lizc1.bsky.social
@lizc1.bsky.social
Starmer ought to put in measures to help the #UK instead of letting #Reform set the agenda. One in four children in England finish primary school unable to read at expected standard: a quarter of Year 7s have a reading age of below 11. This has repercussions for their GCSEs & job prospects.
May 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Reposted
"Science is an investment.

We will put forward a new 500 million package for 2025-2027 to support the best and the brightest researchers and scientists from Europe and around the world."

— President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at the ‘Choose Europe for Science' event at La Sorbonne 🇫🇷
May 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Reposted
Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.

"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
March 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reposted
Mike Bloomberg: Schools have spent billions of taxpayer dollars preparing kids for a digital future. The result? Students are spending more time than ever on screens
Kids Are Spending Too Much Class Time on Laptops
Technology should supplement, not substitute, traditional teaching methods.
www.bloomberg.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Reposted
Trump Outlines Bold Vision For Golden Age Of China
Trump Outlines Bold Vision For Golden Age Of China
WASHINGTON—Promising a glorious future marked by limitless prosperity for the East Asian nation, President Donald Trump outlined a bold vision Tuesday night for a golden age of China. “Under my leader...
theonion.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reposted
NEW

A short guide to Syria’s long war

Assad’s fall concludes an arc in the ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings that reshaped the region

How the history of a country at the strategic heart of the Middle East links to today's extraordinary events

@financialtimes.com

www.ft.com/content/22a4...
A short guide to Syria’s long war
Assad’s fall concludes the arc of ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings that reshaped the region
www.ft.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:33 PM