#educationpolicy — Public Fediverse posts
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‘Powerful example’: minister looks to Essex school for blueprint to transform Send provision
By Richard Adams Education editorGeorgia Gould says moving system towards inclusion will mean parents ‘don’t need to fight’ for support in future
#Specialeducationalneeds #Schools #Educationpolicy #Schoolfunding #Children #Education #Society #TheGuardian #RichardAdamsEducationeditor
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Pupils with Send plans in England likely to double to one in 10 in rush for support
By Richard Adams Education editorSchools and councils express financial concerns as EHCP applications surge before potential change in provision
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/sep/06/schools-england-report-surge-send-applications
#Specialeducationalneeds #Schools #Schoolfunding #Localgovernment #Children #Educationpolicy #England #UKnews #Education #Society #TheGuardian #RichardAdamsEducationeditor
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Pupils with Send plans in England likely to double to one in 10 in rush for support https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/sep/06/schools-england-report-surge-send-applications #SpecialEducationalNeeds #Schools #SchoolFunding #LocalGovernment #Children #EducationPolicy #England #UkNews #Education #Society
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Free Buses, Dark Screens
On the Thursday before Labor Day, the principals of New York City's public schools opened a memo from the Education Department. The free T-Mobile internet service built into 350,000 student Chromebooks would end that Sunday, August 31. Classes begin September 10. Four days of warning, ten days of scramble, and then the school year opens on machines that still power up, still glow, and can no longer reach anything. The laptop survives. The world inside it has been repossessed. During the pandemic the city handed out some 725,000 devices and never tracked how many still function; the Chromebook program was the sequel, the do-over, the one arriving with a plan attached. The plan lasted a year. […] -
Mathematics is the canary in the coal mine of any education system: It's a delicate pyramid that crumbles if the base is not strong.
Using IMO results, here are the countries that improved most from 2006 to 2026 and those that declined the most. Using rank percentile within each year’s field:
Most improved
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2.2% → 69.8% (+67.6pp)
🇲🇾 Malaysia: 22.5% → 83.6% (+61.1pp)
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan: 14.6% → 70.7% (+56.1pp)
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 11.2% → 67.2% (+56.0pp)
🇮🇳 India: 61.8% → 94.8% (+33.0pp)Biggest declines
🇲🇩 Moldova: 91.0% → 55.2% (−35.8pp)
🇮🇹 Italy: 87.6% → 68.1% (−19.5pp)
🇫🇮 Finland: 57.3% → 39.7% (−17.6pp)
🇩🇪 Germany: 96.6% → 83.6% (−13.0pp)
🇹🇼 Taiwan: 89.9% → 80.2% (−9.7pp)#Mathematics #MathEducation #Education #STEM #IMO #InternationalMathematicalOlympiad #MathOlympiad #EducationPolicy #Learning #AcademicExcellence #DataVisualization #EducationResearch #GlobalEducation #SchoolEducation #STEMEducation #ProblemSolving #Innovation #FutureSkills #StudentSuccess #EducationalDevelopment #MathematicsMatters #Statistics #GlobalRankings #India #SaudiArabia #Malaysia #Bangladesh #Kyrgyzstan #Finland #Germany
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Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5835631/turner-camhi-do-no-harm-college-loans
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48878126
#HackerNews #collegereform #studentloans #financialaid #educationpolicy #highereducation
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Abby Phillip’s fiery exchange with a CNN co-star dives deep into the polarizing educational policies of Linda McMahon during her Trump-era tenure. The debate illuminates stark contrasts in opinions, reflecting broader tensions in political discourse on education that linger post-Trump. What do these discussions reveal about the future of educational governance? Discover more insights in the full article. https://www.thedailybeast.com/abby-phillip-clashes-with-cnn-co-star-over-trump-education-secretary-linda-mcmahon #AbbyPhillip #LindaMcMahon #CNN #Trump #EducationPolicy #PoliticalDiscourse
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#Edutopia published their 10 Most Significant #Education Studies of 2022. On the list is a study that found inclusive general ed #classrooms lead to better #achievement outcomes for #SpEd students. Without taking away from the needs of students served by #IDEA, I can't help but wonder how the #GenEd teachers did it. /1
https://www.edutopia.org/article/the-10-most-significant-education-studies-of-2022/
Detailed review of the study (if you can't get past the paywall): https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220915/Study-finds-better-academic-outcomes-among-high-school-students-with-disabilities-in-inclusive-settings.aspx