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The new adaptation of the fairytale had been commissioned for a campaign designed to give 10-year-old pupils a book to read over the summer.

Commons approves Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – to mixed reviews from education experts

EDUCATION Secretary Jenny Gilruth has said her party will “never” bring back tuition fees for Scots amid funding shortfalls at a number of…

The University of Dundee, which will benefit from the funding, said it was ‘extremely grateful’ to the Scottish Government.

The U.S. Department of Education cut its workforce by nearly 50% on March 11, 2025, when it laid off about 1,315 employees. The move follows several recent directives targeting the Cabinet-level agency.

Since the start of this year, all New Zealand schools have been required to use structured literacy to teach reading and writing – including the country’s 310 primary and intermediate Māori-medium kura (schools that teach in te reo Māori).

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including more federal layoffs and Senate retirements.

Trump administration has put hundreds of civil rights employees on leave, leaving Department of Education less able to field complaints from students

The Trump administration on Tuesday slashed staff at the Department of Education – firing roughly 1,300 employees – as part of its long-planned effort to eliminate the agency entirely. The move leaves the department with 2,183 employees, down from more than 4,000 at the beginning of the year.