring in restrictions on children's and teenagers' access to smartphones and social media. Jack Watson, who's 15, objects to this potential restriction on his freedom.
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