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Jason Arday’s resignation poses questions about standards and a push for diversity, writes education editor Branwen Jeffreys.
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Behind the South West's postcard image, poverty and isolation are limiting opportunities for many young people.
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India has the biggest youth population in the world but few are able to find good jobs despite rising education levels.
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The DfE says it is working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency.
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Ministers want to tackle the high number of young people not in education, employment or training.
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The prime minister's plans for technical education have their roots in the Manchester Baccalaureate.
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The Education Policy Institute says the new prime minister should target the issue with "laser-like focus".
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Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.
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This story has been co-published by Reasons to be Cheerful and the Outrider Foundation. If you line up to get coffee at one of Aarhus University’s many cafeterias, you won’t see a stack of disposable cups as you do at most cafes.
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Welcome back to The Spark, our monthly celebration of how people just like you are creating positive change, one meaningful step at a time. The Spark is generously supported by Laura Rice.
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Robert Lindemann is a 32-year-old accountant from Germany. He’s also had a heart transplant, a life-changing experience shared by just a few hundred people each year in his country.
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This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here.
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Up until a few years ago, Jodi Whitt’s trips to the Shawnee County jail in Topeka, Kansas, began with an arrest and an anxious wait in a bare intake cell for up to 72 hours. Her incarcerations lasted 30 days or so, until an abrupt release without resources or support...
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A guy goes into a bar, and leaves with one less kidney. That’s a joke Mark Scotch tells about his life.
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Only knee-deep in parts yet relatively wide, the Bièvre gently flows with transparent waters that shimmer in the afternoon sun. A shoal of fish lazily linger beside a large stone in one section.
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Swiss architect Barbara Buser has spent decades proving that the greenest building is often the one already standing. When one unscrews a section of the bright red sheet metal façade from K.
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This story has been co-published by Reasons to be Cheerful and the Outrider Foundation. At the turn of the century Beijing had one million vehicles.
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Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.
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Two cubes of pale wood sit on either side of a small, accessible lounge. Inside each, a bed folds down from the wall, a desk swings out and shelves hold books, plants and family photos.
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This article was originally published by the Daily Yonder, which is dedicated to uplifting the stories of rural people. Holly Warren was recently leafing through one of her old medical school textbooks, trying to recall how much instruction she’d received in addiction medicine — trying to recall, “Did we even talk about this?
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Sometimes the most consequential innovations are fueled by frustration. When she was in her early thirties, Ridhi Tariyal asked her gynecologist for a fertility test.
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This article was originally published by Stateline. About a dozen states offer “medically tailored meals” to people with conditions such as diabetes and heart disease who get their insurance through Medicaid.
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Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.
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