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Keren David

Can you teach kids to spot fake news? Raygun at the Olympics suggests not

The Education Secretary wants to teach pupils about internet misinformation. But the problem is vaster than anyone can cope with

3 min read

Metaphorical: B-Girl Raygun of Team Australia competes at the Paris Olympics (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Daniel Kebede, right, posed with Saed Erziqat, left, the Palestinian teachers union boss, at an event in Buenos Aires (Photo: @habibi_uk Twitter/X)

NEU head seen posing next to October 7-backing activist – but claims he ‘did not know’ about his views

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

Phil Beadle said cold calling was “a totalitarian solution. A final solution, if you will.” (Photo Getty Images)

Teacher says picking on pupils to answer snap questions is like the ‘final solution’

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Pro-Palestinian student protestors and activists rally at an encampment on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on 29 April, 2024. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Antisemitism on campus

Brown University to change discrimination policies following Department of Education investigation

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 5: Activists display a representation of the Ten Commandments October 5, 2003 during a rally at the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Christian activists gathered on Capitol Hill as the last stop of a five-state rally tour to call on the U.S. Congress and Supreme Court to allow the public display the Ten Commandments in government buildings. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Jewish groups protest Louisiana law requiring the 10 commandments in all classrooms

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'My lived experience of antisemitism is erased,' said one student at the University of Oxford, where anti-Israel activists have clashed with police (Photo: Getty)

‘They told me October 7 was justified’: Jewish students reveal scale of antisemitism at universities

By Eliana Silver

4 min read

Honoree Amar'e Stoudemire (Shalom Burkis / Jewish Children’s Museum)

Ex-NBA star joins gala event to celebrate Jewish contributions to New York

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Charedi schools look forward to major boost over plans to remove entry cap

Faith free schools can only choose half their pupils on the basis of religion – but the government is proposing to remove the cap

By Simon Rocker

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May 7, 2024 11:52

Pupils at Lubavitch Senior Girls, a faith school in Stamford Hill

Teachers’ union votes to blame Israel’s ‘racist government’ for Gaza war

The education secretary warned the motion may cause ‘hurt’ for Jewish pupils and parents

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April 4, 2024 17:46

A striking teacher holds an NEU banner (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Disgraced academic David Miller says Jewish schools are ‘radicalising pupils’

The former Bristol professor named four Jewish schools as places where ‘kids are being radicalised by racist ideology’

By Jane Prinsley

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March 28, 2024 13:39

Ex-Bristol University professor David Miller has been expressing hostile views towards Israel for over a decade. (Photo: Screenshot via Left Legal Fighting Fund)

500 words get pupils an invitation to Buckingham Palace

Levana Jacobs and Yasmin Block met the Queen and a host of celebrities

By Jane Prinsley

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March 24, 2024 08:56

Levana visiting Buckingham Palace when she attended a tea for the BBC's 500 Words writing competition

JFS has not done enough to address gender-based bullying following Mia Janin’s death, says coroner

The school says it now has comprehensive safeguarding measures in place

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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February 28, 2024 12:53

Mia Janin

New York schools pushing anti-Zionism have Jewish teachers wondering if they have a future

‘Teachers are abusing their access to children to peddle their own agenda’

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February 27, 2024 17:11

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 24: Students attend class on the second to last day of school as New York City public schools prepare to wrap up the year at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on June 24, 2022 in New York City. Approximately 75% of NYC public schools enrolled fewer students for the 2021/2022 school year due to the pandemic. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Washington school teaches kids ‘antisemitic chants, holds anti-Israel protests’

Syre Elementary has been accused of ‘promoting hatred’ and indoctrinating children

By David Swindle

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February 16, 2024 17:04

Palestine protest: Syre Elementary School in Shoreline, Washington (Photo: syre.ssd412.org)

Simon Rocker

By Simon Rocker

Children should learn about war in school not TikTok

Too few teachers have the tools they need to help pupils understand the war in Gaza

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February 15, 2024 12:01

How can teachers teach children about the Middle East? (Photo: Getty Images)

Shadow Education Secretary praises ‘wonderful’ Gateways at launch of its new home

Newly independent charity provides alternative classes for students who struggle at mainstream school

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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January 31, 2024 10:05

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson at Gateways launch (photo: Jeremy Coleman)

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