#educationpolicy — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #educationpolicy, aggregated by home.social.
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Do School Phone Pouches Work? What the Pilot Found
A Northern Ireland pilot linked phone pouches with less in-school use, but mixed outcomes and study limitations complicate claims about wider benefits.https://ferdiox.com/blog/2026/09/07/do-school-phone-pouches-work-what-the-pilot-found/
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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. […] -
Tice defends suspension of Reform UK activist over Farage criticism
By Rowena Mason Whitehall editorParty’s deputy leader makes comments as he unveils new policy to subsidise more apprenticeships
#ReformUK #RichardTice #Politics #UKnews #Apprenticeships #SuellaBraverman #TimMontgomerie #Educationpolicy #TheGuardian #RowenaMasonWhitehalleditor
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Tice defends suspension of Reform UK activist over Farage criticism
By Rowena Mason Whitehall editorParty’s deputy leader makes comments as he unveils new policy to subsidise more apprenticeships
#ReformUK #RichardTice #Politics #UKnews #Apprenticeships #SuellaBraverman #TimMontgomerie #Educationpolicy #TheGuardian #RowenaMasonWhitehalleditor
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Tice defends suspension of Reform UK activist over Farage criticism
By Rowena Mason Whitehall editorParty’s deputy leader makes comments as he unveils new policy to subsidise more apprenticeships
#ReformUK #RichardTice #Politics #UKnews #Apprenticeships #SuellaBraverman #TimMontgomerie #Educationpolicy #TheGuardian #RowenaMasonWhitehalleditor
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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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Pilot scheme in England to convert empty classrooms into community hubs
By Richard Adams Education editorPolicy to create youth clubs and health centres aims to tackle surplus of school spaces created by falling pupil numbers
#Schools #Schooladmissions #Localgovernment #Schoolfunding #DepartmentforEducation #England #Education #UKnews #Politics #Society #Communities #Educationpolicy #TheGuardian #RichardAdamsEducationeditor
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Teachers in England get two-year 6.6% pay rise but schools to foot part of bill https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/01/teachers-pay-rise-schools-england #Teaching #Schools #SchoolFunding #PublicSectorPay #Colleges #Academies #BridgetPhillipson #EducationPolicy #DepartmentForEducation #Education #England #UkNews #Society
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Academy school leaders in England face pay cap to curb ‘banker-style’ salaries https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/01/academy-school-leaders-in-england-face-pay-cap-to-curb-banker-style-salaries #Academies #Schools #PublicSectorPay #SchoolFunding #Education #England #UkNews #EducationPolicy #Politics #Society
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‘Attainment at all costs’ approach could undermine Send changes, school leaders in England say https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/20/attainment-at-all-costs-approach-send-changes-schools-england #SpecialEducationalNeeds #EducationPolicy #Schools #SchoolAdmissions #SchoolFunding #Education #Politics #England #UkNews
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To improve literacy, Ontario should invest in students and educators
#Ontario #Canada #Education #Literacy #Teachers #PublicEducation #EducationPolicy #SchoolFunding #Inequality #Students #EdTech #TeacherSupport #RightToRead #ClassroomConditions
https://the-14.com/to-improve-literacy-ontario-should-invest-in-students-and-educators/ -
Schools forced to cut back on support for Send pupils in England, poll finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/23/schools-forced-to-cut-back-on-support-for-send-pupils-in-england-poll-finds #SchoolFunding #SpecialEducationalNeeds #Teaching #Schools #PrimarySchools #SecondarySchools #DepartmentForEducation #EducationPolicy #Education #England #UkNews #Politics
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Turning Point USA Is Expanding Its Reach to K-12 Schools
#HackerNews #TurningPointUSA #K12Education #SchoolReform #EducationPolicy #YouthEngagement
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As Day of Silence turns 30, LGBTQ+ students are stuck in 1996
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/opinion/day-of-silence-2026-lgbtq
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School Cell Phone Bans and Student Achievement (NBER Digest)
https://www.nber.org/digest/202512/school-cell-phone-bans-and-student-achievement
#HackerNews #SchoolCellPhoneBans #StudentAchievement #NBERDigest #EducationPolicy #DigitalDistraction
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< 15 days 'til #OEAwards25 nominations close
Dig deep – nominate deserving unexpected, or unusual open education people and projects … e.g. this #OEAward19 winner:
🏅 >> Iniciativa Educação Aberta << created by UNESCO Chair in Distance Education / Educadigital Institute
🌱 Sow the seed today! https://twp.ai/NTSz5R
#DigDeep #ExcellenceInDiversity #OEAwards #OEAwardWinners #OpenEducation #OER #OpenPolicy #EducationPolicy #Brazil #OELATAM
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Painting on paper: Ambiguous impulses for your mental cinema!
#contemporaryArt #mentalCinema #rubberStamp #reliefPrinting #saveBioDiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #noAFD #NoRacism #NoFascism #humanRights #humanDignity #Нетвойны #schulamt #bildungspolitik #educationPolicy #bildungsmisere #machinegun #ak47 #violence #gewalt #conflict #dancingDeath #dancingSkeleton #danseMacabre #totentanz #mementoMori #vanitas #fragilitas #finiteness #mortality #carpeDiem -
Painting on paper, 30 x 20 cm: Ambiguous impulses for your mental cinema!
#kunst #contemporaryArt #mentalCinema #analogArt #painting #rubberStamp #reliefPrinting #saveBioDiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #noAFD #NoRacism #NoFascism #humanRights #humanDignity #Нетвойны #frogs #amphibians #flag #elephants #tinCan #pickles #penguins #littleAnimals #littleCreatures #cuteCreatures #schulamt #bildungspolitik #educationPolicy -
IDEA: A Guide for Educators and Parents
Education plays a crucial role in every child's life, but not all students have the same needs or abilities. Inclusion and equal opportunities for students with disabilities are paramount to ensure their success. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a f
https://mikepaul.com/2023/05/24/idea-a-guide-for-educators-and-parents/
#disabilities #EducationPolicy #EqualAccess #IDEA #InclusiveClassrooms #LeastRestrictiveEnvironment #sped