What Might your Achievement Rate be Hiding?

They are often one of the first measures reviewed when leaders seek reassurance that apprenticeship provision is performing well. The challenge is that achievement rates are averages, and averages can conceal important…

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Children’s books with Black main characters down 8% in a year, study shows

Black children make up about 8.5% of that age bracket in England and Wales. Representation of south Asian main characters fell by 14.3 percentage points to 1.4%, despite children of south Asian heritage making up about…

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Good palliative care and assisted dying can go hand in hand | Letters

So now we need you to fix it, 28 September ), and I argue that it needs fixing on two fronts at once. My husband, John, died in March aged 43 after nearly six years of bowel cancer treatment. He endured more than 70…

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Thousands of child-on-child sexual offences reported at schools in England and Wales

Close to five sexual crimes against children aged 12 and younger were recorded on average by police every day in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales, according to Guardian analysis of police data for…

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From unwanted touching to rape: the scale of child-on-child abuse in English and Welsh schools

The report , by MPs on the women and equalities committee, showed the horrifying normality of child-on-child abuse in schools. The need for government action was "overwhelming", said the committee chair, Maria Miller.…

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Medicare for All remains key pressure point for Democrats before midterms

Considered a radical and even fringe idea for decades, interest in sweeping healthcare reform has surged as progressive Democrats have won a series of primary victories before November's crucial midterm elections. Most…

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More than 1,200 Colorado students have earned a climate ‘seal’: ‘We’re the ones growing up in this world’

An avid gardener, Muñoz partnered with a local university to create a garden on the campus of his charter school, Vista Academy, filling it with native plants that could detect ground-level ozone pollution. He also…

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Dining across the divide: ‘Without being patronising, I think as he grows older he’ll tune in to the damage “free speech” can do’

He was helping with independence and her grandparents ran a hostel on the top of Zomba mountain For starters Nicky He was a really lovely, warm, enthusiastic human being. Obviously considerably younger than me. Ted She…

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Pennsylvania health officials brace for expected spread of measles outbreak

Last week the state reported its fifth measles-associated death amid 943 confirmed cases across 39 counties. The outbreak comes amid concerns that public health in the US has been hit by increasing vaccine skepticism…

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Polish activists launch abortion pill locker to bypass near-total ban

Polish campaigners have launched a new means of distribution as part of their ongoing effort to skirt the country's near-total ban on abortion. Painted pink and framed by zebra-striped curtains, the 22-compartment…

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