35 h. ago Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, according to report

During the 2024-2025 school year, there were more then 6,800 instances of books being pulled, led by the horror authorA new report on book bans in US schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored and the country divided between states actively restricting works and those attempting to limit or eliminate bans.PEN America’s Banned in the USA, released Wednesday, tracks more than 6,800 instances of books being temporarily or permanently pulled for the 2024-2025 school year. The new number is down from more than 10,000 in 2023-24, but still far above the levels of a few years ago, when PEN didn’t even see the need to compile a report. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Phones and other devices could be banned in all schools in Welsh county

The banning of mobile phones looks set to be introduced across a whole council borough in Wales to improve behaviour and attainment

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44 h. ago Mobile phones should be banned in school classrooms, says SNP Education Secretary

Jenny Gilruth said the Scottish Government trusts headteachers to take the action they deem necessary

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55 h. ago ‘Bans are disheartening’: US author criticises Dorset school’s removal of her book about race

Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give was taken off year 10 reading list at Budmouth Academy after parent complainedA bestselling black American author has condemned a Dorset school’s decision to drop her critically acclaimed novel from a reading list.Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give was removed from Budmouth Academy’s year 10 reading list after a complaint from a parent. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Labour seeks mobile phones ban in schools as ministers accused of ‘passing buck’

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth said head teachers ‘are already empowered’ to bring in a ban if they see fit.

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58 h. ago Parents facing 'mixed messages' over mobile phone use in Scots schools as Labour calls for ban

Parents have repeatedly warned school bullies are using smartphones to film attacks on other pupils before sharing the footage on social media.

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61 h. ago Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, PEN report says

A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored

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3 d. ago Welsh Government responds as teachers back calls for blanket ban on mobile phones in schools

At the moment it is up to individual schools to decide whether or not to bank pupils using phones

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4 d. ago Edwardsville High School Marching Band Freshman Invited To Prestigious London Parade

Edwardsville High School Marching Band Freshman Invited To Prestigious London Parade  RiverBender.com

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8 d. ago Orange City school band invited to London parade, begins fundraiser

Orange City school band invited to London parade, begins fundraiser  Hometown News Volusia

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8 d. ago My daughter was kicked out of school because her ‘unnatural hair’ – I’m furious, it doesn’t affect her learning

A MUM has blasted her daughter's school after the teenager was banned from class due to her ''unnatural hair''. Lydia Beaumont's daughter Calliah, 13, was sent home from Lliswerry High School in Wales after turning up to a class with muted tones of pink and purple in her tresses. Within minutes, the teen was told by...

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9 d. ago Mum blasts daughter's school as she's banned from class due to her haircut

Lydia Beaumont's 13-year-old daughter Calliah was sent home from school after turning up on a Monday morning with pink and purple hair - which the school said was against its policy

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9 d. ago The Librarians review – the heroic women battling against book bans and censorship

Kim A Snyder’s documentary highlights the defenders of young readers’ rights to see their lives in print facing rightwing attacksThere is real and genuine fear about young people’s use of pornography; usually, that conversation is about exposure to porn online, not in libraries. But this excellent culture wars documentary tells the story of book-banning in red states such as Florida and Texas, where religious rightwingers are crusading to protect children from “obscene” books. Usually that means titles about LGBTQ+ issues or race, and books about girls getting their period aren’t safe either. In Tennessee, a school board banned Maus, the graphic novel memoir of the Holocaust by Art Spiegelman, for mouse nudity. The utter nonsense of it would be funny if it wasn’t so disturbing.The most recent purge began in 2021 with a list of 850 books circulated by Texas state representative Matt Krause (over 60% were books with LGBTQ+ themes). Rightwing Florida governor Ron DeSantis piled in, fol...

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1 week ago Private schools face Ofsted inspection cost hike as Phillipson to axe subsidies

The Education Secretary’s allies said it is ‘unfair’ that taxpayers whose children go to state schools are bankrolling the costs of private schools.

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1 week ago Mum takes her son out of school after he's banned from eating cheese on crackers as she claims the teachers have 'too much control'

Rachael Elizabeth, from the UK, took to TikTok to express her outrage after her son was allegedly banned from eating his snack.

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2 w. ago Can’t work, sing, travel, study: All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan

Afghan women cannot be heard in public, even if it is to offer prayers, and have been banned from schools, workplaces, salons, gyms and national parks under the current Taliban rule. Arpan Rai reports

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2 w. ago Metro area high school marching band to make London Parade debut

Metro area high school marching band to make London Parade debut  KCTV

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2 w. ago John Lennon was a 'nuisance' and a 'bully' at school, teacher claims

Tom Barry, who is a design and technology teacher at The Calderstone School, formerly Quarry Bank, said Lennon's fame was 'never acknowledged' even during Beatlemania.

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2 w. ago See how your area compares as latest Welsh house price figures show one county in decline

ONS data reveals three counties in Wales see a notable rise but one area's decline is one of the biggest in the UK

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2 w. ago John Lennon’s school desk goes on display at Beatles Museum in Liverpool

Desk from Quarry Bank high school had been hidden by staff as teachers had considered Lennon a ‘nuisance’A desk used by John Lennon has gone on display after being found in the attic of his former school, where teachers had not wanted to remember the musician because he was a “nuisance”.Lennon attended Quarry Bank high school in Liverpool between 1952 and 1957, and the name of the Quarrymen, the band that would become the Beatles in their formative years, was inspired by the school’s name. Continue reading...

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