- £100,000 lottery funding given to suspected illegal faith schools - Investigation by The Independent finds public money has been funding suspected illegal faith schools in the UK amid child-protection concerns http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/illegal-faith-schools-lottery-funding-claim-suspected-a7574211.html 9 comments worldnews
- [Steph Curry] Oakland is closing schools because of COVID-19. We support this decision but are concerned about the 18,000+ kids that rely on school for 2+ meals daily. @eatlearnplay is donating to @ACCFB to ensure every child has access to the food they need. https://streamable.com/cpwcx 340 comments nba
- Private schools have been told to open up their swimming pools to local primaries as part of a new UK Government plan to boost swimming lessons. It comes amid concern about levels of child obesity, with more than 22,000 dangerously obese children leaving primary school this year. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/10/21/private-schools-told-let-local-primaries-use-swimming-pools/ 13 comments worldnews
- Younger children in school year are more commonly diagnosed with ADHD than their older classmates. Adults involved in identifying or raising concerns over a child's behavior—such as parents and teachers—may be inadvertently misattributing relative immaturity as symptoms of ADHD https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/adhd-and-school-age-study 67 comments science