#Strikes in #Palestine:
Amid an economic crisis caused by Israeli policies and Palestinian Authority corruption, teachers are bringing #schools and streets to a standstill until their demands are met: https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-teachers-strike-pa-repression/ #WestBank #Gaza #occupation #education #security

There is an 'absence epidemic' in schools with large numbers of those from disadvantaged backgrounds persistently absent from school.... Bridget Phillipson has suggested schools need to be more engaging for this group as well as offering more support... Ken O'Toole thinks expand work placements to younger students would give them a flavour of why school might help them get where they want.

Has anyone asked the children why their absent, I wonder?

#schools

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/08/work-experience-school-absences-manchester-airport-boss-ken-o-toole

Q. are private schools gaming the special needs provisions of exam boards to get their A-level students longer time to complete their exams?

Given the gap between the provision of extra time in the state sector & private sector, either students from wealthier families are more likely to have special education needs, or there is something fishy going on... I'm sure some students in private schools do need the extra time but not nearly half!!!

Something fishy, methinks!

#schools #education

"Our schools are the only education system in the region that includes a Human Rights programme and that follows United Nations standards and values. Dismantling #UNRWA in the absence of a viable alternative will deprive Palestinian children of learning in the foreseeable future.”

“Without learning, children slip into hopelessness, poverty & radicalisation."

Philippe Lazzarini

@palestine
#Gaza
#children
#schools