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The government has been accused of failing children with special educational needs after a report found funding for pupils had been cut by 17% across England since 2015. The Guardian reports.

Everything is always new in education technology. But the release of a new “EdTech Strategy” from just makes me feel even older than I already do – I remember the release of the last one, in 2005. Wonkhe reports

The use of technology in education will be transformed by a new Government strategy published today to reduce teacher workload, boost student outcomes and help level the playing field for those with special needs and disabilities. GOV.UK reports.

- Being kind to others and not having enough to eat tops list of issues that UK children are most concerned about in 2019 - - Over 90% of children wish they could invent something to make the world a better place – - Disney UK has joined forces with Little Inventors to encourage kids to channel their creativity and imaginations to come up with invention ideas that could help change the world –

According to TES, experienced teachers are put under more scrutiny than younger colleagues in order to force them out, warns union.

Tes is reporting that less than a quarter of the “outstanding” schools inspected by Ofsted in the first term of this school year kept their top grade, new figures reveal.

St John's Church of England Primary School - Installation

Members of the country’s largest teaching union, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), voted to accept the Scottish Government’s deal staggered over three years – bringing talk of further strike action to an end. STV reports.

More than one in ten boys at primary school are being labelled as suffering from a mental disorder, amid growing concerns about their classroom behaviour, research suggests. The Telegraph reports.

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