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Matt Wrack, a former leader of the firefighters’ union, has been elected as permanent general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union after a ballot in which…

The children’s writer Michael Rosen, one-time political strategist Alastair Campbell and former education secretaries Charles Clarke and Estelle Morris have urged the prime minister to honour…

Earlier today I set you five “Kennections”, a puzzle devised by legendary US quiz show contestant and host Ken Jennings.Each challenge consists of five trivia questions,…

Before the Department of Education laid off half its staff in March, college financial aid officers on the west coast could typically help a student track…

Jeopardy! is the long-running US quiz show where contestants are given an answer and must respond with a question for that answer.“Ken Jennings”, for example, is…

In 2018, Dr Timberly Baker decided to home school her children after a local school in Arkansas failed to challenge her eldest child. Her daughter, Baker…

The US supreme court on Monday cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume dismantling the Department of Education as part of his bid to…

Pupils in England should be taught what the law is on biological sex and gender reassignment, but schools must be “careful not to endorse any particular…

Secondary school pupils in England are to be taught about “incel” culture and the links between pornography and misogyny as part of long-awaited statutory government guidance…

Before Trump took office, the Education Department had 4,133 employees. After the mass layoffs, the department will have fewer than 2,200 staffers. Photo illustration by Justin…